Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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Sue Coleman, Canadian artist and author
Sue Coleman has earned international recognition for her distinctive watercolor paintings. Especially popular have been her 'Interpretive' Northwest Coast First Nations images, which have been reproduced and sold to collector's worldwide. Sue's years of research have culminated in a book entitled "An Artist's Vision." Many of her native interpretive paintings, accompanied by legends and history, are included.
Sue maintains a studio in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada and paints a variety of subjects from misty west-coast scenes, wildlife, landscapes, and more. Sue actively works to promote environmental awareness and wildlife conservation.

Patricia Mansell
Patricia's medium is acrylic and her painting style is realism. Her subject of choice is wildlife. She loves bringing depth and detail to her paintings, and enjoys the process of mixing colours from a very limited palette. Patricia took up painting in 1994 and was drawn to painting wildlife. Learning and developing her style has taken her across North America to find new subjects to paint. She brings depth and detail to her acrylic paintings, and enjoys the process of mixing from a very limited palette of four main colours.
She has a special interest in painting endangered wildlife. Often something unique about the animal will inspire a painting. She develops her paintings from research and photographing animals in the wild and enjoys bringing out each animal’s character. "One of the strengths of wildlife art is its ability to tell stories. In my paintings I try to bring out the individuality of each animal as it goes about its everyday life. I portray many endangered animals, hoping that bringing them to life in my art will raise awareness of how close we are to losing them."