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Episode 327: Vivian Martin
Vivian Martin was born and raised in
the lower mainland of British Columbia.
Shortly after graduating from high school, she moved throughout the
province, then found her place in Prince George where she has lived since 1985. She is married and now enjoying retirement.
Vivian has had a life-long love of
photography, and into her adult life she has continued to study and work with
photography and graphic art. Her keen
eye for detail and ability to compose unique, artistically composed photographs
has kept her interested in this medium.
2007, a year of the loss of loved
ones, Vivian felt she needed further outlets to help her through those
stressful times. She started off making
her own jewelry, then moved her creative energies to include three-dimensional
fabric sculpture figures, which she also teaches workshops on. She takes these creations to craft shows and
has them in various retail stores.
Vivian continued in these mediums
until COVID-19 shut everything down in 2020. She needed to keep her mind and
hands busy, so she took up colouring. After several months, she had an
epiphany; in that being a photographer, she should be creating her own colouring
books. While everything was at a standstill, she took photographs of
historical, iconic and interesting locations around Prince George.
Using her photos as inspiration, she created
two hand-drawn colouring books all about Prince George. She didn’t stop there;
she created five additional colouring books on various subjects, such as
wildlife, transportation, abstract, mandalas and a children’s colouring book, with
three additional new colouring books in progress. These colouring books can be
found in many locations in Prince George, and at over ten Save-On Foods Stores
throughout BC.
Vivian spends her summer months
kayaking, camping and gardening, and rarely goes anywhere without her
camera. She has recently taken up guitar
and singing, just for fun. Her husband is a drummer, so she also spends a lot
of time supporting him at his events, and taking band photos of his and different
bands that play.
In the winter months, she still does a
lot of photography, but uses this time to do photo editing, craft shows, relaxing,
and searching for new retail locations to carry her work.
You
can find her photographs on her website:
vivian-martin.artistwebsites.com or on
Facebook: Vivian Martin Photography
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By John A. Brink
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Vivian Martin was born and raised in
the lower mainland of British Columbia.
Shortly after graduating from high school, she moved throughout the
province, then found her place in Prince George where she has lived since 1985. She is married and now enjoying retirement.
Vivian has had a life-long love of
photography, and into her adult life she has continued to study and work with
photography and graphic art. Her keen
eye for detail and ability to compose unique, artistically composed photographs
has kept her interested in this medium.
2007, a year of the loss of loved
ones, Vivian felt she needed further outlets to help her through those
stressful times. She started off making
her own jewelry, then moved her creative energies to include three-dimensional
fabric sculpture figures, which she also teaches workshops on. She takes these creations to craft shows and
has them in various retail stores.
Vivian continued in these mediums
until COVID-19 shut everything down in 2020. She needed to keep her mind and
hands busy, so she took up colouring. After several months, she had an
epiphany; in that being a photographer, she should be creating her own colouring
books. While everything was at a standstill, she took photographs of
historical, iconic and interesting locations around Prince George.
Using her photos as inspiration, she created
two hand-drawn colouring books all about Prince George. She didn’t stop there;
she created five additional colouring books on various subjects, such as
wildlife, transportation, abstract, mandalas and a children’s colouring book, with
three additional new colouring books in progress. These colouring books can be
found in many locations in Prince George, and at over ten Save-On Foods Stores
throughout BC.
Vivian spends her summer months
kayaking, camping and gardening, and rarely goes anywhere without her
camera. She has recently taken up guitar
and singing, just for fun. Her husband is a drummer, so she also spends a lot
of time supporting him at his events, and taking band photos of his and different
bands that play.
In the winter months, she still does a
lot of photography, but uses this time to do photo editing, craft shows, relaxing,
and searching for new retail locations to carry her work.
You
can find her photographs on her website:
vivian-martin.artistwebsites.com or on
Facebook: Vivian Martin Photography
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