Artisan Artists in Nova Scotia

Recognized for their imagination and high quality work, Canadian artisans create handcrafted jewelry, woven art, mosaic glass works, as well as unique handmade art in copper, silver, iron, and scrap metal.

Bruce Alistair Barber Halifax

Professor Emeritus Bruce A. Barber PhD is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural historian and curator who taught courses in Expanded Media, Art History and Contemporary Studies for 30+ years at NSCAD University, Halifax, Canada. His continuing art... (more)

Paulette Melanson Lunenburg

Paulette Melanson is an artist who paints abstracts and landcapes. She lives in Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Nova Scotia.

A resident of Nova Scotia since 1985, Paulette Melanson grew up in the Acadian village of Scoudouc, New... (more)

Laurie Mireau Hubbards

Maritime scenes from Atlantic Canada are rendered in vivid watercolors. Laurie enjoys painting reflections in water from fishing boats, wharves, and seagulls. She also paints Halifax street scenes and now resides in Hubbards, Halifax County, NS.... (more)

Leah Danielle Tanner Lunenburg

A self-taught artist with a passion for colour, animals, and pretty landscapes.

Monika Wright Upper Tantallon

Canadian artist Monika Wright creates expressive abstract paintings that reveal dynamic elements of color nuance, of magical light that glows amidst the darkness, of brushstrokes that are both wild and gentle, conveying movement and mindfulness.(more)

Teresa Young Halifax

I am a Canadian Metis painter who specializes in surreal and abstract acrylic paintings. Detailed, highly unique artwork with an aboriginal flavour. My style developed from a early start in portrait painting when I was a child and evolved into som... (more)

Derek Andrews River John

Working in a variety of local and exotic hardwoods, woodturner Derek Andrews creates a variety of products ranging from inexpensive gifts to one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces.

Dale Fehr Maccan

Canadian artist DALE FEHR paints magical local landscapes and environments, currently near Amherst, NS. His colourful semi-abstract impressionist style hints at surrealism to magic realism.

Sydney Lancaster Wolfville

My work explores the intersection of place, objects, and memory through site-specific installation and sculpture, assemblage, photography, video, and printmaking.

Karen Phillips-Curran Bear River

My studio watercolours and acrylics are of calming riversides, tepid waters reflecting the land, clouds and sky. My acrylic walls and windows use structure to speak of light and texture. Colour can run rampant on these surfaces. My works generally... (more)