Artist Ian MacLeod
Here at Bearfoot Mountain Quilts, we could not be happier with the incredible Logo provided to us by this exceptional artist, Ian MacLeod! His work is unique and interesting. Thank you, Ian, for your artistic contribution to our business and online presence!
Visit his online gallery at HERE
IAN’S STORY:
Born in Montreal in 1982, Ian MacLeod loved drawing from a very early age. Eschewing the coloring book, he always opted for a blank piece of paper to create his own characters and worlds. Upon the suggestion of his grandmother, Ian began to draw birds from the field guide kept at the family cottage. From that point on, Ian’s affinity for depicting avian wildlife in its various forms has continued to develop to this day.
At age 10, Ian enrolled at the La Palette Art School in Beaconsfield, Quebec. Under the tutelage of the watercolorist Renate Heidersdorf, he developed his technique and composition while learning various mediums such as acrylics, charcoal, pastels, silk painting and watercolors.
In 2006, Ian enrolled in Print Media in the Fine Arts Department of Concordia University. Over the next 3 years he learned such printing disciplines as intaglio, lithography and silk screening while also exploring the cyber arts of digital printing, sound design and video production. While at Concordia, Ian gained an appreciation for the abstraction and the value of color and texture as entities in their own right.
Today, Ian’s work uses a stark black and white esthetic, influenced by the likes of M.C. Escher and Bill Reid, to create bold and texturally rich images that echo the beauty and form found in nature.
Illustrator and Artist Katka Hubacek
We fell in love with this illustration of the “Red Hair Girl and Black Bear Sleeping” the moment we saw it! Katka’s artwork is entirely unique and whimsical, and here at Bearfoot Mountain Quilts we felt that this illustration represented all the things that Quilts represent to us in life – Comfort. We sleep on them, we sleep with them, they protect us, they keep us warm, they provide a foundation for picnics and beach outings too. You can find this image in the Footer of this site, and if you click on the image, it will take you to Katka’s Shop. You can also click HERE.
KATKA’S STORY
She calls her Shop Katkaland, the land where creatures, beings, and inhabitants are all from the land of her imagination.
“As a little girl I loved drawing princesses and spent hours dressing my doll Blanka whose wardrobe was handmade by my Czech grandmother. My sister and I spent summer days making mud patties and feeding imaginary animals. As an adult and professional theater designe,r my favorite design work was the opportunity I had to do sets and costumes for the musical ‘Into the Woods.’ Sadly the amount of fantasy productions were few and far between. I wanted to create magical worlds, so Katkaland was an inevitable next step.”
We, here at Bearfoot Mountain Quilts, hope that you will visit her Shop on Etsy, and get to know the artist we fell in love with too.
