Local Artists

Local Artist: Anita Skinner

Anita has always loved art and has taken many painting and drawing courses over the years. In university she took some painting classes along with two years of art history which gave her insight into techniques etc. Anita prefers acrylics, and loves to use bright colours to enhance her whimsical style of painting. She likes to capture the Okanagan landscape using her own unique interpretation of the natural environment.
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Local Artist: David Daase

A sense of serenity permeates the beautiful landscape images created by artist, David Daase. Precision of detail and line, expertly combined with creative use of light, colour and composition, result in works rich in character, depth and beauty. Far beyond just painting scenery, David captures the heart of nature by drawing the viewer into the places he himself envisions as he unveils small corners of God’s awesome creation.
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Local Artist: Douglas Morgan

Douglas was born in Nebraska and also lived in Iowa and Minnesota. Douglas and his wife now reside in the Okanagan. Douglas has become a Canadian citizen, has a daughter, son-in-law, and has three young grandchildren.

Doug’s grandfather was a long-time photographer and encouraged Doug’s interest from a young age. Though Douglas always had a camera, photography remained a hobby until the digital camera matured and he found a passion for landscape photography where his computer skills could be applied to photography producing high resolution panoramas.
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Eyes On Walls: Lora Zombie

Lora Zombie is a self-taught painter from Russia and a top seller on the urban art scene. With a unique commentary on pop culture and keen eye for beauty, her raw and grungy trademark style is unmistakable. Only in her early twenties, Lora has already gained a massive following of fans across the globe and held major exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and St. Petersburg.
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Local Artist: Jaxon Jurome

Born and raised in Kelowna, British Columbia, Jaxon is an “Active” (juried in) member of the Okanagan Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists.
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Local Artist: John Revill

John Revill was born on a morning in March 1954 in the Toronto area and has lived in the Okanagan since the age of five. During his late teens he decided on a career as a painter and has stayed on that path ever since.

While never studying in a formal school of art, John has developed his talents through mentoring with other artists and through his own personal studies. Painters such as Alex Colville, Salvador Dali, and many of the Old Masters have had an effect on his technique and compositional style, as well as the art forms of Canada’s West Coast Indigenous People.
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Local Artist: Julia Hargreaves

“If there is a message in my work, it’s conservation first and last. It devastates me to see how so many people don’t make the connection between wasteful habits and protecting the environment. This planet is our home, we all live in it and conservation is essential, not just for other animals but for our own survival too, every one of us. It’s just that fundamental.”
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Local Artist: Kathy Meaney

Having been inspired by memories and laughter, my “Ladies” came to me by accident as I took some ideas from my own sentimental journey. The facelessness was intended to be drawn in at a later time, but as the ladies emerged, I drew on body language to tell a picture narrative.
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Local Artist: Larry Hunter

“I am a child of the 1950’s and 60’s, born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia where I ( briefly ) attended the Vancouver School of Art.”
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Local Artist: Lizann Allan

Lizann was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has always enjoyed travel and exploring new places. Lizann loves the outdoors and likes to record what she sees in order to share it with others.
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Local Artist: Louise Lambert

“Nothing connects the beauty of nature with the valued traditions of the past like a cluster-laden vineyard.”

Louise’s many showings throughout the valley have garnered wide acclaim, causing the local media to nickname her “The Lady of Light” for her ability to capture within her work the spectacular lights and shadows of the surrounding mountains, skies and vineyards.
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Local Artist: Marilynn Bury

Marilynn Bury was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but has called Kelowna, BC her home since 1971. It is the beautiful Okanagan Valley where she has been inspired by the natural surroundings and abundance of fruits and wonderful orchards.

Marilynn enjoys painting in both acrylics and oils, depending on the subject. It gives her great pleasure to see a painting emerge. She likes using vibrant, warm and sunny tones in an impressionistic style, especially in her signature fruit paintings. Marilynn’s background in Interior Decorating has given her a great love and sense of colour.
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Local Artist: Mona Weinstein

Mona was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1956. She was just a young girl when her and her family moved to Kelowna, BC. It’s here that she still resides, in the nearby community of Lake Country.

Mona started her artistic career in high school, where she won many awards for her talent.
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Local Artist: Natasha Perks

The incredibly diverse landscape and ever-changing sea of British Columbia has inspired Natasha to paint. The ruggedness of the mountains and the turbulence of the ocean are complemented with her series of wineries that create a sense of serenity. Using acrylic and oil, Natasha has been able to create a feeling of depth that makes the onlooker want to enter the picture. With limitless inspiration rendering a scene with tone and definition has become, for Natasha, a lifetime pursuit.
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Visual Artist: Patrice Murciano

Patrice Murciano was born in Belfort in 1969 and has moved to Montpellier from an early age. He started painting his first muses with the make-up of his mother. Fascinated by woman, it pays tribute to the various artistic movements which will go with him during his evolution: The “Courbisme” flatters the curves of the woman, the “Griboullisme” becomes embedded in his paintings and today they are found in this new artistic flow which is the NEW POP.
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Artist: Sam Toft

Born in June 1964, Sam’s earliest ambition was to work in a post office. Instead she has been a fire extinguisher salesman, a silver service waitress, a death grants advisor, a Wedgwood Rooms worker, a catering manager, a civil servant, a student, an au pair and an unemployed person. She has lived in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Le Vaudreuil Ville Nouvelle, Essex, Surrey, Liverpool, Balham, Tooting, Ealing and Middlesex but has settled for now in Brighton & Hove.
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Local Artist: Sid Dickens

“Six months backpacking through Europe turned out to be the key that unlocked a door I hadn’t even known existed-Suddenly I found myself working with ancient imagery, ancient documents and feeling a sense of connection to it all, even though I was a fisherman from Prince Rupert.”
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Local Artist: Tina Siddiqui

Born and raised in Pakistan, Tina travelled within the country and overseas with her diplomat father.

Trained as a Graphic Designer, her artistic journey has been that of an explorer. She works in a variety of mediums, of which pastels are her medium of preference. Often enjoying an “explosion” of colours, Tina finds working with a limited palette equally thrilling. Light cascading over forms, natural or man-made, is the driving force that compels her to paint as she strives to capture a specific moment in time.
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