Federation of Canadian Artists

A wide, horizontal composition, texture and luminous colour enhance the peacefulness of Barb Springer-Sapergia’s acrylic, titled Tide Pool. Barb won second place for this beautiful work in FCA Victoria’s Fall Exhibition. A Slice of Life, continues through November. See more of her work, and the work of other Victoria FCA artists at https://federationgallery.com//a_slice_of_life___victoria_

Our Fall Exhibition, A Slice of Life opens online today, and huge congratulations go to Shelley Wuitchik! She won first prize for her beautiful encaustic painting titled Water Dance. The show continues to the end of November. See more of her work and that of other fabulous Victoria FCA painters at: https://federationgallery.com//a_slice_of_life___victoria_

Halloween may look different this year, but don’t let Covid stop you from enjoying great artwork! Support Victoria FCA artists by visiting our online gallery throughout November 2020. Visit https://federationgallery.com//a_slice_of_life___victoria_

I'm pleased to say that I have had three pics accepted into the FCA 365 Exhibition and one of them was awarded First Place and will appear in the FCA 2021 Calendar.

Reminder to Victoria FCA artists: Deadline for submissions to the Fall Online Exhibition is October 21. Go to Call for Submissions at: https://artists.ca/submissions/view/id/1242

Give a warm welcome to Kara Barkved, one of our newest Victoria FCA members. Kara is an established international selling artist and has studied art, art therapy and psychology. She has been involved in the arts and visual arts all of her life. Kara is a versatile artist working in different mediums, including but not limited to acrylic, oil/cold wax, mixed media. Her main interest is in Intuitive Abstract Art. See more of her beautiful work at http://www.karabarkved.com

Say hello to new Victoria FCA member Renata Kerr, AFCA. If you recognize her work it may be because she has been a Kelowna member for a number of years and earned her associate membership in 2017. Her powerful abstracts have won her numerous national awards. Welcome Renata! See her amazing work at https://www.renatakerr.com.

Artist and Aquamaris Gallery operator Vedrana Ascroft will be at October's general meeting to critique artwork and talk about her career. FCA artists are invited to submit images of their artwork to her by October 7. For more details see http://www.victoriafca.ca/calendar.html

The Call for Submissions is out for the Victoria FCA Fall Online Juried Exhibition! Deadline for submissions is October 21. Go to https://artists.ca/submissions/view/id/1242

Hey Victoria FCA members! General Meetings are back on, starting this Thursday Sept 17 at 7pm via Zoom. Join us as guest artist Rose Tanner AFCA presents her painting of birds from around the world and shares her processes for creating lifelike subjects in oils. Zoom invitations will be emailed out to members previous to the meeting.

Deborah Tilby was "blown away" by the judges comments, and so are we! Congratulations Deborah!