I have strenuously pursued my figurative and portrait art career for the last 25 years, within the constraints of working part and full time as a chef with a passion for handmade food. I have worked to the goal of spending always more time on my art practice and been fortunate in being able to do that full-time some years.…
Originally from Saskatchewan Where I spent my youth riding horses, playing sports and pursued as a hobby. I had the honour of being on National Field Hockey Team: Saskatchewan Saskatoon Falcons. My sporting career was short lived and an admirer of my painting pointed me to Red Deer College Art School. In 1987 – 1990 I attended the art program at Red Deer College and where I met my Husband; Daniel Wiebe.…
I am a rural Albertan, woman sculptor. I had careers as a commercial pilot, overseas mission pilot in Papua New Guinea, took time off to care for my parents during their final illnesses, and I managed a provincial charity supporting family caregivers. I have seen and heard terrible things in my personal and professional life including deep grief, hardship, exploitation, discrimination and conflict.…
Carroll is a fine artist who creates and shows her works in the greater Edmonton area. Carroll experienced many art fields while attending Alberta College of Art & Design from regular painting and drawing to sculpture, glass blowing, metalsmithing, and jewelry making, graduating from their 4-year Diploma Program with distinction by winning the Heritage Travel Scholarship Award in 1988 & 1989.…
Cameron Crawshaw is a self-taught artist based in Edmonton, Alberta where he was born and raised. Although he has no formal art training, he has been sculpting with polymer clay for about 10 years. Cameron is a new and emerging sculptor and has only recently begun showing off his pieces to the public.
Fran’s career as a sculptor has encompassed a wide variety of experience, including working in stone, clay, snow, concrete, ice, fiberglass and bronze. She has achieved recognition as an art educator, highest honours in competition, project leadership, demonstration, competition judging and numerous solo and group exhibitions. A lifetime learner with boundless energy, Fran has a Master’s Degree in Art Education.…
I was born and raised in Edmonton and have lived in Devon for over thirteen years.
I have always felt a deep connection to nature and the earth, so clay is the perfect medium for my art. Our family jokes that my two favourite pastimes, gardening and pottery, let me get as muddy as I want.…
I was raised on a farm in the county of Lacombe in central Alberta, Canada. It is a place where the soil is rich and life is simple. It is a place to be grounded and centred, a place to learn patience. It is there that I learned to anticipate the smell of the earth coming back to life in the spring.…
I started sculpting (carving) in wood about 40 years ago. Mostly small projects that added a bit of flair to my cabinet projects. About four years ago I started dabbling in clay and soapstone. I’m hooked now. Clay fascinates me. Its ability to capture the subtlest marks is amazing. I’ve also become a huge fan of Monday night sculpture sessions, at least when they return.…
Keith Kobylka was born and raised in Edmonton. He discovered his love of art early, attending Harry Ainlay High School, and attended ACAD in Calgary. After college he began working as a newsroom illustrator for the Edmonton Journal later transitioning to graphic/layout artist at the newspaper. Recently embarking on the process of sculpting, Keith is continuing to learn and develop his various mediums and is excited to explore this new creative venture.
Shelly Leroux is a visual artist and educator based in Edmonton, Alberta. Leroux completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kwantlen University (2012) and a Bachelor of Education degree from Simon Fraser University (2014), where she majored in Fine Arts Education and minored in Environmental Education. Shelly Leroux is working at Victoria School of the Arts teaching in the high school visual arts department with a focus in the ceramics program.…
Starting with local community classes in pottery, then watercolor painting and now learning more about acrylics, Kay’s present passion is soapstone carving and Clay sculpture. Her prior career took her into Veterinary medicine as an Animal Health Technologist and clinic manager. Her pets, dogs, horses and wildlife have played a large part in her personal and professional life.…
I love to learn and am lucky enough to be surrounded by many friends and family members who celebrate and encourage that learning as well as assist with the more pragmatic details of life. Thank you all very much. Art is a process, as is life. You acquire new bits of information and integrate them with the old, as well as sur- render to the present with a bizarre sense of, “Okay, let’s go.” I communicate through various media: The steel is raw, unfinished strong industrial material.…
I grew up in Ft. McMurray in the 70’s, when there was not a lot to do. My father took us to a secret spot in the woods to observe the bears. We did this often. Our entertainment was the wildlife, and I developed a love for bears that will last a lifetime.
I sculpt bears from clay because of the great memories I have of the bears I loved in the wild and it brings back fond memories of my childhood
I experiment with different types of clays, glazes and techniques.…
I have been a playwright for all of my adult life. I have a firm grasp of the artist’s life and I cherish it. Exploration of the human condition through artistic creation is what it’s always been about for me. My other enduring passion in life is sculpting. Rodin observed that the interplay between subject and material in sculpture necessarily invokes sensuality.…
Wanda Resekis a Sturgeon County based artist who works mainly in sculpting and oil painting. Wanda graduated from the University of Alberta, Fine Arts Certificate program in 2006. She continues to study art through Harcourt House Art Centre, Leading Edge Workshops locally and throughout the province. From the first impulse forward, the process of art making, with all its layers, keep Wanda intrigued.…
Ruby is an Edmonton based Potter who is passionate about carbon-trapped Shino glazes, pushing the boundaries of firing in a gas kiln. Shino is one of the oldest glazes and demands diligence and patience to perfect. Colours will vary from thick, milky white, orange, rust, peach, red, gold, and charcoal grey spotting with variations of black carbon trapping. …
Ellie Shuster’s first love is portraiture – working from photographs she sculpts original portraits in clay, casting each piece in cold-cast bronze or colourful resin in her Edmonton studio. Some works become “fractured faces” as she uses her molds in unconventional ways.
As a ceramic artist Ellie is exploring the intersection between pottery and sculpture, which is leading her to discover the humour and delight in this newer artistic endeavour.…
Following a long career in public library and cultural administration,Keith now works primarily as a ceramic and cement sculptor. He specializes in figurative sculpture, both people and animals. He has participated in public art projects and group shows,and holds an annual fall show and sale at his home studio
“Art processes build cultures of collaboration and creativity. Part of my legacy has been to create community driven and interactive art.” Ritchie Velthuis is a visual artist whose focus has been primarily sculpture in various mediums including ice and snow, clay, cement, found/recycled material and most recently bronze. His dedication to refining his craft was rewarded with Edmonton’s SCTV monument, Bob and Doug MacKenzie.
Growing up on the prairies I always had creative juices running through my veins. To my parents dismay I became an expert with cardboard and my Dad’s supply of masking tape. My artistic journey would take a delay however as I enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces in the Navy on Submarines. Following my Honourable Discharge from the military my childhood dreams were realize when I attended Art School at Red Deer College in 1988-1990 and engaged on a life long adventure.…
I have coupled my love of clay with my training as a wildlife biologist to create realistic, and sometimes stylized, sculptures of indigenous wildlife and habitats. I favour raku firing because it is an exciting and unpredictable process that creates unique finishes (and sometimes disasters!).