#ArtistoftheMonth

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!

Apr 1, 2019

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...

Mar 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...

Feb 6, 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...

Jan 22, 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...

Dec 1, 2018

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...

Nov 21, 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...

Oct 1, 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...

Sep 17, 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...

Aug 1, 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...

Jul 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...

Jun 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...

May 15, 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...

Apr 26, 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...

Mar 22, 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...

Feb 18, 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...

Jan 1, 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...

Dec 1, 2017

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....

Nov 4, 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...

Oct 22, 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...