Lynn Demers has lived and created sculptures for 20 years on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, a rural artistic community off the west coast of Canada. A native to B.C. Lynn grew up in the North Okanagan where she was surrounded by forests, wildlife, lakes and rivers. She spent her childhood exploring these tranquil natural spaces and developing her creativity.
A self-taught sculptor who has experienced working in a bronze casting foundry and as a jewelery designer and finisher. Lynn's most recents works are figurative and focus on depicting peace and serenity.
Lynn has exhibited her work on Salt Spring Island at several galleries including the Field Mouse Wildlife Gallery, the Orcas Gallery, Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, and currently at Gallery 8. Her work has been shown in Victoria B.C. at the Quest Gallery and the Marshall Gallery.
The newest space to view her work is at the Howe Street Gallery of Fine Art located in Vancouver, B.C. She has participated in many group shows on Salt Spring Island as well as in two international juried shows.
In 1988, Lynn's Still Moon Perch was one of 100 pieces selected of 750 entries to be in the international juried "Birds of Art" show presented by Wasau, Wisconsin's Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. It was on of only 10 sculptures selected to tour with 50 other pieces to the Missouri Botanical Garden in Minneapolis, Missouri, the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon.
In 1991, Lynn's bronze sculpture Barn Owl was one of 80 pieces selected out of 600 entries to be part of the international show "Images of Vanishing Nature" held at the Transco Gallery in Houston, Texas. This show traveled to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Virginia, the Massachusetts College of Art Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, the Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, where Lynn's sculpture remains.
Lynn's work is in private collections across Canada, the United States, and Europe
A self-taught sculptor who has experienced working in a bronze casting foundry and as a jewelery designer and finisher. Lynn's most recents works are figurative and focus on depicting peace and serenity.
Lynn has exhibited her work on Salt Spring Island at several galleries including the Field Mouse Wildlife Gallery, the Orcas Gallery, Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art, and currently at Gallery 8. Her work has been shown in Victoria B.C. at the Quest Gallery and the Marshall Gallery.
The newest space to view her work is at the Howe Street Gallery of Fine Art located in Vancouver, B.C. She has participated in many group shows on Salt Spring Island as well as in two international juried shows.
In 1988, Lynn's Still Moon Perch was one of 100 pieces selected of 750 entries to be in the international juried "Birds of Art" show presented by Wasau, Wisconsin's Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. It was on of only 10 sculptures selected to tour with 50 other pieces to the Missouri Botanical Garden in Minneapolis, Missouri, the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon.
In 1991, Lynn's bronze sculpture Barn Owl was one of 80 pieces selected out of 600 entries to be part of the international show "Images of Vanishing Nature" held at the Transco Gallery in Houston, Texas. This show traveled to the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Virginia, the Massachusetts College of Art Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, the Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, where Lynn's sculpture remains.
Lynn's work is in private collections across Canada, the United States, and Europe
