GRIZZLY BEAR

GRIZZLY BEARKen Q. Li is a master sculptor whose work blends traditional Chinese carving techniques with Western artistic influences, resulting in distinctive wildlife sculptures inspired by the Canadian landscape. Formally trained in jade, marble, and soapstone carving, and recognized with Chinas highest certification for art and craft technicians, Ken brings exceptional skill and authenticity to every piece. Now based in Edmonton, his sculptures of bears, owls,

and ceremonial knowledge

Neil Swanson is a Canadian contemporary artist whose symbolic and spiritual paintings capture the beauty

renowned for its daily flower market

contemplative perspective on the natural world

who I hadn’t met before

Glenn Payan is a Canadian painter based on Mayne Island in the Gulf Islands

potlatch traditions

men and two spirited peoples

Canadian sculptor Rose-Aimée Bélanger (1923–2023) was renowned for her expressive bronze figures

then St Piran and Niblock are on the far right with the wee Lake Agnes Teahouse between them

expressive works

symbolic mixed-media storytelling that confronts colonial history while affirming Indigenous knowledge