Photographer Roxy Hurtubise bought her first camera when she was 11.
She saved up her money from babysitting to make the purchase.
Hurtubise, who lives in Parksville, said she came by the creative bug naturally. Her grandmother enjoyed photography and saved up a number of coupons to buy her first camera.
“My dad got the bug from her (grandmother) and I got the bug from him,” said Hurtubise about how she got into photography.
Hurtubise said she is always trying to reinvent herself and take photos of different subjects.
“There are too many things that catch my eye and I am out everyday …,” she said. “I just always find something to photograph.”
Hurtubise sells prints of her work and has also started working with a company to have her photography printed on clothing, such as leggings and kimonos.
She got into jewelry making after coming across a shell on the beach.
“I found this particular shell, a common shell, I just loved and I thought I want this as a pendant,” said Hurtubise.
Hurtubise decided she wanted to start making jewelry out of the shell but it took her several years to find the right ones.
She uses the shells to make pendants and earrings and adorns them with freshwater pearls and sea glass.
Hurtubise is showing her work, along with five other artists, during the Group of Friends Art Show Exhibition and Sale at Nanoose Place Community Centre, located at 2925 Northwest Bay Rd. on Saturday and Sunday (June 25-26) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Featured artists include Major and Maxwell Art,oil painters Lloyd Major and Judy Maxwell; Elissa Anthony, an oil painter; Mike Rebar, stone sculptor; Paul Crawford and etched glass artist and Hurtubise.
Crawford, a resident of Fanny Bay, is an etched glass artists.
“He is really amazing,” said Hurtubise, adding that is someone is looking for a piece that is really unique to set their home apart he can create different pieces.
Crawford created the glass plaque awards for the 1988 Calgary Olympic Torch Parade and has designed pieces for both commercial and residential clients. He specializes in sandblasted glass design.