DAVID GOATLEY Pre-eminent Portrait Artist From “Regular” to Royalty, and their stories. “For me, one way of thinking about art is to understand it as the application of intelligence, technique and creativity to a subject to make you see the truth of it in a new way. It seems to me that the best art begins with a strong idea – it is about something.” Please feel free to bring a portrait painting if you like, to share. David Goatley is considered one of North America's foremost

VICTOR ARCEGA, MFA ARTIST - TEACHER - CONSULTANT - CRITIC - WRITER Critique with one of Nanaimo’s past VIU professors We have a critique with Victor coming for January so bring your paintings. Victor comes to Vancouver Island BC, from the Philippines by way of California and Alberta. With an MFA in painting, BA in humanities and diplomas in marketing, advertising and TV plus Film-writing, he has taught drawing, illustration and ideation and worked as art editor, copy editor

MEMBER CRITIQUE We are having a member critique and invite you to bring in paintings you are having difficulty with, or that shows your best. You will be invited to talk about your technique as well, for those brave souls. It's one of the times we will not have a guest artist doing a demo. If any of our members would like to experience the challenge of doing a demonstation in the upcoming year please let Sandy Johnman know at sjohnman@shaw.ca. Location: Vancouver Island Reg

JOE BEMBRIDGE Our guests for the August Artful Meeting will be Joe Bembridge of Gallery Merrick (B13) Commercial Street, Nanaimo and his associate, Dee Fontans. Joe will be giving a short presentation on "How to approach Galleries" and what they are looking for. Both Joe and Dee have an extensive background in Art, and have offered to run the Critique this month. Peer participation is both welcome and wanted during the critique session so bring your paintings for this fun ses

DAN GRAY PASTEL ARTIST “Painting…a gathering of the senses” “I paint from life….of life” – Dan Gray Dan will provide a demo for us on July 14th. He has been working in pastels since 1975, and is designated a Premier Pastelist of Canada by The Pastel Society of Canada. Dan does landscape and figurative paintings, always en plein air in an impressionistic style, and also loves painting motorcycles and cars blended in a colourful nature. His awards also include Plaque of Disti

DOMINIK MODLINSKI - PAINTING JOURNEYS Dominik Modlinski will be presenting a talk and video presentation of his painting journeys around the world, including Canada. Born in Warsaw Poland, Dominik immigrated to Canada at age 17, already trained in printmaking and design. He studied fine arts at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto graduating with honours in 1993. Drawn to the Canadian wilderness, he has painted the Algoma region of northern Ontario, the Yukon wilderness, Br

CINDY MERSKY, AFCA, SCA "My Approach to Non-Objective Painting Using Decollage" Cindy Mersky is an award-winning artist, born in Edmonton, Alberta. She has earned recognition as an Elected Member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and a Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA). Cindy completed a 4-year program in Visual Communications at the Alberta College of Art and continued her studies at the University of Toronto, where she earned a B.Sc. A

DEMO BY DONNA BASPALY, SFC Donna’s career as an Artist spans more than forty years. She describes herself as being in between chaos and control, starting with a design structure and idea then at some point surrendering to the symbiotic relationships. She allows the painting to speak to her which sometimes changes the idea she started with. She states: Rich textures, random dancing line work, the power of color combinations, the mystery of lost and found, creating interesti

TOM SHARDLOW - "WOOING THE JURORS" Tom Shardlow, one of our own , will be giving a digital presentation on "Wooing the Jurors". Sounds like something we all want to know about. Tom has been winning awards since High School for both his painting and writing. Tom attended what is now known as Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and later UBC in the Sciences, and worked as the Field Research Biologist travelling to many beautiful and wild places. In recent years, I've had

DEMO: PENNY MADAY CIOCHETTI Penny will discuss and demonstrate ways to explore the use of traditional drawing materials like pencil, charcoal and conte as well as a variety of other materials (tissue paper, gel, paper elements, moulding paste, etc.) in acrylic paintings to create detail, texture, and translucency and how such effects can help create mood, emotion or dramatic effects. LOCATION: Vancouver Island Regional North End Library 6250 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T

"Freeing up with Mixed Media" An Artist, a Writer, a Naturalist and a Teacher from Protection Island, Alison is a member of the FCA receiving awards in juried shows in Nanaimo, and at the Sidney Fine Art Show. Working in Watercolour or Acrylics she has participated in many invitational shows as a Botanical Artist, including UBC and the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretae. Alison is also a busy Author, with a new book just out called "Dazzle Patterns"(a f

Demo: Brian Buckrell "One Way to start an Acrylic Painting" Brian has won a multitude of awards for his studio and Plein Aire paintings. His enthusiasm and love of nature and rural landscape is evident and has been described in terms of contemporary impressionism. We are honoured to have him with us! #DemosCritiques

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017 Location: Vancouver Island Regional North End Library 6250 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6M9 Agenda: 10:00 to 12:30 ArtFul Saturday Gerda Hofman Critique Gerda has done many critiques in both Alberta and BC, does not discuss subject matter as that is a personal choice, but covers 5 major points: Composition, Execution, Format, Use of Material and Presentation. This is a good time for all of us to benefit from a fresh pair of experienced eye