The Studio Arts program at Royal Bay offers students hands-on exploration in ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and digital media. Students learn an array of foundational studio skills while developing their personal ideas and artistic voice. What you won’t see on display this year at the Metchosin Point of View Gallery Student Art Exhibition is […]

Kim McGuckie Kim is currently living in Metchosin, just outside of Victoria. Kim has been painting for over 10 years, but became full-time once she retired 5 years ago. She became inspired by the rich colours of the Broughton Archipelago. She also enjoys doing pet portraits using Polychromos pencil crayons. Most of her paintings are

“Between the Dog and the Wolf:” A poetic saying that describes the time between day and night, and between the known and the unknown. As a plein air painter, I have done a few night paintings, but I have never dived deep into that time of day when the light fades, and what I know

Robin Crossman is a cartoonist celebrated for his Wordy Art and endearingly dishevelled characters. With roots in comedy writing and performing, he blends humour with visual creativity, and his knack for turning life’s awkward, hilarious, and oh-so-relatable moments into laugh-out-loud comic art. His signature style? Endearingly offbeat characters paired with humour that’s equal parts clever