Frog Peak | Yvonne Vanens Munro ©
KOOTENAY BOUNDARY ART CALENDAR 2025
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Please note the images shown here, are in some cases, details of the original paintings that will be displayed full size in the calendar.
Last Light on Mount Fernie
JANUARY
Melanie MacVoy ©
Acrylic on Canvas
Acrylic on canvas, 24 in x 48 in / 61 cm x 122 cm
Tamarack silhouettes dominate the skyline in this view from the Montane cross country ski trails as the setting sun casts a warm glow on the top of Mount Fernie.
Monument Peak from Greywolf
FEBRUARY
Denise Lemaster ©
Oil on Canvas
24 in x 30 in / 61 cm x 76 cm
Track set cross country trails on the golf course in winter. The view is spectacular!
Beguiling Birch
MARCH
Susan Faye ©
Photography in-camera double exposure
18 in x 24 in / 46 cm x 62 cm
A magnifying glass will help to see the beauty of the wild ginger flower.
Valley Near Christina Lake
APRIL
Richard Reid ©
Watercolour
25 in x 36 in / 63.5 cm x 91.5 cm
The mark-making is an intuitive process that tends to determine the direction, at the moment the brush touches canvas or paper.
Lovely Long Shadows
MAY
Margie Bromley ©
Oil on Board
7 in x 14 in / 17.5 cm x 35.5 cm
The sun rises kissing the trees, creating beautiful shadows that are a beautiful sight in the early morning when the day has barely begun.
Nelson, B.C.
JUNE
Renee Harper ©
Acrylic on canvas
48” x 36” / 122 cm x 91.5 cm
I often get inspiration on the waters of Kootenay Lake, either swimming or in my Kayak. This painting started on one of my early-season paddles.
Eye of the Lungwort Lichen
JULY
Shelley Ross ©
Watercolour on paper
10 in x 14 in / 25.5 cm x 35.5 cm
They are everywhere: hanging from tree branches, carpeting the ground, draping rocks. Forests of the West Kootenays would look bare without lichens.
Idle
AUGUST
Sab Curtis ©
Acrylic on Canvas
24 in x 36 in / 61 cm x 91 cm
Two Canada geese, kaxuⱡuʔk, embrace an idle moment, perhaps a revealing reflection for us to appreciate the peaceful environment we are so fortunate to have.
Idaho Peak
SEPTEMBER
Yvonne Vanens Munro ©
Acrylic on Canvas
24 in x 36 in / 61 cm x 91 cm
My paintings focus primarily on the local landscape. I am captivated by the region in which I live and constantly surprised by how much there is that I want to paint.
Morning Over Mulligan
OCTOBER
Joie Pare ©
Acrylic on canvas
48 in x 30 in / 122 cm x 76 cm
The West Kootenay mountains are beautiful any time of year, but in the fall when the larch are turning colour is my favourite. I painted this before dawn one morning.
Early Snow over Kootenay Lake
NOVEMBER
Simon Mitchell ©
Acrylic on wood panel
9 in x 12 in / 23 cm x 30.5 cm
It is just amazing to be alive on a bright winter morning.”
Tree December
DECEMBER
Tsuneko Kokubo ©
Acrylic on canvas
40 in x 60 in / 101.5 cm x 152.5 cm
Every month for a year I painted the same tree, in all its manifestations. This is the December painting – the last one of the series.
Last Light on Mount Fernie
Melanie MacVoy ©
Fernie, BC
Acrylic on Canvas
48 in x 36 in / 122 cm x 91.5 cm
Tamarack silhouettes dominate the skyline in this view from the
Montane cross-country ski trails as the sun sets casting a warm glow on
the top of Mount Fernie with its unique ridges and avalanche chutes.
Fernie is named after William Fernie who, alongside Colonel James
Baker, were the driving forces behind the coal mines located in Elk
Valley. Starting in 1887, they struggled to build not only the mines but
also the railway needed to transport the coal to the outside world.
With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific in 1898, the production of
coal began in earnest and the new town of Fernie generated the
development of sawmills, hardware stores, blacksmith shops and other
suppliers. However, the early Fernie did not last long, as in 1904 a fire
destroyed its commercial district. Four years later, in 1908, a second
firestorm hit the City. In the 3rd rebuilding of the downtown, the
citizens chose brick construction over wood. Most of the present-day
buildings in the downtown core date from 1908/09. Fernie today has
a population of 6,320 souls and is celebrated for its great outdoor
tourism in every season!
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