Island Time

Three watercolors of some of Vancouver Islands many offshore islands followed by a few photos of the places we go where inspiration develops.

Art for Arts' Sake, Money for Godsake!!

Not my work!! This blog will mostly be about my talented and creative wifes' artwork, mostly done in watercolor. So.....

Linda Heslop.

Linda Heslop was born into a creative environment and spent her early years encouraged and tutored by her artist/architect father.

Working as a freelance illustrator, for many years she designed logos and illustrated numerous magazines and books internationally, including her own book "The Art of Caving". Linda is an outdoor enthusiast having spent decades in cave exploration and surveying in remote areas in Canada and the U.S.

Her true love is Vancouver Island, where she lives, and it is this island, it's shores in particular, which inspire almost all of her work. An interest in geology and its shaping by time is expressed in her many intricate depictions of beach stones. A passion for biology is reflected in her intertidal paintings. It is "the utter joy of being there" that she aims to capture and in doing so hopes to instill the need for preservation of this unique and beautiful place.

She works in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pencil and ink and is represented by Canadian Art Connections who produce and distribute reproductions of her works on both paper and canvas.

And as for the title, well, she ain't in it for the money, artists do it for the love of it. (But lucrative offers will be gratefully accepted!!)