Tree is Life | Ted Wallace ©

KOOTENAY BOUNDARY ART CALENDAR 2024

FEATURED IMAGES

Please note the images shown here, are in some cases, details of the original paintings that will be displayed full size in the calendar.

Winter Lace on Cedars

JANUARY

Melanie MacVoy ©
Acrylic on Canvas
9 in x 12 in / 23 cm x 30.5 cm

Afternoon sun filters through the branches creating lacy patterns across the snow surrounding these gentle giants of interior old growth.

Kokanee Creek Park in December

FEBRUARY

Renée Harper ©
Acrylic on Canvas
24 in x 30 in / 61 cm x 76 cm

Kokanee Creek Park is one of my favourite places in the Kootenays year-round. Even on the greyest days, the park offers a depth of beauty that both inspires awe and calm

Wild Ginger

MARCH

Shelley Ross ©
Watercolour on paper
18 in x 24 in / 46 cm x 62 cm

A magnifying glass will help to see the beauty of the wild ginger flower.

An Early Morning Walk Through Millenium

APRIL

Margie Bromley ©
Oil on wood
8 in x 8 in / 20 cm x 20 cm

The sunshine was intense and the trees hadn’t fully leafed out allowing more light through. A delight to come across early in the morning in springtime.

View From Hummingbird Bridge

MAY

Nora Curiston ©
Acrylic on Canvas
16 in x 20 in / 40.5 cm x5 1 cm

To me art operates somewhere in the realm of magic. It proposes things that might not otherwise be possible or even considered.

2024 Kootenay Boundary Calendar Artwork - Beach Girls 3 - DeniseLeMaster

Beach Girls III

JUNE

Denise Lemaster ©
Oil on Board
9 in x 12 in / 23 cm x 30.5 cm

Days of summer – beach and friends and sun. Fun time of life!

Western Toad on the Side of the Road

JULY

Debra Rushfeldt ©
Watercolour on paper
12 in x 16 in / 30.5 cm x 40.5 cm

On a rainy day, a western toad waits by the side of the road. Instinct is pushing her to cross, but she is unsure. Does she make it or not? Yes she does! Their strong bond with water keeps them close to Mother Nature, and the POWER of rebirth.

Sailboats Along the Shore

AUGUST

Brigitte Desbois ©
Oil on Canvas
8 in x 10 in / 20 cm x 25.5 cm

I love to see the sailboats playfully lined up in a promise of a wonderful summer day, awaiting an adventurous soul curious of the ways of the wind.

Anemonous

SEPTEMBER

Anemones stand guard and stand strong on the mountain top, yet remain anonymous to all the wild elements below that they proudly watch over.

New Denver Main Street

OCTOBER

Watercolour, because it is free and immediate, it responds to the urgency of the imagination. The old hardware store, Apple Tree Sandwich Shop and Silvery Slocan Museum against Valhalla Park.

Ephemeral Grandeur

NOVEMBER

A moment of beauty appears suddenly, like a breeze. I try to capture that fleeting moment on canvas or paper before it is gone. North wind chills my old bones … feels like snow.

Tree Is Life

DECEMBER

Light, air, water, minerals, mycelium, all magically mix together to make a living being. Life connects through all of these elements and replenishes all that surrounds it.

Where Wild Ginger Grows

The West Kootenay lies in British Columbia’s Interior Wet Belt. The
western slopes of the Monashee and Selkirk Mountains capture moist
air moving inland from the Pacific Ocean. This moisture feeds forests
of western red cedar and hemlock that grow in the bottom of V-shaped
valleys and on mountain slopes. This inland rainforest occurs nowhere
else in the world. It is a vital habitat for many species; plant and animal
both. These forests are rich in traditional medicines and have a high
diversity of plants to treat many diseases.
For instance, the Wild Ginger plant is highlighted in the month
of March. It is a beautiful evergreen plant, found in damp shaded
woodlands. It has thick roots and trailing stems with heart-shaped
leaves and bell-shaped flowers on long stalks. The whole plant smells
like lemon-ginger when crushed.
Not many animals eat this plant, and it is poisonous to some caterpillars
and fly larvae but since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have
learned to make tea and poultices from its roots for headaches and
other pains.

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