Barbara Swail
Barbara Swail is a flourishing transplant to the wide, wild country of northeastern British Columbia from the urban jungles of the south. For 35 years, she has earned her keep as a writer, graphic designer and producer in many media from magazines to television. Her illustrations and cartography are featured in two books, The Peace: An Exploration in Photographs and The Peace: A History in Photographs, both by Donald A. Pettit.
Swail is also an artist who works in photography and illustration and has tried her hand at cartography and painting along the way. She has worked for many years on photo-montages based on sacred geometry and her work is included in private collections across Canada.
Donald A. Pettit
For 25 years, professional photographer Donald A Pettit has explored and documented the Peace River Region of British Columbia. As a commercial photographer, he has traveled the region extensively, sometimes by float plane or helicopter, often backpacking into areas few have seen. His work reflects his love for, and concern for, the natural world. His creative goal is to faithfully capture the wonder and beauty of nature in all of its forms. Don lives near Dawson Creek, British Columbia, in a solar powered home of his own design and construction. His lifestyle and images both express his active concern for the natural environment. His work is widely published, his fine art photographs exhibited in both solo and group shows, and his photographs are found in private collections across Canada.
Don is the creator of the large-format coffee table photo book and companion DVD The Peace: an exploration in photographs, which has become a regional best-seller since first published in 2001. His latest book, The Peace: a history in photographs was released in the fall of 2008 to great acclaim, becoming shortlisted for two awards, and much appreciation from the historians of the area.
Kit Fast
Photographer, potter and assemblage sculptor
A professional photographer and writer at Peace photoGraphics Inc, Kit Fast has considerable experience in nature photography, concentrating for five years on the Birds of Alberta and the Peace Country.
Since 2003 he has explored the living landscape of the Peace Country with a keen eye and sensitivity to the interplay of forces that combine to create and recreate our spaces. Texture is vital to his sense of creativity and interpretation through clay works, assemblage sculpture, ceramics and photography.
Education:
1994 Selkirk College - Electronic Publishing
1998-99 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Print Management
2004 Northern Lights College - Academic Writing
15 yrs Self Taught Photographer
Exhibits:
2006 Group Exhibit, f-stop 5.0 Dawson Creek Art Gallery
2007 Sweetwater 905 Sweetwater Road
2008 the kiskatinaw - Dawson Creek Art Gallery
photography, ceramics, assemblage sculpture, found objects
http://www.peacephotographics.com/kisk
May 2009 M-K Artist Camp, Muskwa-Kechika Wilderness Dawson Creek Art Gallery
Solo Exhibit,
Tracy Wandling
Tracy Wandling is an artist and graphic designer who joined the Peace photoGraphics team in 2008, where she enjoys the creative atmosphere of working with a group of artists.
Her work in watercolor depicts her love of the small things in nature - a fallen leaf, a collection of stones, the bareness of winter trees. She teaches drawing and watercolor classes, and enjoys sharing her skills and her enthusiasm for art.
Jaycee Abel
Jaycee Abel grew up on a reindeer farm out in Groundbirch, B.C. outside Dawson Creek. After graduating from South Peace Secondary School in 2006, she took a year off to work then attended the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton, AB. There she took the 2 year Digital Media Design (DMD) program.
At the beginning of the program, Jaycee had her mind set on becoming a film editor, but in her 2nd year she realized she enjoyed graphic and web design more than working on films. In her 4th and final semester, she interned here at Peace photoGraphics between January and April 2009, where she helped out with graphic and web design/code projects. In her spare time she likes to play volleyball in the local ladies league.
