Artisans

“The light can transform something in an instant,” says Bonnie Snair. As a stained glass artist, Bonnie is intimate with the power of light not…

A colourful ceramic fish with a droll, human-like face perches on a stake in a garden bed. Wind chimes made of porcelain bells and stained glass…

Everywhere she looks, painter and fabric artist Sara Schouten sees beauty. In response, she creates art. Sara’s acrylic and watercolour paintings…

Sudasi Gardner’s work offers a feast of colour, texture, and delight in an incredibly diverse array of craft and fine art genres: paintings,…

Hester Lessard’s artistic journey straddles six decades and defies straight lines. In the 1960s and 70s, she painted landscapes and interiors, first…

Marlee Munro is fascinated by the vibrational power of colour. Physics tells us that each colour has its own wavelength, and that everything in…

Jori Phillips describes her creative process as a journey with magical companions through strange lands. “I feel like my inner spirit who makes these…

Melissa Winkler found her way to leatherwork because she wanted to make knives, and an unsheathed knife is dangerous. “I’ve always had my hands in…

Katarina Meglic is fascinated with how the human body expresses our histories, uniqueness, and complexity.   “The human figure is a vessel of…

“My art journey has led me to many unexpected places—down to the bottom where dragons and wolves lurk, and up to the bright places that have no…

If you had to describe Jayne Fogarty’s artistic output in one word, you might choose “abundant.”

Denman Island resident Paola Brodsgaard became known as a consummate curator of beautiful things as the owner of Rusty Rooster, a charming…

Fire—one of the most powerful transformative forces in all of nature—is at the heart of Nathan Garfat’s work as an artist-blacksmith. “I mostly…

When mixed-media painter Lisa Geddes looks at the Denman Island forest, she doesn’t just see trees. She sees dynamic patterns, the play of light, and…

When you buy a basket from Glen Kraushar, you are truly getting a piece of the Denman Island earth. All the baskets are made entirely from willows…

Pottery lured Jeanie Rogers to Denman Island. For years, she visited the island annually from her home in Vancouver to take part in the epic wood…

The originality of Megan Rose’s beaded earrings stems partly from her innate creativity and partly from her determination to respect Indigenous…

Fireweed is a longtime eco-feminist artist deeply concerned about social justice, biodiversity loss, and the climate crisis. For an activist, art…

Magdalene Joly is inspired by the romance of old things, the hidden potential of objects that have been neglected, and the magic of revitalization.…

For over 35 years, Annie Siegel has created art that reflects the beauty of Denman Island’s forests and ocean—the colours and shapes of the beach…

Rem Skolney seeks to reveal the hidden beauty and intrigue of the world around him. “I’ve always had a way of seeing things others often…

Cynthia Minden is a visual artist, classically trained musician, and educator, and she is passionate and profoundly knowledgeable about donkeys...

A master at carving monumental figures from salvaged cedar. Abstract and semi-representational, with power, presence and personality.

Gordon Hutchens is an internationally known potter and teacher welcoming you to visit his Denman Island studio.

“I have always made marks to make sense of things, be it ideas, or responding to the visual world. I like to put things down and see what emerges,”…

Scott Beardsley has enjoyed a 50+ year career that includes high-end large decorative pieces, ceramic murals that can be the centrepiece of a room,…

An Enchanted World of Clay Master potter Bentley Le Baron has spent 40 years creating his own ceramic world—a place of beauty and magic, inhabited by…

Pottery as small as chopstick rests, to as large as wall torsos.

“Pottery is a slow art form that dates back over 20,000 years,” says Denman Island potter Angelika Forray. “Sacred containers and items made from the…

Living on Lake Farm inspires potter Tom Dennis to produce a full range of versatile table ware and beautiful decorative pieces.