April White

April White, a relative of the late Bill Reid, has become a celebrated Haida sculptor, carver, printmaker and jewelry designer. Her reputation follows her back to one of three places on the north west coast. In Powell River, on the Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver, she owns a beautifully restored 1928 building on historic Marine Avenue, where she houses all three of her businesses: Wind Spirit Art & Gallery, Wind Spirit Printmakers, where she pulls her own prints, and a custom frame shop. April realized, after a few years in the bush as a geologist, that she was inexplicably possessed by painting—particularly watercolours, for their portability. After graduation, she finally had time to realize she had always been drawn to it.