TOP FEATURES
Ron Smid
"My work strives to go beyond the mere documentary capture of a landscape by gazing towards the veiled; creating imagery where the physical world touches the divine."
James Bennett
Affinity for form and earthiness translates quite seamlessly into one-of-a-kind ceramics.
Margot Hallman
"I work with pastel, acrylic, and oil. I am drawn to the subtle changes in spatial expanse, texture, colour, and temperature that manifest themselves in the landscape."
Abstract Expressions
Sandy Kay's artful and sparing use of colour brings her nature-inspired, abstract works to life.
Holiday Shopping on the Coast
While there are many online choices available for presents and personal items, the Sunshine Coast has a wide array of stores to fulfill your holiday needs and wants.
Pender Harbour Choir: 50 Years
Pender Harbour's community choir celebrates 50 years of resilience, vision, and song.
The Dream Team
We need sleep to be able to function effectively each day. Darren and kim rennie, owners of dreamland sleep shop in upper gibsons since 2000, have become sleep experts and are passionate about everything sleep.
Avoid the Rush
Just like that; it’s time for festive dining. We offer some ways to stay calm in your kitchen through the busy holiday season.
The Sun Keeps Shining on the Sunshine Coast
At ZOOM we love to celebrate the creators and businesses that make life on the Sunshine Coast beautiful. Here are some of our local businesses that are adapting and growing, despite these challenging times.
PAST ARTICLES
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Forest Impressions
"It is an ongoing exploration of the beauty and soul of our forests. I include motion in many of these images in an attempt to capture the true essence of these magnificent life forms . . ."
Life Awakes
There's nothing as relentless as spring. Buds form when snow is still on the ground, and the season progresses even when some of us aren't quite ready.
Rays of Light
I could easily have interpreted the scene as being touched by the hand of God, with the rays of light being fingers reaching out to touch me with their splendour . . .
Mario Traina
“Infrared photography gives us another way of looking at what’s normally invisible by making it visible.”
Dolf Vermeulen
Dolf Vermeulen aims his lens at an exciting range of natural subjects: mountains, animals, seascapes, forests, scenes from high above, even scenes from under water.
Shaman Reaching for the Sky
"Witnessing a number of otherworldly events over the years has led me to accept that unseen phenomena are an integral part of our everyday lives."
ARTISTS
Meghan Hildebrand
"I love my small town streets, the fading facades and how sunset lights up shop windows, redirecting shadows and illuminating hidden passages . . ."
Autumn Skye
Art propels me out of bed in the morning, whispering me awake with purpose. It fills the pause between my in-breath and out-breath and the quiet lulls amidst other chores and responsibilities.
Born of Earth & Fire
Nothing transforms like fire. The ancients knew it; every inch of the earth reflects it. Contemporary potters continue to use fire in an age-old process that is reverent, communal, and mysterious.
George Connell
Partner, Father, Actor, Writer, Oil Artist, Singer-songwriter, Lyricist, Long-distance Runner . . . George Connell has a lot going on and has never shied away from setting impressive goals for himself.
Lucas Kratochwil
To study these paintings is to experience simultaneously macro and micro, the planetary proportions of the scene and the careful, painstaking attention in each brush stroke, on every millimetre of the canvas.
Svetlana Sloan
These “crafty” works have a real dignity. They show laborious detail, restraint, an assured sense of composition, and a painstaking approach to colour.
EVENTS
International Choral Kathaumixw
This year's festival was an exuberant and joyful success, with audiences and participants having waited five long years since the last gathering.
Love Exhibition
February's Love Exhibition at One Flower One Leaf Gallery was a delightful feast for the soul and senses, with contributions from 12 local artists, as well as interactive experiences, meditations, and activities.
Festival 2023
For our small but mighty community of performers, and their coaches and teachers, the festival is a chance to set goals and prepare for the rigours of adjudication, competition, and performance in front of an audience.
The Mix
When artists of a similar high calibre and with diverse techniques and materials band together, the result can be a joy for all concerned.
Artisan Seaside Market
These “crafty” works have a real dignity. They show laborious detail, restraint, an assured sense of composition, and a painstaking approach to colour.
Coast Festival
“The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts has been a significant part of the lives of amateur musicians, their families, and teachers for 49 years."