All our teachers are working professional artists with a strong background in teaching and a passion for sharing their knowledge. We invite you to click on the links below and check out each teacher's gallery.
Surnoor Sembhi/Singh
Singh is a skillful watercolour painter, whose bold & gestural approach excels in capturing the likeness & atmosphere of the environment around him.
Sunoor Singh is a visual artist originally from India, pursuing his artistic endeavours while developing a visual language to be able to express with his artwork.
Singh has won numerous awards including the Steveston Grand Prix of Art Masters category in 2021 & Paint on the Mountain Plein Air Competition in 2020.
Mike Radford
Mike Radford: Associate member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and regular traveler to Latin America, Mike has been teaching watercolour at Phoenix Art Workshop from its inception in 2001. Mike works almost exclusively in watercolour and chooses a variety of subjects to paint, from still life to landscape.
Andrew McDermott
Andrew is the past President and a senior member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Andrew was born in Bolton, England and moved to Canada […]
Ann Willsie
Ann is known for her large-scale panoramic landscapes, florals and rural scenes of Canada. Bold, visible brushstrokes and thick, luscious oil paint are characteristic of her paintings, which have been described as contemporary impressionism.
Javid Tabatabaei
Javid Tabatabaei was born in Tehran, Iran where his early childhood interest in art blossomed. After studying graphic art and design, he pursued his career […]
Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor Bio: Tom Taylor was born in Dortmund, Germany and moved to Canada at a very young age. He lived in Northern B.C. for […]
Ines Beatriz
Inés Beatriz is an artist and illustrator working mainly in watercolour, ink and acrylics. She studied at UBC and completed her BA with a major […]
Bronwyn McIvor
Bronwyn McIvor is a Richmond-based painter working in oils, acrylics, and watercolour. Studying classical painting as a youth, she then attended Langara’s Fine Arts program […]
Mark Glavina
Mark Glavina studied graphic design and Illustration at Capilano College and has worked as a teacher and illustrator with various contracts including background painting for animation and private contracts and commissions as well as established a reputation as a muralist.
Chris Charlebois
Born in 1952 in Arvida, Quebec, Chris Charlebois has spent most of his life in British Columbia. He attended the Vancouver School of Art and his painting instructors were Don Jarvis and Bruce Boyd. Since then his work has been collected by numerous private and corporate collectors. Inspired by the west coast environment his work is evolving into a kind of nature based abstraction.