Originally from Germany, Ilka came to Canada in her mid-twenties to study biology. Her art explores the world through a variety of lenses, from scientific-descriptive to critical, intuitive, and surreal. Current projects involve large-scale works in acrylic ink, as well…
Leroy Boris has been painting in earnest since 2005. His work as a gemmologist and a high end jewellry designer as well as a punk rock singer in the eighties, has definitely influenced his craft. Bold colors, broad firm strokes…
I paint abstracts with strong calligraphic influences because I was seduced by lines and colours and space in a previous life. A career in the practical world did not prevent me from erupting into artistic expression at regular intervals. I…
Every piece of driftwood contains the unique and secret story of its origins and journey in its curves, colors and contours. The found-wood in these portraits, some of which comes from trees that lived to be hundreds of years old,…
I call myself a fibre artist, but I enjoy working with many other media such as acrylic painting, ceramic sculpture, papier-mâché, altered books and large installations. I prefer to work with recycled materials – I feel they bring an energy…
Margaret works in acrylic and watercolour. She loves to create something that touches a viewer’s memory. Many of her paintings are landscapes that travellers recognize, carrying them back into reminiscing similar scenes. Recent works include undersea-inspired water-landscapes considering what is…
I recently moved back to Victoria (via Calgary) from London, UK, where I lived and worked for 30+ years – first as a theatrical propmaker and then as teaching artist at Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London. My practice, like…
Gage Gallery Board Member. Margo is a former resident of Penticton, B.C. There she was a member of the Tumbleweed Gallery, where she enjoyed the camaraderie and support of a small artists’ collective. Her family relocated to Victoria in 2006…
Carol has professional experience working with diverse populations of homeless, mentally and physically challenged, and street-involved youth and adults in inner- city communities. She has also taught at the university level. Collaborative projects with various social service organizations adhere to…
Barb DeRousie is a mixed media abstract artist currently living in Victoria, BC. She was born here and spent her early childhood on Vancouver Island light stations, where her back yard was the ocean. To this day, Barb feels most…
Painting is how I breathe life into my understanding of the world. Since I discovered joy in the artistic process as a child, I never stopped. I continue creating art for personal happiness, to enter where time doesn’t exist, and…
I enjoy plein air painting in all seasons and being outside in nature. Capturing the freshness and impression of a scene is most important to me and is the foundation of my work in the studio, where I create larger…
Karen Guilbault enjoys painting birds she sees on the Gorge Waterway each day while paddling. She loves to create an abstract, multimedia landscape with realistic birds superimposed. Karen also paints local landscapes, rock compositions, and small wildlife paintings with highly…
Beverly is an expressionist, figurative, portrait artist. Painting instinctively and intuitively, rarely drawing before painting she often changes directions mid stream, always happy for the surprises that are gifted her when paint collides with canvas. She explores human connection and…
Born in Berlin, Germany, I was raised and educated in Toronto where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from York University. After completing my degree I promptly stopped painting and drawing and didn’t start again for nearly 20 years.…
I moved from Ontario to Victoria in 2001. My career as an artist ignited when I was introduced to an art medium that excited me and stirred my imagination.Healing from grief and loss is at the heart of my body…
Ever since my introduction to a darkroom during my BFA at Queens University, I have been interested in the incorporation of photographic images into painting, printmaking, and sculpture. At various times I’ve worked with watercolour, collage, photocopies, oil and acrylic…
I started painting 29 years ago, when my daughter began the art careers program in high school, thinking that it might be something that we could do together. At the time, I had no idea how significant art-making would become…
When I was little, I used to always ask for nature calendars or day planners illustrated with scenic views around Canada and the world, all beautiful to my eye. The world was so full of colours and textures. I was…
Liz Aileen Saunders is a Canadian visual artist working primarily in painting and sculpture. Having attended Emily Carr University with the intention of pursuing painting alone, struggles with chronic pain had her shift away from painting in her second year.…
My current work is largely impressionist landscape in acrylic and oil mediums. I approach painting as an opportunity to study color, dynamic brush movement, and light. Painting is an expression of my experiences in the world. The images I work…
Sandy Voldeng is a long-standing exhibitor at the Greater Victoria Art Gallery. Her work has also been exhibited at juried events at Victoria Arts Council’s Gallery and the Sooke Fine Arts Show. I love working with my hands … molding…