Di's News

  I am thrilled to share the news with you about an upcoming art project! In the summer of 2018 I will have a duo art show with local sculptor Guthrie Gloag! “The Art of Conservation” will feature wildlife and landscapes from southern British Columbia and the Salish Sea. It has been a long time…

  It is with tremendous excitement that I announce joining the new Catching Stars Gallery on Bowen Island, BC! This is my first journey into permanent gallery representation and I could not be more thrilled to join the lovely artists behind this beautiful new gallery. Team Pauulet Hohn, Marie Neys and Emilie Kaplun have brought…

  Coming up on Sunday December 3rd 2017: The 32nd Annual CSA Christmas Craft Fair! Over 60 tables of Bowen’s Best local artists, artisans, makers and crafters. This is Bowen’s biggest craft fair of the season – it’s not to be missed! Swing by my table and say hi- I will have my travel-size matted…

  On now at the Bowen Island Arts Council Gallery: It’s A Wrap! The final show of 2017 It’s A Wrap features artwork and gifts from dozens of Bowen Artisans just in time for the holiday season. I will have three hand-embellished Limited Edition Canvas Giclees at the show as well as 4-packs of my…

  New Painting: ‘Evening Calm in the Pasleys’   Peaceful purple seas surround as the summer sun sets to the west, casting a golden light in Howe Sound. The Pasley Islands are ideal for collecting those calm rippling waters in the final moments before sunset. Catch the angle just right and you can see clear…

  I am excited to introduce brand new Art By Di greeting cards! Just in time for the holiday season these 4″x5.5″ colorful folded cards are printed on high quality paper. They come blank inside (perfect for customizing)! Send a little piece of Bowen to your loved ones this holiday season. They make a great…

  At the beginning of 2017 I started working with Dr. Jenny Kahn on an illustration project for the Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine (Culture and Heritage Service, Tahiti). This project involved the creation of several large reconstructions and site maps for interpretive trail signs in the Opunohu Valley (on the island of…

Now in stock! Available starting this week are 5″ x 10″ prints of “Squamish Valley Sunrise II”. Printed on fine art paper and mounted in an 8″ x 12″ acid-free mat, these prints are excellent quality and fit into standard size frames. For more information on this painting: https://artbydi.ca/2017/04/11/squamish-valley-sunrise-i/ Prints are $35 CAD each and…

  New Painting: Under the Arbutus Tree   Hot summer days, a salty west coast beach, waves gently lapping at the sandy shore. Find the cool sand hiding in the shade amongst the driftwood, sink in your toes. Look up, a gnarly arbutus hangs out, years of shoreline erosion slowly edging it downwards, but it…

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Squamish Valley Sunrise I 30″ x 30″ – 2017 – Acrylic on Canvas Perched above the glaciated Squamish Valley in Southwestern British Columbia rests Mt. Garibaldi: a potentially active stratovolcano created atop a glacier during the Pleistocene. The eroded dome rests silently amongst the southernmost Coast Mountains, bordering the famous Sea to Sky corridor which…

Over the next couple months I will be assisting Dr. Jennifer Kahn (Associate Professor of Archaeology, William and Mary) in the creation of several large informational signs for a nature trail through the vast temple and agricultural complexes of the ‘Opunohu Valley on Mo’orea, French Polynesia. It has been a long standing goal of mine…