Jeanette Jarville

Jeanette Jarville's work shows us a pictorial world in which the figure and abstraction meld through the expressive power of colour. She has created her own language which goes beyond stylistic constraints and captures her intense spirit and boldness. Her paintings point out the versatility of an artist who moves from still-life, floral, landscapes and figures without compromising her identity. Jeanette has developed a distinctive way of painting and use of color that she explores within her own unique style.

I was born in Vancouver, BC and had a natural talent in art making as a young child, I began oil painting at the age of 11. I remember spending much of my youth experimenting with different mediums and objects within my paintings and sculptural work and enjoyed incorporating new and unusual methods with that of more traditional ways.

After graduating High School with Honors and an art scholarship I was accepted into Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design where I was awarded four scholarships while there and received a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art, majoring in Studio Fine Art, in 1996. I also took the opportunity to study Art History and Sculpting in Berlin, Germany, as an exchange student, spending one year in Europe. I was drawn to and influenced by the abundance of Old Masters works and the history within the landscape. Europe is such a beautiful, diverse, and facinating place.

I paint with oil and acrylic on canvas and for the past 15 years I have also been painting on clear acrylic panels. This is a unique reverse process of painting on glass. The reflection of light coming from the paintings create a luminescent and powerful effect. I believe the paintings have a life of their own with this method, my ideas, images and work come from within, and I am constantly driven to create.

Awards: 2011 City of Richmond 'Artistic Innovation Award'
The Friends of Emily Carr Scholarship
Peoples Choice Award, Surrey Art Gallery
The Maria Greczmiel Scholarship for Visual Arts
The Brissenden Scholarship
The Community Arts Council of Richmond, Visual Arts Scholarship
Richmond District Scholarship for Excellence in Visual Arts
Mathew McNair Achievement Award in Visual Arts
Scholastic Honor Roll Award

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Bortolo Marola

Bortolo Marola was born in Marola di Chiuppano, in northern Italy, just a few short miles from the Palladian centers of Vicenza, Verona, Venice, and Padua, where art is embraced and regarded as an integral part of everyday life.

Art for him has been a life-long journey of exploration, which began when he won all top prizes in a national art competition while still in grade school.

After immigrating to Canada Bortolo went on to study at the Kootenay School of Art and with the American School of Art, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as at Douglas College and Kwantlen University College where he received a Fine Arts Diploma. Ultimately, he and his wife Judy settled in White Rock on the Semiahmoo Peninsula to raise their family.

As a multi-media artist, Bortolo's work is all about emotion, colour, and distilling the fleeting moment of inspiration: that evanescent spark which stimulates his imagination and compels him to cry out with joy at the sight of a sunbeam filtering through the silence of a mist-shrouded shore. He seeks always to capture that instant and the beauty around him, and to share his vision with the world.

Bortolo is a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and Landscape Artists International. He has had numerous successful exhibitions both in Canada and in his native Italy where he has developed a large following and has received much critical acclaim. His work has been selected for calendar and magazine covers and his paintings are held in both corporate and private collections across Canada, the U.S., Japan, Britain and Italy.

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