Drena Hambrook
Drena’s earliest recollections of visual appreciation were of the expansive Saskatchewan prairies. In later years, as well as raising a family, she travelled to many countries absorbing the magnificent landscapes, the beauty and diverse characteristics of the local people. Although her passion is painting portraits she delights in painting the places she’s been. Visit the site below to learn more...
Shannon Harvey
Artist, Shannon Harvey, is founder of Monkey100, a business devoted to artistic design as a tool for social change, with the t-shirt as the ultimate mobile canvas. With a career spanning community murals, theatre, installation and artist residencies, she sees Monkey100 as an extension of this work: an engagement through the arts to instigate dialogue and positive change. Visit the site below to learn more...
Brent Heighton
Vancouver artist, Brent Heighton, has a love of the outdoors, and has organzied several 'painting'expeditions into places such as Haida Gwaii, the Great Bear Rain Forest, the Kitlop valley, the Rocky Mountains by horseback and the Kutzmateen Grizzly Sanctuary. He also maintains a home in Mexico, where according to Brent, "the light is beautiful and has a clarity that you can't get anywhere else". Visit the site below to learn more...
Robert Held
Robert Held launched Canada’s first college level hot glass program in 1969. This program allowed many North American artists to become skilled in the medium and established Robert as the pioneer of art glass in Canada. In 1987, Robert Held Art Glass was born after he and his wife decided to move to Vancouver and experience the lifestyle that the West Coast had to offer. The company has since grown to become Canada's largest hot glass studio and the line is carried in major museum collections, large retailers and galleries of all sizes. Visit the site below to learn more...