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KIT BIRCH
kateybirch@gmail.com

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  • Joined the Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2000
  • Self-taught and has taken courses in watercolours and pastels
  • Silk painting lessons began in workshops under Maureen Walker AFCA 
  • Shows work annually with the Vancouver Island Silk Painters
  • Has work in the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan

JOY BROWN
linden.lea@telus.net
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  • ​Joined the Vancouver Silk Painters in 2000
  • Self-taught artist and appreciates the glorious chance meeting of colour and form
  • Trained under Maureen Walker AFCA through many workshops
  • Shows work annually in the Vancouver Island Silk Painters’ Shows
  • Paintings are in private homes in Canada and Australia

​MARILYN STUBBS COONEY
marilyncooney@shaw.ca
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  • Self-taught painter, teacher
  • Trained in 2001 to paint on silk by Karen Martin. Joined the Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2006 and continued training under Maureen Walker AFCA
  • Former member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and received signature status (AFCA) in 2010
  • Influenced by the work of the Group of Seven, Robert Bateman, Glen Loates and Bev Doolittle
  • Work in national juried shows and private collections worldwide


GAIL E. GREKUL
gegrekul@telus.net
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  • Graduate of the University of Alberta with a Degree in Textile Science and Education
  • Joined the Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2016
  • Member of the Cowichan Valley Cultural Arts Society and the Oceanside Community Arts Council
  • Explores many subjects including all facets of nature and animals enjoying a symphony of colour that silk dyes produce
  • Displays works in the Vancouver Island Silk Painters’ shows and has representation in local galleries



NANCY KORMAN
dany47@telus.net​
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  • Painter.  Began painting on silk in 1999
  • Taught the art of silk painting by Maureen Walker AFCA .  Attended many of her workshops to continue on this journey.
  • Silk painting has allowed the telling of past and present stories in a brilliant visual filled with grandchildren, pets and nature.  Life is full of amazing emotions to share through the magic of colour.
  • Shown in art galleries on Vancouver Island for twenty years.

KAREN MACRAE
khenke62@yahoo.ca​
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  • Joined Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2019
  • BFA University of Calgary 1993 in Painting and Printmaking.  Instruction in painting on silk by Dianne Nelson, Maureen Walker and members of VISP
  • Member of Artsphere, Comox and Vancouver Island Silk Painters
  • Influenced by the beauty of the natural environment
  • Exhibits paintings and works on silk locally

DIANNE E. NELSON
swift.rivers.studio@gmail.com​
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  • Joined Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2016
  • Honours’ degree in Fine Arts at York University, Toronto.  Graduate courses at Queen’s University, Kingston.  Later studied watercolour with John Kibby in Cairns, Australia
  • Current memberships include NWT Arts, Campbell River Art Gallery, Pearl Ellis Art Gallery and Comox Valley Arts
  • Influenced by the work of William Turner, Emily Carr and Georgia O’Keefe
  • Juried into prominent shows locally and nationally


SHARON RECALMA
kuloos@shaw.ca​
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  • Member of the Vancouver Island Silk Painters since 2005
  • Self-taught painter through various media
  • Trained to paint silk by Maureen Walker AFCA and Marilyn Cooney
  • Interested in design, deconstructed paintings and realism
  • Shows work in the annual VISP show with work available in several galleries


BERNICE STEARNS
stearnsbernice93@gmail.com
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  • Member of Federation of Canadian Artists,  DeCosmos Fine Art Society and Vancouver Island Silk Painters
  • Trained under Maureen Walker AFCA to paint on silk.  Attended lectures on Modern Art by Don Farrell
  • Influenced by 20th century artists who use varying degrees of abstraction.  Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso
  • Paintings juried into FCA shows. Paintings in gallery shows and private collections

MAUREEN WALKER
pioneersilk@gmail.com
www.maureenwalkerart.com

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  • Painter, educator, mentor
  • Trained to paint on silk, in England, by Mandy Southan, President of the International Guild of Silk Painters.  Attended masterclass with Japanese Master silk painter Tetsuo Koyama
  • Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists since 2001, awarded AFCA Signature Status in 2005.  Member of the International Guild of Silk Painters since its inception in 1993
  • Interested in the work of early 20th Century painters, particularly Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Lionel Feininger.  Influenced by Cubism, Vorticism and The Bauhaus
  • Paintings regularly juried into high profile shows
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