Renato, Berlanda
President of the VISG
The sea, in particular, inspired me to connect more deeply with my homeland, Croatia, where I spend most of my free time each year. Through my art, I strive to capture the unique expressions in nature and human emotions that make each person so beautiful and special. I’m committed to empowering women through my work and creating pieces that inspire and uplift people worldwide.
Hunwick, David
David continues to sculpt and paint in his studio based in James Bay, Victoria. He is passionate about teaching sculpting, and allowing others to discover the joy of creating and releasing their potential. Join him in sculpture experience in Italy.
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Chamberland, David
I am a carver who works in wood and stone. My pieces are primarily figurative in nature and executed both in-the-round and in relief.
Helm, Joanne
Joanne creates captivating sculptures using a variety of materials to evoke emotion and curiosity.
Meyer, Ken
My artistic focus is on the animal form, inspired by its flawless design and functional structure. I am particularly interested in at-risk species, using my art to amplify their silent struggle. Through my sculptures I aim to celebrate their beauty, raise awareness about their status, and inspire collective efforts for their preservation.
Glover, Ginny
Her contemplative work is inspired by the strength and diversity of the human spirit. Using rhythmic shapes and a strong sense of form, Ginny elongates, exaggerates and simplifies her work to try to capture the spirit and essence of the figure.
Lindsay, Linda
Linda is an award-winning artist known for her sensitively sculpted figures, imbued with strength, grace, and beauty. She instills life-like and thought-provoking facial expressions of confidence showing dignity, hope, and love into her pieces. Linda creates bronze and fired terracotta sculptures allowing for more variety, subtlety, and permanence. Her compositions are created to be beautiful and meaningful from every angle. Linda is a dedicated and experienced instructor who empowers her students with in-depth knowledge and skill so that they can bring their own creative visions to life. She has offered sculpture and anatomy courses through her atelier in Victoria since 1993.
Paterson, Beverly
Physical endeavour in all its variety carries with it a signature in the human form. Observing and re-creating in clay the myriad shapes life makes of the human body highlights, for me, the common thread that runs through all people. It is a reminder that we are all made from the same stuff, face the same challenges of life and death, and share the story of conception, birth, and a life created by us moment by moment.
Monfette, Louise
Over the years, Louise has worked through different themes and styles.
Wark, Brian J
Sculpture & Healing Studio
Falconer, Anne-Sophie
Anne-Sophie Falconer is a French and Canadian figurative sculptor with the human soul as her main focus.
Usher, Frances
“My art, whether flat, relief or three-dimensional, has always had a similar goal, and that is to be intriguing.”
Peter, Kornacki
Peter is a stone mason and carver/sculptor based in Sooke, Vancouver Island. His work is influenced by workshops with Deborah Wilson and the work of sculptors Michael Lord, Craig Benson, Tom Hjorleifson and others.
Tom, Hood
Steampunk metal art
Pyper, Sue
Sue is a fine art sculptor from Courtenay and works in a variety of media, including acrylic paint on live edge wood and more recently, mixed media sculpture. Her pieces always begin with the form suggested by the natural object and she feels that in every material arising from nature, there is an intrinsic essence that reaches beyond the corporeal.
Hunt, David
A mixed media artist.
David enjoys mixing natural and man-made media to create whimsical sculpture that reflects his own unique view of the world.
Termarsch, Angela
A mixed media artist. She scours garage sales, beaches, back lanes and thrift stores for interesting and unique artifacts to form the bases of the sculptures and for the natural materials she uses for dressing.
McCorquodale, Sheena
Elegant figurative sculptures made from galvanized chicken wire.
Stewart, James
Figurative bronze sculptures.
“When we relate to someone from another culture, it is an expression of our collective humanity. That vulnerability, that connection, is the art. We have just made the world a smaller place.”
Martell, Larry
Graceful wood sculptures.
Rombough, Brian
Bold abstract wood and stone sculptures. Coming from a rich heritage of stone masons, I’ve always been drawn to shapes, patterns, and the inherent strength of natural materials. I endeavour to present pieces in their natural form and only alter them when structural considerations are required. Leaving a ‘live edge’ on the wood and stone accentuates the natural beauty of the piece. I’m always working at my craft and exploring new techniques to achieve my vision.
Cooke, Brent
Since 1999, Brent has produced numerous sculptures that have sold worldwide and
currently, he is represented in many art galleries throughout North America.
Brent is pleased to share with you his interpretations of wildlife art as “expressions in bronze”.
While his subjects are mainly birds, he also enjoys producing sculptures of fish.
Bell, Leslie
wood, paper, wire
Leslie Bell was born in North Carolina, studied languages at the University of Alberta and art and illustration at Emily Carr College of Art in Vancouver, British Columbia and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Brenan, Christa
Environmental, peace, societal and women’s issues have often been the focus of Christa’s sculptural work, gleaned from time working for nuclear weapons abolition, and peace groups. Often her works are created as a cathartic process, in the end hoping to inspire deeper enquiry in the viewer. Some pieces are figurative, or abstract – and others inspired by creation theories and myths from different cultures. Christa prefers working in marble and limestone, with some brucite and chlorite on the side. She often blocks out marble pieces using an air hammer, angle grinder and/or die grinder, then works with hand tools to design and finish. Her favourite tools remain her original three hand-made chisels, and a sweet Italian steel mallet.
Cline, Daniel
bronze, stone
A multi-talented sculptor, noted for his ability to transform a wide variety of types of stone into sculptures of unique form and spirit.
Dobbs, Fred
VISG Vice President
With more than 25 years experience sculpting in a wide range of mediums, Fred has amassed a portfolio of work that includes architectural, figurative, and animated themes. Recently, Fred competed on CBC’s Race Against the Tide tv series.
Cole, Stephen
stone, wood, mixed media and life cast sculptures.
My work is inspired by the jewels I have found to be truly moving, powerful and important in this life. Through line, colour and texture, the work speaks not to the eyes, hands or intellect but through to a deeper place. A quiet and more peaceful place. It may just say “wake up – something is happening here!”
Cranny, Michael
clay, wax, bronze, wood
Milroy, Steve
Master of many mediums, Steve Milroy is constantly creating something new. From outdoor and indoor murals, to bronze sculptures and digital art.
Dinney, Laurel
A mixed media artist.
Gillies, Scott
VISG President
Inspired by nature and working with marble, granite, wood and chicken wire.
Cranny, Michael
clay, wax, bronze, wood
Sage, Doug
Severson, Manny
McCutchon, Michelle
Gibson, Richard
Burns, Suzanne
Fagan, Wayne
McCrea, Colin
Principally a carver of jade, although I am still drawn to the beauty of other stones, such as classic Italian marble. Some of my work conveys a message through metaphor, some is an expression of my continuing utter amazement at the beauty I see all around me.
Compton, Kathleen
Waller, Trinita
Trinita Waller’s works are abstractions often based on a human form. Bending the language of form – juxtaposing it with a play of positive and negative shapes with the intention to create a balance – is a consistent exploration in her work. Often the pieces have a double entendre concealed with in sections of her work that are represented by the negative space.
Newark, Daniel
Spear, Deborah
Shudder, Ray
Ongaro, Ivano
Art is my passion and sculpture if my expression.
Martson, Luke
Contemporary Coast Salish Artist
I am inspired by the legacy of my ancestors. My work is a reflection of the respect I feel for the master carvers of long ago. I believe that we have to find a balance between traditional and contemporary art, and at the same time evolve and grow as Coast Salish people.
Sarna, Naomi
Hyland, Grieg
Marsh, Doug
Temco, Heidi
Kuhr, Mette
Sizelove, Aerin
Crawley Norton, Teri
Harder, Paul
Paul has taken his love of the wilderness and his many work and travel experiences and developed a career as an impassioned bronze sculptor.
Glaros, Angellos
His appreciation for texture and colour, coupled with his love of wood, provide new inspiration in design. Angellos has also branched into metal work. He explored form through sculpture, and quickly moved into furniture and other functional pieces.
Laforme, Kent
Marble is my chosen medium for exploring the newness of something that has existed in one form or another since the beginning of time. The nature of this material resonates with the void, and offers a glimpse into the creation of something true. The origins of the material are the essence of my work and at the heart of my process. Somewhere, within the limits and possibilities of a stone, dwells a language beyond time and space. This is where I search for the shape of my ideas.
