Our Artists

Gerard Goodin (President)

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Wendy Matthews (Past President)

Wendy is a retired school teacher. After Teachers College she completed Arts and Education degrees. Having taught for 23 years at Harkins Junior High School she moved to North and South Esk Elementary from where she retired in 2000. Along the way she taught various academic subjects, special education and a few elementary art classes. She has been painting for over 15 years. For many years Wendy’s interest in art was an observer. She enrolled in a tole painting course thinking this was a hobby she might like. Her interest in tole painting and folk art soon turned to an interest in watercolours. She and a small group of fellow painters took watercolour lessons from Carla Collette for many years. With this small and dedicated group, she explored other mediums including oil and chalk pastels and acrylics. During one fall term, Wendy traveled to Fredericton to take an introductory course in watercolours at UNB. She has also spent several winters taking classes in oils from Robert Stevens. Most recent works are done in acrylic or watercolour. Wendy paints at the studio she and her husband Terry have built in Whitney.

Linda Gallant (Secretary)

Linda Gallant swore that in her retirement she would do all the things she wanted to do but couldn’t when she was working full time and raising a family. While that is the sentiment of many women, Linda has managed to do just that. In January 2008, Linda went back to school to audit the life drawing class at NBCC Miramichi with Geordie Millar and you are viewing the result. The classes have given her a new lease on life. She goes out with her digital camera and sketch book, ready to jot down ideas she will work on later in her studio in Neguac.
Linda was born in Montreal. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sir George Williams University, now Concordia, by attending seven years of night and Summer courses. During that time, she taught in the public school system for the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. Quebec’s politics and the language laws that Bill 101 imposed soon restricted the enrollment of immigrant children and Linda could see the writing on the wall. It wouldn’t be long before the English system would be compromised and the choices for an art specialist severely curtailed. So with the full support of her husband, the Gallants moved away from the big city bustle of dual income, regimented day care routines and suburban commutes to a more laid back family centered way of life. In 1985, they settled in a small French (how ironic!) fishing village and have never looked back.
The teaching assignment in Newcastle became the job of a lifetime. For six years, Linda was the District Art Coordinator and taught in ten schools on a regular basis as the itinerant art teacher. When that position was abolished she returned to the classroom teaching art at Miramichi Valley for the last eleven years of her career.

Terry Power

Terry Power lives and paints in Hardwicke, New Brunswick and has a unique view of Miramichi Bay from a private beach location on the shore of the Bay. The area is scenic in views of nature, birds and a variety of wildlife, with acres of rich marshland being a primary environmental feature.

He has over the years added trees, berry bushes and wildflowers which respect this natural landscape. This environment provides the core of his artistic inspiration and influences much of his work. He enjoys exploring with colour and believes that any colour an artist can conceive has already been portrayed in nature.

An artist then has the luxury of combining these colours in rich and creative ways

Kathy Jardine of Vintage River Art

I am a local mixed media artist who draws inspiration from the stories, songs, and family culture of the Maritimes. I look for beauty in the ordinary.

In 2014, I began creating miniature fishing villages from driftwood. In that gray, weathered wood that litters our shores I began to “see” old sheds, fishing shacks, wharfs, boats, and lobster traps. Stored in my memory were coastal snapshots of my childhood years on the Acadian Peninsula and later, the shores of the Miramichi. My desire was to recapture the rustic character and beauty of those long-forgotten places. To date, I have made and sold over one hundred pieces. Each piece is a labour of love and a small tribute to the hardworking people of our rural communities.

I also enjoy painting abstract nature scenes in acrylics. My background in horticulture and landscaping have always influenced my love of the wild side of the Maritimes and the “ordered” one of the home garden.

Kelly Hay-Hambrook

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Terry Matthews (Website and Promotion)

Terry has been painting for over 30 years. Several years ago Terry opened an art studio in Whitney, NB where he paints.

He paints representational art, mostly in acrylics. Recent works are in Soft Pastels and pastel pencils.

His pastel art is focused on Canadian Wildlife and Pet Portraits.

Terry spends some time painting outside in the weather – “Plein Air” He was a visiting artist at the Lunenburg, NS “Paint on sea” Plein air session in 2008 and 2009 and had taken part in Plein Air festivals in Bathurst and the Miramichi,

Terry is a member of the Publicity and Promotions Committee of Miramichi Art Core, an association of Miramichi artist interested in promoting fine art in the region. He also has developed the Association website, His art has been exhibited at The Ritchie Wharf Gallery, the Artist Kave Gallery, and the Carrefour Beausoleil Gallery.

Gloria Savoie

Creativity inspires and motivates us to personally interact with the extraordinary beauty in our midst, our incredibly awe-inspiring phenomenal world, captivating Mother Nature in her finest moments, uplifting us to become our own best selves, moving us toward spiritual transformation and enabling humankind to fulfill our yet untapped, truly extraordinary potential and achieve humanity’s authentic divine destiny of a peaceful, loving, harmonious co-existence based on mutual sharing and compassion for all.

I am a founding member and former Secretary of Miramichi Art Core, working in a variety of mediums, including pencil sketching, painting, and digital art, children’s book illustration, poster and set design, commissioned work, portraiture, photography, sign making, fashion design, writing, and wood etching being a favorite, as it seems so fitting since the wood industry involving the early historic timber and tall ships, helped to develop the Miramichi River Townships. Of course our First Nations peoples called this new world home first and generously assisted the early newly arriving settlers, the French, English, Scottish and Irish to survive the harsh winters. Immigrants seeking refuge from religious and ethnic persecution, war, famine, fires and floods continue to be welcomed to our beautiful Miramichi river valley and the rest of our Canadian Provinces and Territories.

My artistic work is very much influenced by my interest in the diverse cultures of the world, especially the indigenous peoples, whose cultural traditions are so artistically rich, and their wealth of experience and regard for the environment, as stewards of mother earth, can teach us a lot about alleviating the growing threat of climate change. Red Bank has recently been named a World Heritage Site, as the longest continually inhabited First Nations land in Canada.

Sonja Mahabir (Treasurer)

Cathleen Richards-Green

I studied Freehand Drawing, Life Drawing, Two Dimensional Design, Printmaking and Art History while living in the United States from 1974 to 1980 attending colleges in California and North Carolina.

I live in Miramichi, NB, drawing inspiration from the simple beauty of the Miramichi River Valley and surrounding areas. It’s a simple landscape, but the river at its center is my mystical muse. Every day is an adventure for the eyes and soul. Sitting to watch the magical light of morning, and late evening never fails to deliver that desire to paint. If I was unable to travel anywhere else to paint, this area would offer endless inspiration. Art isn’t about where you are…but how you see. I’m in love with changing light and the moods it elicits and I hope I’m able to capture just a bit of that in my paintings, many now done on location. I work in many mediums…from graphite, pen & ink, acrylic, watercolor and pastel, but my main love is oils and the landscape.

I’ve been a member of the Miramichi Art Core since its inception

My work has been on exhibit at

Richie Wharf Gallery in Newcastle, Miramichi NB
Beaverbrook Art Gallery Fredericton, NB
Carrefour Beausoleil Gallery in Newcastle, Miramichi
Water Street Gallery in Chatham, Miramichi

My work is in many private collections in Canada and the US.

Email: info@cathleenrichardsgreen.com