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Guide 2013
March - December, 2013
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How to find us

The map to the right will orient you to the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

The map below shows the location of the artists that are available on this year's guide. To visit them please call ahead first to arrange a convenient time.

The guides are available at the following locations, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Metchosin Country Store, Coast Collective, Sooke Museum, Art World, Mary Winspear Centre, Red Gallery, 2% Jazz, all our sponsors and from the artists' studios.

Watch for our exhibition "Ten Thousand Hours" July 11^th - August 4^th at the Metchosin Art Gallery (MAG) 4495 Happy Valley Rd. Our opening reception is Saturday, July13^th from 2pm - 5pm. The Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from noon until 5pm.

2013 GUIDE Click to view.

1

Peggy Elmes
River's Edge Pottery
6160 Calvert Road
250-642-4796
Handcrafted pottery for gift-giving and enriched daily living. Decorative vessels and functional stoneware reflecting the natural environment. Please call ahead for studio visit. MC/Visa

2

Marlene Bowman
Seagirt Pottery
42 Seagirt Road
250-642-7620
After nearly forty years of working with clay, this exquisitely responsive medium still inspires and excites me. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

3

Bonnie Coulter
Bonnie Coulter Art
1509 Woodcock Rd.
250-642-7650
www.coulterart.ca
I am at present working in an uncommon 2d technique using a fractured, mosaic like, surface that directs its own subject matter. The images ostensibly a deep rooted response from childhood exposure to story book chimera. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque/Paypal

4

Guest Artist!
Norene Schmuck
Over and Over Mosaics
6178 Andover Rd.
250-642-7855
www.noreneschmuck.com
A collector by nature, the discovery of the Pique Assiette style of mosaics was a perfect fit for my creative expression. Pique Assiette loosely translates as “to steal from Plates”. Using only broken crockery in my mosaics, the versatility of this medium is adaptable to most surfaces. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

5

Angela Menzies
Brown Dog Studio
1344 Martock Road
250-642-4506
Angela’s latest collection of paintings “Sizes”, celebrates the beauty of real women and explores how women really feel about their body images. For more please check out my blog Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

6

Kay Lovett
Lovett Pictures Studio
773 Park Heights Road
250-642-5747
www.lovettpictures.com/kay
Recently reviewed as "Post Abstract-Representationalism", but I like Chuck Jones' advice: "Take your work, but never yourself seriously". Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque MC/VISA

7

Guest Artist!
Valerie Speed
Wren House Garden and Shop
5701 East Sooke Rd.
250-642-0874
www.wrenhousegardenandshop.com
Wool blankets and sweaters are redefined and hand stitched into pillows and framed artwork with branches of colourful birds, ravens, robins or wrens. Each one original. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

8

Guest Artist!
Leslie Speed
The Wren House Garden and Shop
showing at 5701 East Sooke Rd.
250-642-5097
www.wrenhousegardenandshop.com
Reflections on rural life are celebrated in finely carved lino prints; limited editions, prints and cards. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

9

Alice McLean
McLean Studio
968 Gillespie Road
250-642-3522
Pottery has been a great avenue for creativity since my first exposure to it, and continue to inspire me for the use of it. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

10

Guest Artist!
Bert Lambier
Wing Nut Designs
1185 Woodley Ghyll Rd.
250-208-7262
www.wingnutdesigns.com
“I love all aspects of designing and fabricating. From a one of a kind sculpture to designing and building jigs to make hundreds of a particular product. I learn something new every time I’m in the shop.” His work is found in homes, gardens and businesses locally and around the globe. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque Paypal

11

Jennifer Kivari
Kivari Studio
941 Arden Rd.
250-474-7403
www.kivaristudio.com
From recycled automotive windshields to industrial scrap metal to eggshells from our hens, I create mosaic/bricolages that can inspire your imagination as well as your environmentalism. Commissions welcomed. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cheque/ Visa/Paypal

12

Ann Semple
Clayfoot Crockery
4531 Lindholm Road
250-478-2341
www.clayfootcrockery.ca
Textures and carved details are utilized in my sculptures and masks to suggest the sea and forest, dreams and mythology . Functional tableware, available at the studio, echoes nature in colour and design. Please call ahead for studio visit. MC/VISA

13

Peter Walsh
New Heritage Fine Furniture
4606 Rocky Point Rd.
250-474-4042
www.newheritagefinefurniture.com
“Antiques of the Future” handcrafted from a variety of local or imported woods. Beautiful original pieces and functional custom-made furniture that will become a part of your family history. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

14

Nicole Valentine-Rimmer
N Valentine Studio
4420 Happy Valley Rd.
250-474-1059
www.NValentineStudio.etsy.com
Metal and glass combine to make stunning one of a kind pieces of wearable art. Please call ahead for studio visit. MC/Visa/Paypal

15

Chiarina Loggia
Winged Horse Studio
4495 Happy Valley Rd.
250-217-8682
www.chiarina.com
World-travelled, yet never weary, eloquent and evocative, Chiarina’s artworks sing with a serene and sensitive spirit. Come visit the studio where it’s always time for tea! Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

16

Detlef Grundmann
Pebble Woodworks
showing at 4495 Happy Valley Rd.
250-474-1957
Many of my pieces are made of locally sourced wood. I focus on both the technical, with traditional construction techniques, as well as the aesthetic, with designs that complement the wood and vice versa. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

17

Maureen (Moe) Reilly
Pebblehill Art Studio
5125 William Head Rd.
250-474-7698
www.pebblehillstudio.ca
Celebrating the beauty of nature and wildlife in painted silks and fiber/mixed media using an inspiring range of techniques and embroidery to create life-like dimensional needle paintings, art-to-wear and décor art for the home or office. Please call ahead for studio visit. Visa/MC/Amex

18

Judi Dyelle
'Chosin Pottery
4283 Metchosin Road
250-474-2676
www.chosinpottery.ca
Delicate pierced or carved porcelain, wheel thrown or handbuilt, glazed with beautiful Oriental and micro crystalline glazes. Please call ahead for studio visit. MC/Visa/Debit

19

Robin Hopper
'Chosin Pottery
4283 Metchosin Road
250-474-2676
www.chosinpottery.ca
Internationally recognized, award winning artist producing innovative Glaze Paintings on space age material. Please call ahead for studio visit. MC/Visa/Debit

20

Morgan Saddington
MorganAnnDesigns
showing at 4283 Metchosin Rd.
250-474-2676
www.morgananndesigns.com
Beautifully crafted sterling silver and copper jewellery. Unique hand forged designs for everyone's tastes. Find that special gift for yourself or someone special. Please call ahead for studio visit. MC/Visa/Debit

21

Guest Artist!
Wendy Mitchell
580 Witty Beach Rd.
250-474-4651
Over the years, I have learned to love the process of taking raw fleece and transforming it by spinning, then knitting, felting or hooking it into wearable garments and decorative art. I particularly enjoy demonstrating to the public the magic of spinning, proving that it is not an ancient or lost craft. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

22

Guest Artist!
Frank Mitchell
showing at 580 Witty Beach Rd.
250-478-1671
www.alfrescoes.com/frank.htm
Mostly plein air landscapes in oil and acrylic, with some portraits and political pieces. I like colour, geometry, and alternatives to conventional perspective. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

23

Lorraine Thorarinson Betts
Studio LTB
127 Cliff Drive
250-391-9590
www.lorrainebetts.com
Unique images in mixed media, painting, etching and monotypes. A celebration of texture, line, and colour in oils and acrylics on paper and canvas. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

24

Elaine Morton
Cliff Top Studio
135 Cliff Dr.
250-478-4358
I paint detailed, representational pictures of local wildflowers, shells and scenery, in watercolour. Delicately rendered images honouring the natural world. Please call ahead for a studio visit. Cash/Cheque

25

Doug McBeath
Doug McBeath Woodturning
3853 Graceland Drive
250-478-8729
Lathe-turned wooden bowls, plates, lidded boxes, pepper mills, artistic vases and hollow forms from local and exotic woods chosen for distinctive color and unique appearance. Cash or cheque only. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque

26

Kathy & Selby Saluke
Licorice Fern Studio
900 Neff Rd.
250-478-6549
www.licoricefernstudio.ca
Surrounded by ferns, rocks, and trees, our hillside studio invites you to share the beauty of nature through the eyes and hearts of this husband/wife collaboration. Using the medium of fabric, they explore both inner and outer landscapes. Most pieces are wall art, some are functional. A variety of surface design techniques and mixed media are applied. Please call ahead for studio visit. Cash/Cheque/ Visa