Aunaray C. Clusiau & Pilar Mehlis
Resident Artist Co-op, Studio 202
Aunaray C. Clusiau
Growing up in Toronto Aunaray C. Clusiau aka Carol Clusiau took her first art classes at the Ontario College of Art, drawing large-bellied, wrinkly, old men, right off the street, wearing nothing but a bottle of rum.
When she got the message to "go west young girl" she fell in love with BC eventually graduating from Emily Carr College of Art and Design with a major in film where she was blessed to be awarded a scholarship each year including The Helen Pitt Award and The Joseph Golland Memorial Scholarship.
In 1995 she was accepted into the prestigious Canadian Film Center as a Resident Director and screenwriter. Under the name Carol Clusiau she has been reviewed in the Vancouver Sun, The North Shore News, Playback Magazine, The Oregonian Press, Take One Magazine, The Montreal Mirror as well as interviews on Co-op Radio Vancouver and The CBC Morning Show.
Retired from film directing, she is happy to be living away from the big city, in the beautiful Okanagan where she sometimes designs and sells jewelry at the farmers market, teaches yoga and has recently renewed her passion for painting.
Stop by the Local.lounge.grille at the Summerland Resort to see several large paintings by Aunaray (in the restaurant area) and enjoy the wonderful food and atmosphere.
infoataunaray.com (replace "at" with @)
www.aunaray.com
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Pilar Mehlis
Born in Manhattan, NY - raised in Bolivia -
resides in Kelowna, BC
Pilar Mehlis was born in Manhattan, NYC and immigrated to La Paz, Bolivia when she was just a few months old. She grew up in La Paz until, at the age of twelve, her family moved to Whitehorse, Yukon. There she attended junior High School and had her first painting lessons in Haines, Alaska. At the age of 17 she moved back to La Paz where she attended the Academy of Art Hernando Siles and later enrolled in the Fine Arts program at Universidad Mayor de San Andres. She obtained her BFA at the University of Victoria, double majoring in Art History and Visual Arts. Pilar has won honorary mentions in painting and a second prize in painting from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres. In 1994 she was commissioned to draw a portrait for the Gallery of Presidents at the Banco Central de Bolivia. She was commissioned to paint a portrait of NHL player Mike Keane in 2001 and has been invited to participate in important Charity Art Auctions. This year she is participating in Unite with Art 2010. Pilar has had group and solo exhibitions in Victoria, La Paz and Vancouver. Her work is currently represented by the Petley Jones Gallery in Vancouver, BC.
Pilar is listed in the BC women Artists Website: www.bcwomenartists.ca
www.pilarmehlis.ca
www.petleyjones.com
www.numengallery.com/artists/Pilar/Pilar.html
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