Gail Barré ​ Born and raised on a farm in Southwestern Manitoba, my love for nature has been the wellspring of my artistic journey. I am a partner, a mother, a sister, and a friend, guided by a zest for life and a loving heart. In my professional life, I am an Employment Counsellor/Program Manager, where I've managed to infuse my innate creativity into every endeavor. Throughout my life's journey, creativity has been my constant companion, expressing itself through various channels. Ho.....

​​Douglas Fraser - Canadian Visual Artist​​​ My works are interpretations of personal experience. They are expressions of my philosophy of life. Life is relationships and love is a choice. Joy, humour and insight abound in discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary, the unique in the mundane, the absurd in the moment and the transcendent in the immanent. ​I am a Canadian visual artist, now living in Brandon, Manitoba. I work with a variety of media, including acrylics, pencils,.....

My love for photography developed at a young age, under a big sky.I grew up near Souris, Manitoba, where I spent hours watching sunsets over gently rolling fields in the summertime. Big skies, beautiful colors, and the calm of the prairies in a wonderful, connected rural community were all fuel for a rich career in photography and visual arts. My first camera was a Hanimex 110 film camera, which produced marginal, grainy results. I took thousands of pictures on that little camera until I got.....

Katy Martin - Canadian Fine Artist​ Obsessed with creating high end work that ups the energy in your space, and speaks to the light inside you.Born and raised in Northern ON, I developed a love for art as far back as I can remember. I attended the University of Guelph and earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Art, while soon after receiving a degree in Education. I now live and work as an art teacher and painter in Neepawa, MB. Inspired by light, surprising colour combinations, and deep meaning.....

Have you seen a scene, a landscape, cityscape or just amazing colours and thought, “wouldn’t that make a great picture”? I look at life in this manner. I visualize how scenes would look as a picture on a wall.The challenge for me is that what I see doesn’t necessarily turn out when I photograph that scene. There are many instances where I say, “That wasn’t what I saw”. I do enjoy the challenge though and see photography, like golf, as never to be conquered; but spending a lifetime.....

​Marlene Smith​ ​Photography = Passion​​ “Those who find beauty in a landscape do so because it touches a place of beauty already within themselves.” Courtney Milne (mentor).​Courtney has had a profound influence on my passion as a photographer, a passion that has spanned 30 plus years. As an Honourary Life Member of the Brandon Camera Club, I have learned that the photographic journey never ends and that there are so many exciting avenues within this medium to explore.Artist.....

Patrick Stone Photography has been a vehicle for conveying my sense of the world to others. It has provided me with the opportunity to see “what is” and to capture it in such a way that conveys to others “what could be”. I have been with the Brandon Camera Club for 40 plus years and am an Honorary Life Member. During my career I have had the opportunity to teach courses in photography. There is no better way to learn a subject than to have to teach it to others. That being said, m.....