Victoria based cartoonist Robin Crossman shares his journey through the art world. AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? RC: I like to make people laugh. I spent quite a few years performing stand-up comedy and improv in Toronto before I began working [...]
Tasli Shaw is a marine naturalist and artist working on Vancouver Island, Canada. She has spent countless hours observing the marine mammals of the Salish Sea and uses these observations in the studio to convey their individual personalities and conservation issues, while weaving together visual stories old and new with scientific knowledge. Tasli currently splits [...]
Our interview with Tofino based artist Claire Watson AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? CW: I never really thought I had a 'style', but apparently I do. I have been told everything from Japanese style, to tattoos, to comic books, but I [...]
Victoria BC based photographer Shea Wyatt shares with us his love for wildlife. AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? SW: I use photography to capture images of nature - wildlife, landscape, small details - that I feel compelled capture and preserve, and [...]
West Coast painter Valerie Rolfe shares with us her love for animals and her passion for raising awareness for animal welfare through her art. AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? VR: I work mostly in acrylic, watercolour, and with collage. My acrylics [...]
AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? KL: I would say I have two distinct styles. In my figure and landscape work, I usually incorporate finer detail, often with collage elements using a variety of papers. These pieces, especially the figurative work, often illustrate [...]
AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? AMY: I work in coloured pencils, watercolour pencils, and archival ink pens as well as water soluble pens. My work incorporates a spin off of the art style Zentangle, mixed with more of a realistic spin on [...]
AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? HR: I work primarily in acrylics, I also like watercolours. It's all about colour and Old World eclecticism at my studio. Like the mountain landscape of Crowsnest Pass - where the prairie collides with alpine - [...]
AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? PLM: Whimsical wildlife, cartoon realism, funny looking animals, critters with personality…there are plenty of ways to describe my style of art, most I’ve lifted from things people have said to me, none of which lends itself to [...]
AIP: How would you describe your style of work and what is your preferred medium to work in? WP: Colourful, Whimsical movement. Mixed Medium with wax polish and my fingers AIP: What were you first steps toward selling your art and what type of setting was this in, a gallery, art & crafts show, [...]