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David T. Alexander answers our questions about his approach to creating his stunning and remarkably immersive small works.

To accompany her new solo exhibition, Michelle Nguyen offers a full artist statement essay below, in which she identifies and discusses six concepts which contributed to the Victorian aesthetic of horror vacui (Latin for fear of empty space): a direct social reckoning and acknowledgment of death and the unknown of the afterlife.

BC artist Sheri Bakes reflects on her latest collection The Company of Stars, inspired by her dear friend’s six-month solo thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail and the photos she took along her journey.

Composed of many leaf-like metallic looking foils, Eric Louie’s works have a digital aesthetic despite being an analogue medium. They possess a chameleonic ability to exist comfortably among a multitude of aesthetics, from 1920s Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern into the forefront of contemporary design. He explores his ideas for the compositions through the program Procreate on the iPad, drawing on images of half-finished paintings and finding the next move. “Sometimes the choice is instantaneous”, explains Louie, “but often the search meanders down various rabbit holes of potential”.

Over 200 paintings from a decade's worth of new series are reproduced in this tenth book of Bonifacho's artistic career.

Vancouver artist Cori Creed’s new solo exhibition, Playlist, offers a collection of West Coast landscapes, created as a playlist of familiar songs. In this insightful artist interview, Creed gives us a look behind the scenes of her studio.

In this new artist Q & A we talk to Vancouver abstract artist Eric Louie about the scale, colour and inspiration for the paintings in his upcoming exhibition "Remembered Futures".  

In this article, Michelle Nguyen dissects her powerful painting "Four Course Bacchanal" by giving us a peek into its creation process and describing the various themes illustrated in the piece's imagery.