When you are in Victoria, be sure to take home a piece of British Columbia with you. According to Statistics Canada, there are over 3500 artists and artisans in British Columbia, more than any other province in Canada. British Columbia has the highest per capita level of artists in Canada who produce some of the finest art anywhere in North America.This page is dedicated to the artists and artisans who call Vancouver Island home. There are a number of ways that you can find a piece of art or a beautiful craft to take home as a memory of your vacation on our beautiful island. You can start your search for that special keepsake at one of Victoria or Vancouver Island's fine galleries or studios. You may also discover a direct link below to the artist who has just what you want. It might be pottery, jewellery, a watch, metal art, first nations (native) art or crafts, textiles gifts, silver, slippers or some other special craft. Hopefully you can find that special something through the information below. Around Victoria and throughout Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, you will find markets and farmers markets. Often many crafters and artists will set up shop at these events as well. Check them out and have some fun doing it.
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Alcheringa Gallery, 655 Fort Street, Phone 250 383 8224 E-mail |
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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss Street, Victoria, British Columbia Canada |
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Dale's Gallery 537 Fisgard St. Victoria BC :: V8W 1R3, Tel 250.383.1552, |
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Full Circle Studio, 1800 Store Street, phone 250-920-4037, E-mail |
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Hills Native Art, 1008 Government Street, phone 250-385-3911 or toll free at 1-866-685 5422 Email: info@hillsnativeart.com |
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Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, 1-104 Fulford Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island British Columbia, V8K 2S3 Canada - Phone:250-537-2421, Toll Free: 1-800-668-6131, |
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Peninsual Gallery, 100-2506 Beacon Ave, Sidney BC V8L 1Y2 |
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Quails' Nest Studio Ltd. 108 - 800 Kelly Road,Suite 241, Victoria, B.C. Canada V9B 6J9, Email: info@quailsneststudio.com, Phone: (250) 298-6888, Fax: (250) 298-6886 |
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West End Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, 1203 Broad Street , Victoria, BC CANADA V8W 2A4, Tel: (250)388-0009 , Fax: (250)388-0099, Email: art@westendgalleryltd.com |
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Westward Studio, 715 Johnson Street, Victoria BC V8W 1M8 , Phone 250-383-0373, Email: art@westwardstudio.ca |
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Winchester Gallery, 2260 Oak Bay ,Victoria, B.C. V8R 1G7 , Tel.(250) 595-2777 |
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Email Sign Up - Click Here Paid listings include a picture, all of your contact info, an web site link, an email link and a 40-60 word paragraph describing your business. If you are in a category that currently is not listed, it will be added. |
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Brian Norman An internationally recognized watercolour artist whose work reflects the natural beauty of his home in British Columbia, Canada. His award winning pieces hang on the walls of homes and businesses in Canada, Norway, England and the USA. |
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Linny D. Vine Canadian West Coast artist Linny D. Vine finds inspiration for her vibrant acrylic paintings in the natural beauty of Southern Vancouver Island and Victoria's beautiful gardens and urban scenery. Bold and colourful originals. Landscapes, urbanscapes and florals. |
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Brian Simons A self-taught artist who has been painting for about 25 years. He paints in bold, colourful fashion in both acrylics and oils. He paints in a more expressionist style without the use of fine detail. His numerous works include landscapes, figures, portraits, floral, cityscapes and marine paintings. |
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Jeffrey J. Boron Canadian west-coast artist living and working in Victoria BC. Vibrant and colourful acrylic on canvas landscapes and marine paintings in a representational style. Broad variety of subject matter and perspectives. |
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Laurie Ladmore Laurie Ladmore lives in Victoria, BC where she attended the Victoria College of Art from 1994 to 1996. She works in acrylic and oil with two main areas of focus: landscape/growing things and abstracts. |
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Frank A. Waits With an eclectic body of work including animated-realism photography, wooden and cement sculptures with optical elements and acrylic canvas paintings, this color blind artist delves into whatever inspires him to create bold artwork. |
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Julie Cooper Young A self-taught, local artist who has become known for her urban idealism (architecture) acrylic paintings and insightful visual commentaries on the triumphs and trials of being human. |
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Trish Smith Although Inspired by the realist painters, especially, Andrew Wyeth, Alex Collvile and Salvador Dali. My early paintings bear the signature Pat Thompson. Later I changed back to my maiden name, Trish Smith. Most of my early paintings were done in oil. I tried acrylics, liked them, and since 2000, that is my medium of choice. |
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Deryk Houston My work is about things fertile, children's rights and peace. I enjoy working on canvas with acrylic paints as well as in three dimentional form with mixed media. I have mounted one man exhibitions in the former Soviet Union, Scotland, Iraq and the USA. The National film board of Canada produced a documentary film on my work titled "From Baghdad to Peace Country". |
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Margaret Foreman Although Margaret Foreman has had no formal art training, she took up painting with the same passion that has become a trademark of her life. Margaret’s enthusiasm and joie de vivre are evident in acrylic paintings that reflect a unique impressionistic style and convey a feeling of warmth through the use of vibrant colours. |
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Sarah Theophilus A welsh born realist painter specializing in finely detailed oil pastel animal portraiture. For me, the focus of each work is the eye, and the story an animal can convey in a simple expression without saying a word. My joy is in the challenge of capturing that spirit and communication, and the soft touch of fur on a flat canvas. |
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David Ladmore Born and raised in England, David is an award-winning artist who works in the classical tradition. "My work is a response to the beauty and simplicity of the things I find around me. In figure and landscape, careful study reveals the undercurrents and rhythms of existence. It is an irresistible force." |
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Nel Maria Kwiatkowska Born in Poland her formal education consists of studies at the Warsaw University, Dept. of Architecture training in pencil and ink drawing eceived under the established polish architect Tomasz Plucinski. Nel works in diverse media and techniques. The favorite themes of her work are people, landscapes, architecture and animals. |
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James Nesbitt His mixed media paintings on a multitude of surfaces embrace the narrative, for within story the situations that reveal love can form and evolve with depth and truthfulness. His work shows us that even in the most intense struggles of the journey there is a beauty and that in the coldest darkness there is a flicker of light. |
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Alexandra Hunter explores mixed media abstract art in her kitchen studio in Victoria, BC. Vibrant, energetic and colourful, her work glows with iridescent metals, copper and gold leaf. A lover of texture, she likes to throw, drip, scrape and splatter the acrylic paint (and sometimes uses her fingers!). Her latest pieces are "painting poems" layered with poetry and scripture. |
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Tobias Tomlinson Tobias Tomlinson has been a working potter for 35 years. Fire and ash of traditional Japanese firing techniques have brought new inspiration to his work. His translucent porcelain glows from within. Other inspirations include Mission Style and Arts and Crafts tradition from 1900 to 1925. The carved designs are reminiscent of William Morris, and the Newcomb Pottery in New Orleans. (no web site link) |
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Carollyne Yardley A Canadian artist who lives in Victoria, British Columbia and specializes in contemporary modern expressionism, pop art, illustrations, fine art paintings, costume design, mixed media and caricatures using acrylics and oils. For over a decade, she has been the creative director of a Victoria-based technology company specializing in conceptual designs for websites and custom software interfaces. Victoria BC. |
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Haley Larson, Artist & Owner of " The Urban Artist " offers extreme vivid color combined "Urban Influenced Abstract City Scapes" and other "Expressive forms of Abstract" Acrylic Custom Paintings/Custom Paneled Paintings/Custom Room Dividers/Originals/Prints for all Commercial & Residential Applications.THIS ARTIST SHIPS WORLDWIDE & LIVE ON THE CANADIAN REAL ESTATE CHANNEL AND 3 OTHER NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORKS!!!! |
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