Island Mountain Arts Public Gallery in Wells, BC is pleased to announce that artists Lori Goldberg and Martha Cloudesley will be doing a talk on Thursday, July 10th. 

Lori Goldberg is a Vancouver Artist and educator.  Her work has been exhibited in Canada, U.S. and Europe. Collectors of her work include the Canada Art Bank, The City of Vancouver Art Collection and the Interstate Bank, San Francisco.  Among her commissions are original paintings for Intrawest Resorts in Whistler B.C; Mont. Tremblant PQ; Kauai, Hawaii; and Palm Desert, California.  She currently teaches classes at Emily Carr institute of Art and Design, Langara College and in her private studio.  2008 workshops for outside of Vancouver include, Whistler Arts Council, Island Mountain Arts in Wells BC, Prince George University and Hollyhock on Cortes Island.

Her work has taken different directions over the course of her development as an artist. Whether in the form of her large abstract expressionist figurative paintings or her painterly still-lifes, Goldberg strives to interweave the ordinary with the extraordinary.  Her personal journey is to seek for truth and live her life completely from a place where her paintings are offered as testimony and a marking of that journey.

Martha Cloudesley started this part of her artistic journey when she took a basketry course . Over the past 14 years her work has evolved from simple vessels to sculptural works.

All Martha’s works are based on basketry techniques. She challenges herself to break through the boundaries of the contemporary basket. Although Martha has taken numerous courses in both basketry and art related courses she is basically self taught and it is her experimentation with materials and their manipulation that has brought her to the work she does today.  Each year she strives to show her work in several art shows and at selected commercial venues.

Admission is by donation.  (free for students in their courses)