Parrott Gallery Shop

Located on the 3rd floor of the Belleville Public Library the Parrott Gallery Shop offers handcrafted jewellery, decor, household items, art and accessories by regional artists and artisans. 

Visit us at the Parrott Gallery Shop the next time you are out shopping!

We carry work by...

Lola Reid Allin • Mark Armstrong • Iris Casey • Florence Chik-Lau • Linda Coulter • Daphne Creasy • Penny Doolittle • Tracey Edwards • Joyce Empey Smith • Lisa Ferguson • May Haslam • Melanie Horner • Paul Johnston • Liz Jones • George Ketcheson • Lucie Kovarova-Weir • Brian Lubben • Marta Mouka • Bernard Noel • Tina Osborne • Sue Panko • Bob Pennycook • Sandy Randle • Bev Redden • Karen Richey • Rona Rustige • Debby Smith • Brenda Sullivan • Colleen Thomson • Wendy Vervoort • Sue Walker • Emoke Wilson • Sheila Wright  • Kalina Yuling

Featured Shop Artist for October: Colleen Thomson

Colleen has been using her hands to create since she was old enough to reach the treadle on her Mother’s sewing machine. In 1973 while travelling in New Zealand she was introduced to weaving and immediatley began the exploration of the many uses and breeds of wool.  Ever since then fibre has directed her creative endeavours.

From weaving she moved on to spinning and dyeing her own yarns. Then she added knitting and about 20 years ago felting.  She has taken classes wherever she finds them and now much of her growth comes from world wide tutors often using online tutorials.

All these skills inform her work; wearables, 3D and wall art.

She is a member of Belleville Weavers and Spinners Guild as well as the Kingston Handweavers and Spinners Guild. She also holds membership in the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Ontario Handspinners Guild and the International Felters Association in the UK, and New Zealand Fibre Asociation plus 2 guilds in her winter  home in Napier NZ.

Her work can be found at the Belleville Art Association, Love Loft Gallery, Wellington and here in the Parrott Gallery and Shop.