Reference: Mayberry, artist's website; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada

Reference: listed on www.katilvik.com

Reference: biography in E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.305; included in Alberta Society of Artists - the First Twenty Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.87-88, University of Calgary Press, 2000; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann pg.400

Reference: Born in Saskatchewan Thibault was raised and educated in the communities of Debden and Prince Albert. He earned a Diploma of Applied Arts from Alberta College of Art and Design by 1969. He worked in the area of architectural illustration for many years, eventually establishing his own firm. He has been focused on his own painting practise since 1987.

For more biographical detail and examples of work see artist's website at Rene Thibault; see also a 2015 interview at Alberta University of the Arts

Reference: Thomas obtained his MFA from the University of Calgary in 1998 after doing post graduate studies at the Slade School of Fine Arts, London, England. His trademark works often include images of animals and are created with an encaustic technique.

For detailed biographical information see the artist's listing at Visions West Contemporary and an article at Galleries West; see also Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 60, Westbridge Pub., 2003

Reference: The sculptor Toney grew up on a cattle ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek, Alberta. After majoring in fine arts at the University of Lethbridge for two years he apprenticed briefly with sculptor Leon Levesque. He set up his own foundry in 1979 and has worked as a full-time artist since.

For more biographical information and examples of work see Webster Galleries; see also a 2021 article at Lethbridge Herald; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada

Reference: Oviloo Tunnillie, RCA, was a sculptor who became one of the few early female carvers to achieve international fame. Born in Kangia, one of several small camps on the southern coast of Baffin Island, she produced the majority of her work in Kinngait [Cape Dorset], NU. Tunnillie is best known for her particular focus on women, autobiographical carvings and taboo subjects, creating a unique collection of work that spoke to the lives of Inuit women over the course of her life.

Toonoo and Sheojuke, Tunnillie’s parents, were both artists, and Toonoo in particular helped Tunnillie hone her craft from a young age. When discussing the process of learning to be a sculptor, Tunnillie stated, 'I didn’t know I could carve, but watching my father, Toonoo, I learned . . . From there, I began to carve, always noticing the beauty and shape of the rock'. In an interview, she recalled the first work that she sold in 1966 was a carving of a woman in traditional clothing, which she noted with some humour was not fully formed but sold anyway. Tunnillie’s decision to work in the male-dominated medium of stone was a revealing indication of her independence. In these early stages of her career Tunnillie created realistic human and animal sculptures, before moving on to less traditional and more taboo themes in the 1980s, and finally to her autobiographical content in the 1990s.

Tunnillie worked with a range of stones including quartz crystal, white marble and serpentinite, a distinctive deep green stone from the area surrounding Kinngait. Her works are visually evocative, sensitively addressing painful subjects as well as bringing laughter and delight. A common theme in her work is the female form, in particular the female nude. As a young child, Tunnillie was affected by a major outbreak of tuberculosis across the North, a result of colonization. She was sent south to Manitoba for treatment, returning to Kinngait when she was ten. She was deeply affected by the time spent away from her family, and in 1991 produced the autobiographical steatite sculpture This Has Touched My Life in response, presenting herself as a young person being escorted away by nurses whose faces are obscured by surgical masks. Through works like this, Tunnillie is able to confront settler-colonial power structures and the trauma of displacement and dislocation. Another sculpture, Woman Passed Out [1987], depicts a woman held in the arms of another figure, having imbibed alcohol and lost consciousness. The head is thrown back, exposing the neck in a painful arch and suggesting the complete vulnerability of the woman depicted. Rather than presenting an idealized depiction of life in the North, featuring traditional lifestyles and activities, Tunnillie chose to address the real struggles of contemporary Inuit society in general and of women in particular.

As a deliberately contemporary artist who drew on her own experiences to tackle difficult issues head-on, Tunnillie was one of the most innovative and important sculptors of her generation, holding particular significance for a later generation of Inuit sculptors who have been similarly determined to address contemporary life. She is one of few Inuit female carvers to achieve international success, with more than a dozen solo exhibitions and countless group exhibitions that have crisscrossed North America and taken her work as far afield as Sweden, Germany and Russia. In 2003, she was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy, and in 2019 the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba released a book on her life, titled Oviloo Tunnillie: Life & Works.

biography from the Inuit Art Foundation

Reference: see Armand F. Vallee by Elinor Ewert, published by The Artym Gallery, 2011; The Art of Armand Frederick Vallee, by A.Vallee; biographies in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.1065, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.79, Westbridge Pub., 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see F.H. Varley Paintings 1915-1954, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954; Frederick Horsman Varley, by various, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1974; F.H. Varley, A Centennial Exhibition, by C.Varley, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981; Varley, by P.Varley, Key Porter Books, 1983; F.H. Varley, Portraits Into Light, by K.Atanassova, Dundurn Press, 2007; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.319; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.486; R.C.A.A., pg.411 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.385; Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.81; The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin, pg.64-71

Reference: see Vasarely, 1969 and Vasarely III, 1974 by M.Joray, Editions du Griffon Neuchatel, and Vasarely in Retrospect, by J.Pollock, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada, 1971; 1991/92 Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints, by S.Smith, pg.920; included in Selected View: The Longstaffe Collection 1959-1984, by L.Farrell-Ward, V.A.G., pg.118; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 8, pg.479

Reference: Born in 1836, Frederick A. Verner traveled to England in 1856 to study art at the South Kensington School of Art. While in England he served for the British army. Upon his return to Canada in 1862 he opened a studio in Toronto. During his time spent in Canada he painted many fine portrais of native people as well as native scenes and landscapes. Although Paul Kane was much older, they became close friends in the artist's later uears and it is thought by some that Verner replace Kane as Canada's most accoplished artist at the time. Verner was well exhibited throughout his life; showing with the RCA from its founding in 1880 until 1927, and with the OSA until 1911. He also exhibited with the Art Association of Montreal from 1872 to 1922. Verner even exhibited his scenes of Canada with Buffalo Bill's show in London. See The Last Buffalo, by J.Murray, Pagurian Press, 1984 as well as N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg. 324; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.494; biography in Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, by J. Russell Harper, pg.316, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1970; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.83, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.412 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.386; Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.83

Reference: 'I was born and spent my childhood in rural Ontario, and have since lived in cities across Canada and abroad.

I completed the Studio Arts Foundation Program at Capilano University in Vancouver BC, where I studied painting with Marcus Bowcott and Nancy Boyd, sculpture with George Rammell, and printmaking with Wayne Eastcott. With funding assistance from the BC Centre for International Education, I then studied overseas for one year, completing the 3rd Year Fine Arts Program at the Malaysian Institute of Art in Kuala Lumpur, with a focus on Chinese Ink Painting.

I have maintained a committed studio practice for over twenty years, and have exhibited my work in public and commercial galleries across Canada. My artworks can be found in collections in Canada, the USA, Europe and Malaysia.

In addition, I teach art-making processes and facilitate ways of seeing, working with adults and with students in public and private schools, through various avenues including Artist-in-Residence programs.

I am is currently based in Calgary AB, where I continue to actively create and exhibit my work, and to engage with growing young minds through art.'

biography from artist's website vernavogel.ca

Reference: see artist's website at www.wendywackoartist.com; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; exhibited at Scott Gallery, Edmonton; see http://www.scottgallery.com/ for biography and further examples of her work

Reference: Wallace is a Victoria based artist who creates finely detailed mixed media collages. Her work features characters from a broad range of myths and fables, speaking to the timeless human fascination with fantasy and magic. In this latest collection, the realms of night and dark are backdrops for increasingly complex dioramas as Wallace continues to dissect and create from a rich, diverse history of storytelling.

biography from Madrona Gallery, Victoria

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Peer Gallery, Lunenburg

Reference: see Andy Warhol Prints - A Catalogue Raisonne, by E.Feldman, Editions Schellman, N.Y. 1985; The Andy Warhol Prints Diaries, by P.Hackett, Warner Books, 1989; The Life and Death of Andy Warhol, by Victor Bockris, Bantam Books, 1989; see Who Was Who in American Art, by P.H.Falk, Vol.3, pg.3465, Sound View Press, 1999; biography in 1991/92 PrintWorld Directory, by S.Smith, pg.931; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 10, pg.638; see artist biography at The Andy Warhol Museum

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada

Reference: see N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.419; E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.324; charter member of the R.C.A.; Robson, pg.94; Colgate, pg.34; see biographies in Dict. Of Victorian Painters, by C.Wood, pg.186, Antique Collector's Club, 1971 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.96, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in M.M.F.A., pg.394 and R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.422; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: Webb emigrated from England to Canada in 1968 and became a teacher, a principal and a school superintendent in Edmonton, Alberta. His first solo exhibition was at the West End Gallery in 1986. He retired in 1990 to become a full-time artist.

For more biographical information, examples of work, and a video tribute of Bill Webb's life see West End Gallery; see also a 2014 article about the artist's work at Avenue Magazine; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.97, Westbridge Pub., 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada

Reference: see True Patriot Love veritable amour patriotique, by Joyce Wieland, N.G.C., 1971; Woman as Goddess - Liberated Nudes by Markle and Wieland, by A.Hudson, AGO, 2003; Joyce Wieland: Writtings and Drawings 1952-1971, ed. J.Lind, Porcupine's Quill, 2010; biography and another example in A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.511; biography and another example in Selected Prints: Aspects of Canadian Printmaking, by J.Noakes, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, 1979; included in www.artcyclopedia.com

Reference: Elizabeth’s hiking, climbing and skiing expeditions were her initial inspiration to begin a career in art. Over time, her experiences have made her intimately aware of the magic and beauty that is present in the natural world, and in painting she has found an instrument to convey her reverence for it.

For 15 years, Elizabeth worked in watercolour, but in 2003 she became intrigued with oil painting in her pursuit of new and continually inspiring ways to share her perceptions, and in this medium she has found a channel that more clearly enables her to express her personal artistic vision. 'Oils free me to explore adventurously and confidently, giving me the opportunity to change things on an ongoing basis as the painting unfolds and finds its own voice.'

Throughout her career, Elizabeth has discovered what invigorates, captivates and entertains her is challenge. Therefore, while continuing to pursue her love of landscape, she has added still life and figurative work to her subject matter, and painting directly from life has become her predominate approach of choice. There are nuances in painting from life that push her to see at a more sophisticated level, keeping her process continually stimulating, engaging and rewarding, as well as expanding her range of expression when working from photo reference.

While being primarily self taught, she attributes much of her success to the valuable influence of the prominent artists with whom she has studied, combining their guidance with her dedication to developing a style of her own. She has exhibited in numerous solo, group and juried exhibitions, has garnered international recognition and awards, and is in demand as a workshop instructor.

Elizabeth is a member of the Oil Painters of America, and a signature member of the Society of Canadian Artists, the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, and the Federation of Canadian Artists.

biography from artist's website elizabethwiltzen.com; represented by Gibson Fine Art, Calgary

Reference: see A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.518; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.421 for biography and other examples; see also Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.111, Westbridge Pub., 2003; Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters, by P.Duval, pg.128, Clarke Irwin, 1972; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.433; included in Benezit, Tome 8, pg.768; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: currently represented by Stephen Lowe Gallery, Calgary http://www.stephenloweartgallery.ca/

Reference: see Silent Stories, by Vilem Zach, 2000; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by Anthony R. Westbridge, Vol. 4, pg. 122, Westbridge Publishing, 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; exhibited at Gainsborough Galleries and others; artist's website at www.vilemzach.com