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1. Karly Ireland @ Vale Coffee
2. Birch Path Studio @ Vale Coffee
3. Alison Kubbos @ Vale Coffee
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1. Karly Ireland @ Vale Coffee
Book illustration; animation; painting; pet portraits
Karly Ireland is an illustrator for children’s books and background painter for the hit animated series The Wild Kratts. Come visit artist Karly Ireland at Vale Coffee House while she creates a new painting.
Address: 940 Main St., Valemount
Directions: Over train tracks at end of 5 Ave.
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Socials/Contact:
Website: www.artbykarly.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/art_of_karly_
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 780-931-7083
2. Birch Path Studio @ Vale Coffee
Painting; art guitar; wool-felt art
Birch Path Studio is the creative collaboration between husband-and-wife Mike and Jean Ann Berkenpas. Both are self-taught artists inspired by the landscapes and mountains around their farm in Valemount. Mike is a musician and luthier who transforms locally harvested wood into handcrafted guitars, with an emphasis on sustainable building practices and beautiful sound quality. Jean Ann’s fine art is inspired by the beauty of nature and the landscapes, wildlife and natural materials around their farm. She works in many media, including acrylic, watercolour and sheep’s wool harvested on their farm.
Address: 940 Main St., Valemount
Directions: Over train tracks at end of 5 Ave.
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Socials/Contact:
Website: www.birchpath.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jean.berkenpas
Instagram: www.instagram.com/birchpathstudio & www.instagram.com/jaberkenpas
Email: [email protected]
3. Alison Kubbos @ Vale Coffee
Painting; mixed media; cards
Alison Kubbos has a background in both fine and commercial art.
Born in Australia, the forests surrounding Valemount have become her home and muse. Using found and recycled materials whenever possible, Alison’s dreamlike images explore symbolic landscapes and the liminality of human/non-human existences within them.
The grains of the wood that she paints upon are prompts for imagination and expression, and are allowed to show through her media and to tell a story of their own.
Address: 940 Main St., Valemount
Directions: Over train tracks at end of 5 Ave.
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Socials/Contact:
Email: [email protected]