Our favourite
Independent Artists
of 2026
We love to feature independent artists who inspire us to think outside the box.
Handmade Bags & Art from the Nicola Valley
by Joan Jennings
Joan Jennings is a talented Merritt & Kamloops area fibre artist specializing in artistic quilts and beautifully handcrafted bags. Each of her one-of-a-kind creations reflects her creativity, attention to detail, and passion for textile art. Joan's unique pieces are on display and available for purchase at the Nicola Valley Arts Council Art Gallery & Gift Shop.
Follow her latest creations on Facebook: @StudioJJenn44.
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The Beautiful Darkness - Music, Poetry, and Paintings United as One
by Scott D. Davis
Thirteen paintings.
Thirteen poems.
Thirteen songs.
Scott has accumulated over 15 million YouTube views and now, with The Beautiful Darkness (2026), Scott ventures into his most ambitious work yet: a multimedia exploration of shadow, transformation, and self-acceptance, pairing thirteen original piano compositions with poetry and hand-painted watercolors. It's the culmination of a journey that began with Lego guitars and became something he never could have imagined, a rock star at the piano, finally exactly where he belongs.
Website: https://scottddavis.com/
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Agnes Art - Handcrafted Jewellery Inspired by Nature
by Agnes Makuch
Agnieszka “Agnes” Makuch is a creative soul born in Poland. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urban Design from the Technical University of Łódź, where her innate affinity for space, form, and structure first took shape.
Her life journey led her from Poland to Dublin, Ireland, where she spent five years balancing work and art, words and buildings, colour and thought, listening for what might come next. Curiosity and a longing for new horizons eventually carried her even farther from home, to Yellowknife, a small northern capital on the edge of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Yellowknife became her anchor. A place of extremes — winters carved from ice and darkness, skies alive with northern lights; brief, intense summers stretched across lakes and rivers. It is a place people either love or leave. Agnes stayed.
Here, in the cold and the quiet, she creates. She writes. She paints in oil and watercolour. She crafts jewellery under the brand Agnes Art, drawing inspiration from auroras, bonfires, frozen roads, and the raw poetry of snow and fire coexisting in a land of ice and snow.
In the far North, Agnes found more than inspiration — she found home, for now, until the next adventure calls.
Website: www.agnes-art.ca
Blog: https://agnesart.ca/
Facebook: Agnes Makuch
Instagram: Agnes Makuch
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S.E.Linn's Stock Photos
Use these stock photos in your next book!
Welcome to the online travel photo store of S.E. Linn, travel writer, storyteller, and camera-toting adventurer.
Linn captures the spirit of the places she writes about, transforming real-world journeys into vivid, soul-stirring visuals.
