Elaine Watts, Summerland, BC

Elaine Watts is a watercolourist who is a dual citizen of Australia and Canada. She spends the summer in both places, in an attempt to capture only one snow scene a year for her annual calendar. Although the effects of light on snow are beautiful, she prefers landscapes which include light and reflections on water, as well as the movement of surf onto sand, and the majesty of mountains and skies. She is never far from the beauty of nature and wide open spaces in either country. Her studio in the Trout Creek area just south of Summerland, in BC's Okanagan Valley, will bring her closer to country living and the natural cycles of life in one of the bread-baskets (and wine centres) of Canada.