Mountain Arts Foundation

Visual Arts

Allyson Van Impe 171 Moraine Rd., T1W 1J6 403-678-6649 scouser7@telus.net	Creative images using fabric, glass beads and thread. Commissioned work. Member of CAAG, represented by The Avens Gallery.
Anna Truderung/"Watervisons" 403-609-8393 403-860-7887 anna@watervisions.net www.watervisions.net	Watercolour paintings of local mountain scenes.
Anne Noel Martin #2 806 - 5th St., T1W 2G4 403-678-3067 annee_colour@hotmail.com www.annenoelmartin.ca	Chalk pastel interpretations of nature. Visit website for photos of recent work.
Art & Design by Virginia Hemingson Log Cabin Art Studio (est. 1970) 800 Harvie Heights Rd, Harvie Heights 403-678-2783 888 834-0837 www.virginiahemingson.com	Original paintings, limited edition prints, cards. Hand made crafts, "Raggedy Ann of the Mountain" dolls, and primitive wool hooked rugs. Winter visits by appointment only. Summer season (June 21 - October 21) open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm daily. "Meet the Artist Victorian Tea" - call 678-2783 for reservations. Mailing address: Box 2513 Banff, T1L 1C2.
Barb Fyvie/Fyvie Creative Ltd. 403-609-8117 barb@fyvie.com www.fyvie.com	Nature-inspired works in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Represented by Elevation Gallery in Canmore and Stratus Gallery in Banff.
Bigoudi - Pascale Ouellet 609 Larch Place, T1W 1S1 403-609-0509 bigoudi@telus.net www.bigoudi.ca	Bigoudi is the ‘Nom de Plume’ of artist Pascale Ouellet. She is a painter represented by Elevation Gallery. She works with encaustic (molten wax) to create large scale paintings of details of nature and figure work. She is also part of the Corridor Collective in Elk Run Industrial Area.
Birgid Ebsen-Thompson 403-678-1701 bikethom@telusplanet.net	Oil paintings, water colours, fibre art wall hangings.
Cartoon Ink - Patrick LaMontagne #73 200 Glacier Drive, T1W 1K6 403-609-8318 cartoon@cartoonink.com www.cartoonink.com	Cartoonist. Illustration.
Chrissy Nickerson 10 Railway Ave., T1W 1R3 403-688-1128 chrissynickerson420@hotmail.com www.cnfineart.ca	Fine artist, painter. Works can be viewed at Elevation Gallery and on her website.
Christine Elmgren 403-688-6686 celmgren@me.com www.elmgren.ca	Landscape oil paintings inspired by the Canadian Rockies, West Coast and Prairies. Work includes plein air sketches, studio paintings, and commissions.
Dana Roman 208 Benchlands Terrace, T1W1G1 403-678-8713 www.romandana.com romandana@telus.net	Dana has a studio in her home and works in acrylics, oils, mixed media and textiles. She exhibits with Elevation Gallery in Canmore, Stratus Gallery in Banff, Odin Gallery in Vernon BC, Alberta Society of Artists, Federation of Canadian Artists, Alberta Craft Council and Ontario Craft Council. Dana has won many awards for her art.
Dea Fischer rock.paper.scissors 403-673-2818 rock-paper-scissors@live.ca	Works in bookbinding and repair, collage and assemblage. Regular exhibitor at the Library Gallery. Dea specializes in large-scale community art projects and private commissions, murals and set or backdrop design. Available to work on commission or for private tuition in art and craft.
Don Barry 201 Lady MacDonald Drive, T1W 1G9 403-678-4616 donbear@shaw.ca	Watercolors, model ship building.
Edward van Vliet techne productions 403-609-8081 etechne@yahoo.ca	Artist, Educator/ Lecturer, Consultant, Writer.
Elizabeth Wiltzen 200-109 Bow Meadows Cr., T1W 2W8 403-763-9035 www.mountainartist.com	Oil painter. Specializing in mountain, coastal and desert landscapes, as well as figurative work. Signature status: SFCA, SCA, CSPWC. Representation: The Avens Gallery, The Artym Gallery, Invermere, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary
Elli and Lou Stabile 295 Three Sisters Drive, T1W 2M5 403-678-5436 louiss@telusplanet.net	Both Elli and Lou are artists, and Lou is also a landscape photographer. Their work is for sale at Elli´s Hair West and at Elli’s Bed and Breakfast, 295 Three Sisters Drive. Both exhibit at Canmore Hospital, “Art from the Heart".
Fonda Sparks 403-678-2283 331 Pioneer Rd., T1W 1E8 fonda@fondasparks.com www.fondasparks.com	Acrylic paintings on canvas.
Fraser McGurk 102 Ashley Close, T1W 2S6 403-678-4072 fmcgurk@telusplanet.net www.frasermcgurk.com	Limited edition giclee prints and commissioned works of Art. The wood medium combined with intense colours and bold simple lines lends itself to the expression of strength, majesty and haunting beauty in his mountain landscapes.
Helena Knos 946 Lawrence Grassi Ridge, T1W 2Z6 403-678-2819 knos@telus.net	Watercolor and acrylics. Represented by the Delta Gallery in Kananaskis, The Quest in Banff, the Canmore Hospital Gallery.
Jackie Minnaar 7 Birchwood Place, T1W 1P9 403-609-2088 pminaar@telusplanet.net	Mostly landscapes- various media from oils to monoprints, acrylics, pencil/pen drawings.
Jan Kabatoff 403-609-4020 jankabatoff@shaw.ca	Nature-based paintings in the encaustic medium, hand-pulled etchings of the wildflowers of the Rockies and hand-dyed linen wall hangings. Summit Gallery of Fine Art.
Janice Tanton 103A Casale Place, T1W 3G2 403-609-8031 www.janicetanton.com	Award-winning visual artist, sculptor, designer, facilitator, musician and composer, with works in collections across the globe. Accepting selected commissions and design projects.
Jeri Bowden 112 Larch Place, T1W 1R5 403-678-4992 larch112@yahoo.ca	Painting: Pen and ink sketches, calligraphy, watercolors. Specializing in the natural environment.
Joan Dunkley 403-678-5856 jdunk@telus.net	Work explores the human-land relationship across time. Paintings, mixed media, and sculpture, in a variety of media, and with some works based in natural and found materials.
Jocey Asnong Cautious Leroy: Illustration and Design Apt 203, 512 Bow Valley Trail, T1W 1N9 403-678-3648 cell: 403-763-8284 jocey@cautiousleroy.com www.cautiousleroy.com	Professionally trained illustrator, specializing in children's literature and conceptual editorials (Sheridan College & Georgian College). Design services include all forms of traditional print illustration and location illustration (murals, chalk board art, & special event 3D materials), as well as traditionally executed architectural renderings. Commissions.
Kemuri Interpretations Colleen Campbell 294 Grizzly Crescent, T1W 1B5 403-678-2051 kemuri@telusplanet.net	Oils, watercolour, graphite. B.A. and M.A. from Central Washington State University. Bachelor of Interior Design (BID), University of Manitoba. Teaches Interior Design, Mt. Royal College.
Linda Evans 917-8th St. T1W 2B4 403-678-5040 lindaevansartist@gmail.com	Canada’s favourite folk artist. Transforms paintings into a patchwork quilt, reminiscent of a Grandma Moses style art. Works in tempera. Originals available only at The Gallery at the Banff Springs Hotel.
Linden Wentzloff 85 Grotto Way, T1W 1J8 403-678-2108 wentzlof@telus.net	Illustrates children’s stories in pencil, gouache, and watercolour (see In the Path of Great Bear, Magic in the Mountains, and Where Wolves are Wild). Paints larger canvases of wildlife oils and acrylics. Commissions welcome.
Lucie Bause Art and Design 6B-1306 Bow Valley Trail, T1W 1N6 403-609-2145 luciebuause@gmail.com www.luciebause.com	Nature-based artwork including painting, print media and mixed-media.
Lucille Doucette 403-678-9856 ludoucette@shaw.ca	Acrylic - landscapes and florals.
Marian Raham 117 Bow River Dr, H.H., T1W 1H8 403-678-5733 mraham@shaw.ca	Watercolours and minitatures.
Marie-Joëlle Driard 252 Lady MacDonald Dr., T1W 1H8 403-678-1875 mjdriard@telus.net	Fine art. Commissioned works. Instruction.
Mary-Beth Laviolette 917 Larch Place, T1W 1F5 403-678-2197 mblcanmore@shaw.ca	Author of An Alberta Art Chronicle: Adventures in Recent and Contemporary Art and Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview with Patricia Ainslie. Administrator, Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre and Senior Art Curator, Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Art writer and journalist, with a specialty in Alberta art and history. Guest curator and jurying.
Massie Art Donna Jo Massie Box 8213, T1W 2T9 403-678-5042 info@massieart.com www.massieart.com	Original watercolours, commissioned works can be seen at the Canada House Gallery in Banff, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery in Calgary. Published work, Canadian Best Seller: A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook – A Step By Step Guide to Watercolour Painting in the Mountain Landscape. Teaches adult classes and weekend workshops. Workshops for tour groups. Workshop Brochure, Registration and Artwork may be viewed at: www.MassieArt.com.
Meg Nicks 216 Lady MacDonald Dr., T1W 1H3 403-678-6113 sunrav@telusplanet.net	Mixed media collage in drawing and painting. Nature-based, highly-interpretive works about the mountain environment and experience. An explorer in materials. Work available through Sunny Raven Gallery.
Michael Vincent 304 Pioneer Rd., T1W 1E7 403-678-6440 mjmjmv@telusplanet.net	Long time Canmore artist, formerly an illustrator, printmaker and pen and ink specialist. Highly detailed limited edition prints available depicting Canmore's history and local environment, such as Canmore Mine Engines 20th Anniversary series. Recent years focusing on large semi-abstract acrylic paintings influenced greatly by the local environment.
Mike Sass msass@telusplanet.net http://www.sassart.com/	Freelance entertainment illustrator and painter. Previously, Mike worked for 12 years at BioWare corp as the principal marketing artist. Has created work for the Star Wars, Magic The Gathering, and Dungeons and Dragons franchises. Also teaches workshops in illustration and oil painting.
Nomi Whalen 912 Larch Place, T1W 1S5 403-678-6640 nwhalen@telus.net www.weddingsbynomi.com	Pen and ink artist.
Olinger Art Louise Olinger 57 Riverstone Road, T1W 1J4 403-609-2117; 403-609-7315 cell olinger@telusplanet.net www.olingerart.com	Vibrant watercolour landscape originals & prints. Limited edition prints available. Represented by: High Country Art Gallery , Cochrane. Galleria, Calgary. Cafe Books and Museum & Geoscience Centre, Canmore. Glacier Gifts, Whyte Museum, Friends of Banff, Banff Gondolo, Banff. Northern Lights, Chateau Lake Louise, One of a Kind, Bragg Creek.
Patti Dyment 403-678-4916 pdymentart@hotmail.com http:/members.shaw.ca/pdyment	Fine art painter, primarily in oils, also various other media. Landscapes, people, portraits, wildlife. Commissions considered. Galleries: The Avens Gallery, Canmore (originals), Sunny Raven Gallery, Canmore (limited editions)
Phil Guy rock.paper.scissors 403-609-3579 philipbuster.g@hotmail.com	Multi-skilled illustrator and visual artist working out of Canmore who exhibits his fine art work executed in oil pastel and mixed media at the Library Gallery. Available to work on commission or to provide private tuition.
Ridgewood Signcrafters Rick Fairs 5A - 10 Industrial Place, T1W 1Y1 403-678-2992 rjfairs1@telus.net www.ridgewoodsigncrafters.com	Graphic artist. Computerized graphic art and lettering. Computerized routering & carving. Specialized custom signage, banners. Commercial and commission work. 3D wooden signage: handcarving, sandblasting, airbrushing Vehicle lettering and full colour decals graphics. B.A.
Sarah Kidner 100-109 Bow Meadows Cres T1W 2W8 403-678-5548 sarah@kidner.ca www.kidner.ca	Specializes in oil landscapes, cityscapes and figurative work. Represented by the Avens Gallery in Canmore and the Artym Gallery in Invermere.
Shirley Chinneck 310, 115 Elk Run Blvd, T1W 1G8 403-678-1293 chinneck@telusplanet.net www.telusplanet.net/public/chinneck	Subject matter: portraits to landscapes and everything in between. Sizes: miniatures to large format. Media: depends on subject matter and desired effect.
Susanne Swibold 403-678-5027 smswibold@nucleus.com www.amiq.org	Fine art photography; expressionistic, symbolic and painterly, as well as elegant portrayal of natural subjects in the environment. Supplementary to this medium is painting, drawing and filmmaking.
Terry Findley 806 13th Street, T1W 1W6 403-609-9917 http://photoshare.shaw.ca/gallery/rockscapes findleyt@hotmail.com	Acrylics, rock, flora and the use of gel are used to give the paintings, not only texture, but relief on canvas. The landscapes I paint are from memory and places in the Arctic, Alberta, and BC I have visited. The rock used in my work, usually comes from that location. My series of Inukshuks, Northern Lights, Waterfalls, and Prairie landscapes continues.
Tes Shallease Lalonde 138-Unit B 15 Street, T1W 1M2 403-493-7001 tes_lalonde@yahoo.ca	Original and commissioned art works, in mediums of oil paints and pencil drawings. Photographic services include stock photography, art print photography on consignment, wedding and portrait photography.
William Johnston P.O. Box 8221, T1W 2T9 403-678-5364	China painting and oils.
Zelda Nelson 438-1st Street, T1W 2K9 403-609-4696 zelnel@telusplanet.net www.zeldanelson.com	Paintings in acrylic, and oils. Plein air and studio paintings. Subject is usually landscape of western Canada. Inspiration from travels in the Canadian provinces, as well as hiking in the Rocky Mountains.