Theresa Heinrichs - CHAIR
I am best known for large textured vibrant paintings. I completed my degree studying art at UBC, U Vic. and in Australia for a year. My paintings have appeared in various Okanagan magazines and I teach painting for a cruise line. I especially enjoy painting the beauty of the Okanagan.
Theresa Heinrichs lives on Okanagan Lake. She was hired to teach art in Okanagan schools many years ago and has been involved in the art world here ever since. She teaches for a cruise line and enjoys painting scenes from around the world but her favorite subject is the Okanagan Valley. theresaheinrichs.wordpress.com
Theresa Heinrichs lives on Okanagan Lake. She was hired to teach art in Okanagan schools many years ago and has been involved in the art world here ever since. She teaches for a cruise line and enjoys painting scenes from around the world but her favorite subject is the Okanagan Valley. theresaheinrichs.wordpress.com
Kerry Rawlinson - AIRPORT COORDINATOR
image by Angharad Brooks
My art practice involves watercolours & acrylics--but predominately photography. I photograph extensively, then dabble with various digital tools to develop and move each piece wherever it leads me. I never Photoshop, and often enhance pieces with acrylics or inks. My creative leaning is towards people and places; the examination of meanings; the edges & intersects of culture, order/chaos; nature/construct; failure/success; what emerges from people, collectively, and what happens when we’ve disappeared.
kerry rawlinson is now crafting her second career as a poet and artist. Her poems, fiction & art have won or placed in several international contests and can be discovered in several literary publications; Actor Alan Cumming read her winning Flash Fiction. Raised in Zambia, Central Africa, she still wanders around barefoot – but now in the beautiful Okanagan. kerryrawlinson.com
kerry rawlinson is now crafting her second career as a poet and artist. Her poems, fiction & art have won or placed in several international contests and can be discovered in several literary publications; Actor Alan Cumming read her winning Flash Fiction. Raised in Zambia, Central Africa, she still wanders around barefoot – but now in the beautiful Okanagan. kerryrawlinson.com
Hadar Kennedy-Melamed - TREASURER
My jewelry collection is a representation of my spirit and journey as a Middle Eastern woman living in the Okanagan Valley. The heat of the sun with the cold snowy mountains all around reflect in my gold and silver creations – the yin and the yang, Masculine and Feminine, free and grounded. As I am inspired by symmetry, each piece has its own unique flow of balanced lines and shapes, and the people I meet in my Okanagan Journey are my muse.
Hailing from Israel, Hadar Melamed is a Jewelry Designer and Maker Based in Kelowna BC. As visionary artist who strives for perfection, she finds inspiration in spirit, earth and people. CreationsbySoul
Hailing from Israel, Hadar Melamed is a Jewelry Designer and Maker Based in Kelowna BC. As visionary artist who strives for perfection, she finds inspiration in spirit, earth and people. CreationsbySoul
Paulette Deyholos - COMMUNICATIONS
As a Kelowna-based artist, I am inspired by the diversity of the Okanagan landscape. I aspire to capture the region's unique colour and light. I want to express how nature fills a need for beauty in our lives. I hike the trails around Kelowna to discover subjects for my art.
Paulette Deyholos is a painter and sculptor based in Kelowna, BC. She earned a B.F.A. from the University of Alberta, and has taught art to children and adults. She spent her youth in Arizona, and Northern BC, and finds inspiration in the mountain, desert, and coastal landscapes of the west. deyhartstudio.com
Paulette Deyholos is a painter and sculptor based in Kelowna, BC. She earned a B.F.A. from the University of Alberta, and has taught art to children and adults. She spent her youth in Arizona, and Northern BC, and finds inspiration in the mountain, desert, and coastal landscapes of the west. deyhartstudio.com
Irene Scott - MEMBER at LARGE
Inspired by the beautiful landscape and brilliant Okanagan sun, I explore how the sun dazzles what it touches, dances on water and bursts through trees. I find fun ways to hide images of creatures in my work, painting with acrylics in a palate which reflects the colours of our landscape.
Art is a constant in Irene’s life. She treasures teachers and friends, Artists in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia who mentor and inspire her. While teaching theory and technique they nurture the joy in creating art. Presently Art is Irene’s adventure filled with discovery, delight and love.
Art is a constant in Irene’s life. She treasures teachers and friends, Artists in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia who mentor and inspire her. While teaching theory and technique they nurture the joy in creating art. Presently Art is Irene’s adventure filled with discovery, delight and love.