Click logo to go back to homepage. Members by Medium: Mosiacs | Painting | Photography | Poetry | Soap Making | Woodworking Mosiacs Dorothy Healy Discipline: Mosiacs Contact: dhealy(at)telus.net Biography: Dorothy is a senior artist living in the town of Vulcan. Her art history has been in oil landscape painting and pastels, teaching thoughout southern Alberta. She also earned her NCMA teaching ceramic classes. In 1984 she went into the floral business. More recently, now that Dorothy is semi-retired, her focus has been on the mosiac arts, as well as watercolor painting, leaning toward florals. Dorothy has a convenient shop setup, which is great place for artist friends to gather and have workshops. Painting Kim Fortin Discipline: Painting - Click here for an example Contact: 403-485-0235 | kpfortin(at)telus.net Biography: After earning her BFA at ACAD, Kim Fortin returned to Vulcan where she currently resides with her husband, Paul and daughter, Rose. Although Kim's main area of study was textiles, she also developed skills in metal work, painting, and drawing. Since graduation in 1998 Kim has painted several large scale, wall murals, created local scenes in watercolours and has been commissioned to paint several portraits of people and pets, in both oils and watercolours. She has also continued to pursue small sculpture, jewellery making, and textile work. Although Kim continues to create in a variety of mediums, theme is a common thread in her work. She continues to be intrigued by local pioneering history and the beauty of the prairie, as can be seen in many of her creations. Dorthy Healy Discipline: Painting Click here for an example Contact: dhealy(at)telus.net Biography: Dorothy is a senior artist living in the town of Vulcan. Her art history has been in oil landscape painting and pastels, teaching thoughout southern Alberta. She also earned her NCMA teaching ceramic classes. In 1984 she went into the floral business. More recently, now that Dorothy is semi-retired, her focus has been on the mosiac arts, as well as watercolor painting, leaning toward florals. Dorothy has a convenient shop setup, which is great place for artist friends to gather and have workshops. Eva McNicoll Discipline: Painting (Watercolour)- Click here for an example Contact: 403-485-4555 | enrmcnic(at)telus.net | www.vulcanarts.net/creationsbyeva Biography: Eva started life in Alberta at Arrowwood. Eva and her husband Rene to Vulcan from Calgary in 2000. It really felt like she had come back home. Eva has been painting for 20 plus years mostly doing acrylic landscapes & seascapes. Recently she have been taking watercolor lessons, now watercolors are her new passion. Eva's mom, Frances, and several of her aunts helped contribute to her love of bright colors and glitzy things. She has some beautiful antique glass ware with many different colors and shapes that have inspired her to try and create different light effects through glass. This inspiration has also lead Eva to try similar techniques when painting animals, birds and flowers. Eva has a love for all things bright and beautiful, so where ever it takes her, she will follow. Mo Pickersgill Discipline: Painting Photography Elfie Hall Discipline: Photography - Click here for an example Contact: lbhall(at)wildroseinternet.ca | www.elfiehallphotography.com Biography: Photography has been Elfie's hobby for quite some time, however since retirement in 2005 after 32 years of software development from a software company in Calgary, she has been able to spend a lot more time at it. Her first CANON DSLR was a retirement present and she has been adding to it ever since. Living in Southern Alberta by a lake gives Elfiee plenty of photo opportunities. From her house she can watch the Bald Eagles, Pelicans, Ospreys and other Hawks, Coyotes and Deer. Another favorite subject of Elfie's is horses - luckily one of her friends breeds horses and gives her access to them for photography. Poetry Matthew George Discipline: Poetry - Click here for an example Contact: 403-485-3423 | mfg(at)igiveitall.com | www.igiveitall.com Biography: Matthew has been writing poetry since 1989, when he was just 13 years old. It wasn’t until the mid-90’s that he really found his voice, developing a style quite unlike any other. Personal, reflective and emotional, Matthew is not afraid to deal with issues regarding real life, whether looking inwards at himself or outwards at the world. His poems have been on display at the Vulcan County Building, and in early 2007, he published a poetry book, Time Destroys All Things, which is available through his website for only $13.00 to anywhere in Canada/$15.00 to elsewhere in the world, shipping included. Soap Making Sandra Anderson-Schrans Discipline: Soap Making Woodworking Euan Hanchard Discipline: Woodworking - Click here for an example Contact: 403-651-7908 | euan(at)serranostudios.com | www.serranostudios.com/ Biography: Woodworking is the medium Euan uses to express his creative ideas. Furniture is the 'canvas' that he 'paints' on. On the basic structure of a piece of furniture, Euan places his distinct concepts of aptness and beauty. Sometimes these are wildly exuberant while other times they are delicately constrained. This own personal designs tend toward a biomorphic look, with flowing curves and shapes that are influenced by the rhythms and values in nature. These elements were prominent in the art nouveau style of furniture. The shape ends up having a higher value than the functionality of the piece, more like sculpture masquerading as furniture. Gently curved legs supporting an asymmetrical table surface, even the legs breaking through the table surface. Cabinets that bulge out of the wall. Armoires with doors that open like peeling a leaf off a bulb Nine in a Line Creative Arts Society of Vulcan Vulcan, Alberta, Canada T0L 2B0 403-485-3423 | info(at)vulcanarts.net Website Design by: