Art of the Kootenays

A collection of 56 Kootenay Artists

 Artists from all over the Kootenay region have come together to create a book that defines Kootenay art. A year and a half in the making, Art of the Kootenays hit the stores  November 2009. Full colour and hard cover, this beautiful coffee table book contains fifty-six individual Kootenay artists who have come together despite geographic and regional obstacles to showcase collectively in one reference their artistic vision. Heralding from Christina Lake, Castlegar, Nelson, Trail, Rossland, Winlaw, South Slocan, Kimberly, Cranbrook, Invermere and Fernie, the artists fill the pages with photos of their contemporary Kootenay Paintings, Ceramics, Fibre, Glass, Jewellrey, Photography and Sculpture, accompanied by the personal insights and thoughts that led to their creation and written in their own words.

 The idea for the project came from Karla Pearce who over a span of ten years interviewed hundreds of artists in the area for her column/ feature The Creative Edge that ran in print, radio and television. It was through her experience and the sheer volume of work that Pearce felt that other people needed to see what she saw. 

 “ There is an undercurrent of similarity that exists Kootenay art. The artwork here is influenced by the beautiful natural elements and the vast geographical spaces. It comes through in the colours and the subject matter. You just don’t see many city angst paintings in the Kootenays,” says Pearce.

 

Art of The Kootenays Artists

  

Kay Abbott                                                          

Amber Austin                                                      

Jenny Baillie                                                         

Ingrid deJong Baker                                    

Lucy J. Bates                                                     

Emily Beamer                                                       

Nathan Beninger                                                

MaryAnn Bidder                                                

Frank Brooke                                                       

Canadian Murals - Steven Skolka                    

Canadian Murals - Tyler Toews                     

Susan Cooley                                                      

Paula Cravens                                                     

Joanne Cremer                                                     

Gabriel Dinim                                                     

Sandra Donohue                                                

Lucinda Dupee                                                   

Janice Edwards                                                    

Jerry Enewold                                                     

Kate Enewold                                                     

Rick F. Foulger                                                    

Stephanie Gauvin                                                

Graham Gillmore                                  

Lynne Grillmair                                                    

Alice Hale                                                             

Wilma Brooks Hughes                                 

Ann Holtby Jones                                     

Dianne Leiskau                                                    

Denise Lemaster                                                  

Sharon Lough                                                      

Christine Lummis                                               

Danielle Lummis                                  

Patrizia Menton                                                   

Laurie Merlo                                                        

Diane Oser                                                           

Leslie Otterbein                                                   

Maurice Paradise                                                

Karla Pearce                                                         

Veronica Pellerine                                                

Barbara Pistak                                                      

Rabi’a                                                                    

Tricia Rasku                                                         

Sharon Routley                                                   

Sanderella                                                             

Liz Semenoff                                                        

Keith Shelefontiuk                                         

Roxanne Shelefontiuk                                         

Lika Maria Meers Skarzynska                           

Linda Swanson                                                    

Jackie Tahara                                                       

Diane Trudle-Heinze                                   

Twin Vision Glass Studio                                   

Mirja Vahala                                                         

Ted Wallace                                                         

Leah Weinstein                                                   

Catherine Wetmore