So happy to be residing in High River Alberta. I came from Edmonton, AB and one day thought it was time to move, so here we are.
With a large young family my art work consisted with crafts that ended in teaching classes. As my heart was always into wanting to be an artist I stared painting but ended up in Real Estate for 30 years so my art skills turned into advertising brochures.
After retiring I got into painting full time. I happened to be in a framing store as was approched by a design store and gallery owner who asked me to be a part of her collection. I got really busy and started to sell a lot of paintings.
I love texture, light and color. I mostly use acrylic as there are many layer of glazes that I use over my work. Between the heavy texture and glazes there is a long drying time. Some of my paintings are done with heavy mediums and any thing I can find that will give me the texture I am looking for.
The biggest compliment I get is when someone stands and looks into a painting and sees inside and comments on what they see. It’s very easy for me to be inspired by that and many things I view in the outside in the world.
I used to be a fine art artist, however I developed and tremor that has taken me in a total world of abstract art. This was the greatest thing that happened as I Iove the journey I go on as I am painting. Always different.
I am an untrained artist with a couple of art courses behind me and that’s about it. So much of what I do is what I see in my head and the world. It really is fun to go through the process and take the ride to the finish. Best thing that happened to me.

My work is found int private and commercial collections throughout Canada and the US. One of my pieces was on the cover of the Medical Magazine that goes across Canada. I’ve also been in Avenue Magazine, Harrison Galley (Calgary) High River Galleries, Charity Auctions big and small, all of which I am very proud of.

Thank you for visiting my work. Hope you found something you gave some pleasure and inspired you. I’m happy to have you visit anytime.

Born in Swift Current Saskatchewan in 1948, Val’s first recollections of artistic endeavours were making paper dolls and clothes. She followed that by copying the muscle men from the backs of comic books which led her into taking art classes while in high school.
Valerie has always been drawn to painting with oils, although she has ventured into watercolours and acrylics she never felt she could achieve the results she could with oils.
Since she picked up her first paint brush, Valerie has been mostly self-taught. Until recently, that is, when she found a teacher whose realistic style matches her own.

I paint to feel more alive, more energetic and more spiritually connected to something greater than myself. I envision my projects but understand that when my loaded brush hits the canvas my paintings take on a life all of their own. I try to stay out of my head and let the decisions come from a divine source. My work is always with me, moving and eager to find its way into the world. I aspire to let life feed my art and to remain open, receptive and responsive to the moment.
I work with acrylic paint and take pleasure in the challenges of design fundamentals and colour relationships. As I continue to grow as an artist, my work becomes more real in full illumination of all that I know. Really looking at things enhances my sense of wonder for both the singular pattern of my experience and for the meta-patterns that shape all my experiences. I believe that if I follow the leads that arise from contact with my work, my technical, emotional, and intellectual pathway will become clearer. My goal as an artist is to draw a line from my life to my art that is straight and clear.

Sharon has been painting professionally for over 25 years in her home town of Calgary, Alberta. She is fluent in almost all of the art media, embracing the challenge of learning art in all its many languages. When Sharon is not painting, she continues her love of teaching, having taught for over 2 decades, and now travels throughout Western Canada giving workshops in various mediums. She has produced 2 instructional DVD’s, as well as a book about her plein air oil painting. Sharon is a signature member of the Alberta Society of Artists (ASA), International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and the Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA). Her work is found in Alberta at the Leighton Centre And Palliser Art & Framing in Calgary; Centre D’Arts Visuels in Edmonton; Evanescence Gallery in High River and Just Imajan Gallery in Cochrane. Visit her on the internet at her website www.sharonlynnwilliams.com.
Sharon’s paintings reflect her interest in surface texture, value and colour. Her interpretations of the beauty around her, whether figurative, landscape, floral or their abstracted essence, as well as her vivid imagination make for an eclectic and varied body of work. Whether in her studio or on location, Sharon creates works that she hopes will reveal God’s creative majesty. The viewer is encouraged to investigate the multitude of subtle layerings and colour effects in the paint, as well as the layers of meaning in her work.

Annie Froese has been painting in watercolours since 1989. Having a love for creativity she began her early studies with teachers and mentors whose work she loved. Over the years, as her skills grew and her interest in mixed media bloomed, she began teaching children and adults. You can join her at her Adult Journal Wednesday sessions at her High River studio!
Over the years her work has been shown in many galleries and shops in Southern Alberta. Since May, 2000, she has been running Art and Soul Studio/Gallery at various locations in High River. Her home studio and her gallery keep her busy in the community she loves and whose mountain and prairie vistas and gardens continue to inspire her.

Sandra “Sandy” Heavens
In 2012, I discovered my artistic side, later in life, after years of not drawing a thing!.

Starting with acrylics with lessons from a “artist” from Boston I decided that was not for me. Trying all different mediums, taking numerous classes, workshops in Mexico, Whiterock, Calgary, Nanton, and High River, I decided to expand my horizons. Having settled in watercolors, learning in oils at present, and my new found passion is pastels.

I have explored, and am eager to learn more about still life, water scenes, human likenesses and any other varieties, and styles that expand my artistic prospects.
I enjoy freedom of my brush with chosen mediums getting lost in time with my easel interpreting vacation scenes and people with enthusiasm.

Born and raised in southern Alberta, seen most of Canada and the Americas which furthers my talents and hones my abilities to new heights.

Putting a vision on canvas and enjoying the journey along the way!