Meet the Artist

Richard Rempel

Richard worked as a counsellor and social worker in Victoria for more than thirty years before easing into retirement in Saanich. Looking for a quiet routine, he found an online art class and kept at it. Most afternoons are now spent testing papers, acrylics, and whatever reference photos come back from walks with Jazz, the family corgi.

Jeanine, his wife, is the first set of eyes on new work and lets him know when a canvas should stop. His grandson usually claims the spare stool with his own paints and a small easel. Winter trips to Hawaii offer fresh colour notes that Richard later tries to translate back home.

Richard treats painting much like the conversations that defined his counselling years: slow, attentive, and better with company. He shows work to neighbours, swaps notes with other hobbyists, and opens the studio by appointment. The pieces here are simply a record of what he’s trying, not a grand statement.