Teryl Mullock – Chair
Following a successful career as an architect on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, in 2019 Teryl closed his architectural practice to devote his time to large scale mixed media abstract art. Teryl is also a songwriter, singer and musician and lives in Gibsons, BC, Canada.
Brett Jasch – Treasurer
Brett is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) teacher on the Sunshine Coast, having immigrated from Australia a decade ago. His practice involves illustration and telling stories with pencil and watercolour, and working in the space between where art and science meet. Having missed his opportunity to be a scientific illustrator years ago, Brett is playing catch up now in his mid-life, having finished his studies at Emily Carr and now powering forward. Quirky and quiet, well suited to life on the Coast, Brett has found his niche and is burrowing in.
Catherine Nicholls – Secretary
I live and work in Gibsons, B.C. now, but I have traveled a lot! those travels , the natural world around me and the people I meet along the way are the things that inspire me. Stories, legends and the history of people, place and culture provide me with the creative raw materials for exhibitions in North America and abroad. Teaching forms a big part of my life, with small workshops in my studio and larger ones in shops and studios around the world. The workshops are in patchwork and quilting techniques, sketchbooks and journaling, life drawing, design and other passions. My life revolves around painting, drawing, surface design, machine and hand quilting and embroidery and my dog! I love words and writing them down.
I hold qualifications in Patchwork and Quilting from City and Guilds.
I enjoy teaching textile and mixed media workshops, wherever they might be! Please contact me if you are interested in arranging a workshop or talk for your group.
@ravensthread
John Down – Member at Large
Born in Vancouver, Canada in 1958, John Down studied at Emily Carr College of Art & Design in Vancouver and at the Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Alberta. John works in several media: painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, and chocolate. His paintings showcase accomplished brush and colour techniques. In his larger scale paintings, the artist’s images are developed from a foundation that
frequently starts with a sketched structure in pencil or charcoal.
John has been engaged in the creative process since his youth. As Down states, “Life is everywhere around us. The vitality in life makes me want to translate this awareness using my artistry and paintbrush vocabulary.”
John’s work is primarily influenced by the super-natural, micro and fractal patterns, Byzantine and Medieval icons, Persian miniatures, paintings, sculptures, architectures, ceramics and art of any manifestation throughout history.
He has always been particularly fascinated by natural phenomena; the science of fractals and quantum physics – how everything is related to everything and everything else. Over the years, John advanced his techniques in painting, sculpture and ceramics and subsequently pursued studies of art criticism, philosophy and cultural anthropology.
Giorgio Magnanensi – Member at Large
Born and raised in Italy, Giorgio Magnanensi currently lives in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast. Magnanensi’s artistic practice includes composition, conducting, improvisation, circuit bending, video art and sonic and spatial explorations. He is artistic director of Vancouver New Music and Laboratorio, and lecturer at the School of Music of the Vancouver Community College. From the early 80’s to date he has been working as a composer, conductor, educator, artistic director, and performer in Europe, Japan and Canada. His views have developed gradually to his current belief that in today’s world of music, cultural studies and research, the most vital ideas and resources travel through many different channels.
Vanessa Tomada – Member at Large
Vanessa is an oil painter whose work focuses on themes such as fantasy, folklore, mythology, and wildlife. She was born in Scotland, though her family immigrated to BC when she was a child. She grew up in the qathet region (Powell River), and has lived on the lower Sunshine Coast since 2011. She works as a picture framer and you can view her paintings in her shop in Gibsons, The Painted Lady Art Supplies.
Andrea Pratt – Member at Large
I have been a practicing artist for twenty years, the last ten here on the Sunshine Coast. Since moving here I have focused on exploring the natural environment of this region in my work, and contributing to this uniquely active arts community. I love the interdisciplinary approach of the SCAC, and its ability to reflect the uniqueness and character of the arts in this region.
andreapratt.com
David T. Alexander – Member at Large
David T. Alexander is an established, award-winning Canadian painter best known for his landscapes and water reflection imagery. He now lives in Sechelt, BC.
Alexander studied at the Vancouver Art School and Langara College before graduating with a BFA from Notre Dame University in Nelson, BC. In 1980, he moved to Saskatoon, SK to obtain his Master’s degree while researching in New York, London, and Paris. In 2006, Alexander was a special guest artist-in-residence at the Morris Graves Foundation in California, and in 2018, he was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He lives and works out of his studio on the Sunshine Coast, BC.
Alexander’s signature landscapes (dry series) and waterscapes (wet series) represent his fifty-year history in painting and drawing with a bold palette and gestural application. His work can be found in many prominent public, private and corporate collections throughout the world, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Museum of London, the University of Toronto, Concordia University in Montreal, the Museum of Art in Iceland, HBC Global Art Collection in New York, and Embassies in Berlin, Beijing and Krakow. Corporate and private collections include those in major Canadian cities as well as in Dubai, Seoul, New York, Mumbai and Nice, among others.