Arlene Westen Evans, BFA
Arlene is a multi-disciplinary artist, instructor and ‘art-trepreneur’. Initially graduating with a Visual Arts Diploma from Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton and Tailoring Technology Certificate from N.A.I.T. she returned to her studies after raising her family, earning two distinctly different baccalaureate degrees: Fibre Art with Honors from the Alberta College of Art and Design, and Studio Arts, Honors with Great Distinction from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta.
Arlene’s comprehensive 4 decade-long practice has included mixed media; fibre art and surface design, printmaking, book arts, alternative photographic processes (cyanotype and Polaroid transfer), mixed media collage, and conceptual and installation-based art for the public sector. She has also been known to wield a paint brush from time-to-time.

Lee-Anne has spent most of her life in the pituresque town of High River where
she lives with her husband and 2 children. She has many passions, one which is
capturing the beauty that surrounds us everyday! She is never far from her
trusty friend and her companion, her camera bag, always ready for that split
second shot to reveal itself.
“I feel blessed that I live in an area that is rich with so many wonderful attributes. I
love being able to walk out my front door everyday and see nature’s beauty
everywhere I turn. And sometimes I am lucky enough to capture the essence of
the nature and scenery that keeps me here!”
“This is my home and I consider it a privilege to be able to share some of what I
get to see every day with you!”

Art Education:
Obtained a Bachelor Degree in 1968 from Western Washington State University majoring in Urban Planning and minor in Fine Arts (which involved both 2D and 3D art). Received numerous Honors in Fine Arts while at University.
My art since university involved personal art provided to family members as gifts. Recently I have undertaken painting of scenery in Alberta in acrylics and/or pastels.
Artist’s Statement:
I have always enjoyed art and am inspired to both draw and paint scenery from our cottage at Sylvan Lake and the absolute beauty present elsewhere in Alberta. The natural beauty lends itself to the appreciation of the visual arts. The beauty of clouds, be it in summer or fall, are an inspiration.
In my semi-retirement, I find inspiration in translating and saving the visual beauty of Alberta.
My choice of median is acrylics on canvas and its fast drying properties.
I am inspired by the simplicity in paintings by artist Cameron Bird and the Group of Seven.
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I started Decorative Art Painting when my children were young to have a creative outlet. Then when they were school age working as a Speech Pathologist and Coordinating the Community Rehabilitation Program took up most of my spare time.

Around 2008 I started attending an art class one day a week working on canvases, choosing my own pictures, and bouncing ideas off of a Russian instructor and other artists in the class. It’s always interesting and stimulating to see the wide range of artists work!

Now I try to paint even more often using acrylic as my choice of medium. Enjoying texture and vibrant colors this comes through on the pieces I paint. They are a mixture of scenery, flowers, animals, people and abstract paintings. I have had scenery pictures in the Rotary silent auctions at the Lobster and Steak Fry, sold several paintings privately and done commissioned work. Everywhere I go I see inspiration to paint!
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Connie Christensen is a contemporary acrylic painter who is artful in some way every day.

Her contemporary fun paintings reflect her decision to choose to see happiness and positivity over worldly worry. Colour and simplicity are used to create a feeling of freshness. Her paintings are the counterpoint to the heaviness of 24 hours of news.

When painting with acrylics, Connie has been focusing on the subjects of Alberta’s ‘Atmospheric Landscapes’ and ‘Bubble Trees’ – an interpretation of the trembling aspen trees found in our area.

She currently calls Calgary home landing there via Saskatchewan, B.C. and Australia.

Jan is a versatile Alberta Working Artist. No matter what medium or subject; her expressions of life can be calm, lively, exciting, and colorful. Born and raised in Calgary where her preferred activities were Art and Sports. This is also true today as you will discover with lots of action and excitement in her artwork.
After Western Canada High School she entered the work force, and then a few years later moved to Red Deer where she enrolled in College. After graduating, CKGY/Z99 Radio became her employer for over 20 years as a Creative Writer/Director and Executive Sales Marketer.
Over the years, she has been tutored by several renowned Art Instructors from Canada and the U.S.A., and is also an Art Instructor when time permits. Her work has been displayed at many juried venues including 6 consecutive years at the Edmonton Canadian Finals Pro Rodeo Gallery; Calgary Stampede, Red Deer Museum and numerous other Art Shows and Exhibits throughout Alberta. In 2011 Jan received the Lillian Nunn Scholarship Award for her artistic endeavors.
Her Corporate collectors include the Canadian Rodeo Hall of Fame Ponoka, City of Spruce Grove and Melcor Developments Municipal Art Collection, Wipro and Atco I-Tek of Edmonton, as well as, private collectors in Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, and India.
Jan is a past Secretary of A.C.A.C.A. (Alberta Community Art Clubs Association) and presently holds memberships in The Red Deer Museum & Allied Arts Council, Alberta Society of Artists, Visual Arts Alberta-Carfac, Federation of Canadian Artists Vancouver & Calgary, and the Leighton Centre, Calgary.
In 1990, Jan and her husband Lou Paul moved 30 minutes East of Red Deer to the Haynes area where they built and started their Sage Brush Hills Ranch, which also features a 500 sq. ft. Art Studio. It is a perfect fit for creating art, and has plenty of natural light for viewing. It’s another aspect in the art life of Jan Howden-Paul.