About the book

Julie Fowler pieces together the lives of Sonia Cornwall and her mother Vivien Cowan through interviews, letters, original artworks and exhibition records. Her narrative follows a search for an artist in the Cariboo that unfolds into a wider portrait of creative life in early British Columbia.

Fowler traces Vivien's role in founding the Cariboo Art Society and describes visits by notable Canadian painters such as A.Y. Jackson and Joseph Plaskett to the Onward Ranch near 150 Mile House. The book blends archival research, imagined conversations and personal reflection to map art, community and pioneering life.

Ideal for readers interested in Canadian art history, women's roles in regional cultural life, and the interplay between place and creativity.

• Biographical and regional art history
• Interviews, letters and original art sources
• Connections to A.Y. Jackson and Joseph Plaskett

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