Winlaw-based Peter Vogelaar has been an artist for most of his life, graduating in 1976 from the Kootenay School of the Arts. After running his sign business up north, he returned to the Kootenays, taking up snow, ice and sand sculpting, which has led him around the world to competitions and festivals. His work has won many awards including last year’s People’s Choice Award for Van Gogh’s Cat.