Elephant Island

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A passion for fine alcohols and the love of a raucous good time has inspired Miranda and Del’s journey into the world of winemaking and wine exploration. The foray into fruit wine was guided by the fascination of Miranda’s grandfather, whose recreational pursuit of fruit winemaking and distilling left a heritage rich in notes and memories. He had the foresight and vision to believe that there was a market for well-crafted fruit wines and that the fruit grown in the Okanagan Valley would provide the essential raw ingredients.

JAN LITTLE

Jan is a painter and sculptor, working in a variety of mediums and styles, often collaborating with other artists.  In 2009, she and her brother, architect and photographer Patrick Little, were featured in an exhibition at the Penticton Gallery. The show, Habitats and Inhabitants, featured Jan’s realistic portraits of local endangered and extirpated plants and animals. The work included her pencil drawings, fine pen and watercolour drawings, acrylic paintings and a large sculptural installation made with Patrick. The installation led to an invitation to do an outdoor sculpture at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, in Canning Nova Scotia, where the two created Jellyfish.  Recently, she has been collaborating with artist and poet Sarah Fahey and local artist Liz Marshall on a series of acrylic portraits. The piece Paul Crawford was recently displayed in the show Legacies at the Penticton Art Gallery.  Her oil paintings of animals and landscapes have been displayed at the Tumbleweed Gallery, the Gallery at Jasper Park Lodge, and the Penticton Art Gallery. She also works as a commercial illustrator and graphic designer. She graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design’ s Animation Program in 1998, where she created the award-winning short film Tomato, which has been screened at film festivals world-wide and broadcast on national television.

LAUREL CORMACK

Laurel is a resident of Summerland, B.C., and has a studio in          downtown Summerland, where she creates her work.
Cormack perceives the Canadian landscape as being endangered by the rampant march of civilization on pristine areas now marked by clear cut logging, careless development, etc. Vibrant colour is her way of showing the emotion a landscape painting can evoke, that perhaps something else is going on in the painting - that it is not just a pretty picture.
Cormack has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Canada, as well as in traveling exhibitions. Her paintings are in numerous public, corporate and private collections throughout Canada, United States, Europe and Asia. Laurel Cormack’s paintings can be seen and purchased at The Tumbleweed Gallery in Penticton and at Art Works in Vancouver.

CAROL MCQUAID

Carol is a dedicated ‘Watercolour Sketchbook Journalist’ and Life Coach living in the Okanagan.  It’s her personal belief that we connect more completely with our world when we slow down enough to try to capture it on paper.
Carol developed her illustration skills in Design School at Kwantlen University College in Richmond, BC.  She’s lived and sketched her way throughout Canada, the US and Mexico, and is currently creating a ‘how-to’ book that shares the secrets and short cuts she’s discovered along the way.   These books, along with her watercolours, acrylics and block prints are available on her website at www.sketchbookadventures.com