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Welcome to the Nanaimo Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists
NFCA Chapter News Blog
We are very proud of our NFCA artists and we want to highlight members' accomplishments. If you are a member and have something that you would like to share please use the website to contact us!
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ARTIST OF THE MONTH - APRIL 2019
TRUDY BROADLEY I was fortunate to grow up in Hartley, Kent, a small village in the English countryside where adventures were endless! I...
Apr 1, 2019
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - MARCH 2019
ROSINA MARIA SOLYLO "PAINT WITH YOUR HEART" - quote from Dennis Brown really means a lot to me. Born in Holland, raised and lived in...
Mar 1, 2019
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY 2019
LAVERN HELEN HILLIER ASSOCIATE OF VICTORIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC- PIANO TEACHER – 35 YEARS Retired – Former member of BC Registered...
Feb 6, 2019
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - JANURARY 2019
DOROTHY SEVCOV To get to know our members better, we use a list of questions known as the Proust Questionnaire, made famous by French...
Jan 22, 2019
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER
HAROLD ALLANSON Shortly before taking early retirement twenty years ago, I enrolled in a one-day-a-week watercolour workshop with the FCA...
Dec 1, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - NOVEMBER
KIM FURNELL To get to know our members better, we use a list of questions known as the Proust Questionnaire, made famous by French...
Nov 21, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - OCTOBER
SARAH BOILEAU To get to know our members better, we use a list of questions known as the Proust Questionnaire, made famous by French...
Oct 1, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER
RICH WILLIAMS I have been fortunate during my life to have had the opportunity to paint alongside numerous accomplished artists and to...
Sep 17, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - AUGUST
EILEEN WILLIAMSON I live in paradise and I am renewed daily by the beauty of the natural world around me. My purpose as an artist is to...
Aug 1, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - JULY
HARALD WETKLO I was born in Germany and received my education in Germany and Austria. In 1959 I immigrated to Canada and settled in...
Jul 1, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - JUNE
JOSEE DUFFHUES In an effort to get to know our Members, Artist of the Month participants share their lives through the popular Proust...
Jun 1, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - MAY
MARILYN STRONGITHARM Do people who have an artistic bent see the world a little different? I think so. Details and Colours. As a young...
May 15, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - APRIL 2018
DENISE MAC NEILL Denise was born in Oakville Ontario and moved to Vancouver Island in 1991. I’ve been an artist all my life and have...
Apr 26, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - MARCH 2018
JANICE EVANS What is your idea of happiness? Happiness is laughter…being able to laugh at myself and with others. We all have times when...
Mar 22, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY 2018
CLAUDIA LOHMANN AN INTERVIEW WITH CLAUDIA .......... What is your idea of happiness? My idea of happiness is being surrounded by my...
Feb 18, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - JANUARY 2018
CHERYL SHAW When I first picked up a paintbrush in 1998 (on a dare!) I wanted to paint well enough to be a “photo-real” artist. Needless...
Jan 1, 2018
ARTIST OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2017
CATHERINE TARON Catherine Taron is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, both with the Nanaimo and Victoria chapters....
Dec 1, 2017
Artist of the Month - November 2017
ALDA L. SAUNDERS What is your idea of happiness? Happiness is being in a place in the world which is safe and affords me the opportunity...
Nov 4, 2017
Artist of the Month - October 2017
BIRGIT A. COATH - AFCA Birgit’s work is a manifestation of her personal journey. Even as a child she examined her environment seeing the...
Oct 22, 2017
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