Creating and showing original fine art since 1952
Elected Members
Fatima Andrade
CFS
Toronto, ON
Acrylics
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am interested in the space between reality and abstraction. I am fascinated by the idea that a painting can affect an individual on a conscious and unconscious level.
Thelma Fay Amos
CFS
Mississauga, ON
Acrylic Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Thelma incorporates strong design elements in her mainly non-representational paintings. Using colour, contrast and bold shapes, her work achieves harmony where every mark contributes to the success of the work.
Heidi Berger
CFS
Owen Sound, Ontario & Barbados
Mixed Media Figurative Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Representational simplicity and engrossing aesthetics are clearly a central aspiration in Cem’s paintings. The viewer is usually drawn into the composition of his paintings either by a longing.
Edward Clark
TWS CFS
Mississauga, ON
Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ed is an avid outdoorsman and most of his paintings are inspired by the scenes from his trips. His paintings capture the same emotion he felt when he first encountered it.
Jaya Datta
OSA, CFS, MAC, VAM
Mississauga, Ontario
Oil and Acrylic
Expressionist Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jaya’s art speaks to everyone. Colours are alive, bright and bold. Her canvas tells everyday stories in a unique way and uncovers the mystery of visual perception to communicate a message.
Anne Deutschmann
BFA CFS
Mississauga, ON
Abstracted Poured Ink &
Acrylic Paintings
anne.deutschmann1708@gmail.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anne’s paintings celebrate life. Her signature style includes use of vibrant colours, dynamic textures and patterns, created through the pouring of inks, organic shapes and the repetition of circles.
Shirley Erskine
ISEA, SCA(LM), ISA, CFS (LM)
Burlington, ON
Collage on Canvas
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Working in collage offers a wondrous opportunity of using the imagination and materials to tell a pictorial story. An award-winning international artist with shows in Paris, Florence and Dubai.
Barbara Fostka
RCA,OCAD,CFS,OSA,CSPWC,SCA, CDM/Canadian Drawing Masters,
Etobicoke, ON
Portrait specialist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
My goal is to give you some happy memories.
Do you have a special Person, Place or
Family Pet you want to remember?
Let me do that for you.
Susan Garrington
CFS, OSA
London, ON
Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Susan’s paintings celebrate beauty found in roadsides, fields and woodlands in Southwestern and Northern Ontario. Susan’s paintings begin with on location sketches, later used as references in her studio.
Catharina Goldnau
OSA CFS
Toronto, ON
Fusion Clay and Glass
www.catharinagoldnauceramics.ca
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Catharina Goldnau explores transitions, juxtaposing traditions and materials in ceramic sculptural work that borders functionality. Her work is inspired by objects of utility, or artifacts past or present.
Ronald Greig
CFS, NOAPS
Burlington, ON
Realist Painter
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ron Greig is an award winning realist painter who loves to captivate his audience with stunning lifelike images.
He continually challenges himself to capture realistic and believable moments in time
Nadia Gurkova
CFS OSA
Toronto, ON
Oil Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nadia loves painting from life. During the summer she is either outdoors painting landscape studies or indoors in her studio, setting up floral still life arrangements. She focuses on colour and sunlight.
Anne Hoover
CFS AOCA RGD OSA
Peterborough, ON
Paint and dry medium
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anne is a figurative artist who is interested in pushing traditional mark-making - both in paint and dry media - to celebrate and express the human form.
Diane Huson
CFS
Whitby, ON
Oil painting, watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Diane’s love of flowers and nature are reflected in her representational oil paintings. Her colourful work, derived from a limited palette, has a vibrancy that rivals realism.
GOLNAZ KHADIVI ZAND
CFS
Toronto, ON
Contemporary Figurative Realistic painter, Oil Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Golnaz is a contemporary figurative realistic painter who depicts immigrant women's struggles and concerns. Her work explores the feminine experience of immigration via the creation of figurative paintings that incorporate symbolism..
Janet Cicci Latosik
CFS
Mississauga, ON
Watercolour Paintings
instagram.com/jlciccipaintings/
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Janet’s watercolour paintings reflect passion for nature, wildlife, travel and water. Her use of bold and vibrant colours, sliding across yupo paper express her love of freedom and fluidity.
Angela Lipscombe
CZT, CFS
Oakville, ON
Acrylic , Watercolour, oil Pastel and Ink
Contemporary Impressionism
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Angela is an award-winning Artist and Certified Zentangle Teacher. A full-time Art Instructor, her focus is on teaching her love of art to children and adults through workshops and classes.
Renée Makino
CFS
Mississauga, ON
Acrylic Expressionist Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Renée Makino's abstracted paintings capture the artistic essence of places - or personal non-objective inspirations - expressed with bold colours, lines, textures, and mark-making.
Kelly McNeil
SCA, CFS, AFC, SAA
Brampton, ON
Oil Wildlife Artist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kelly’s paintings are expressions of the wildlife she encounters. She respects and treasures these animals that she interacts with. Every painting is a glimpse into a moment in their lives.
Jacqueline Ohora
CFS
Toronto, ON
Mono print
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I have been attempting to follow a long-held interest in printmaking. There are endless methods one can try. The fun is in the attempts.
Margaret S. Pardy
SSA, SCA, OSA, CFS, SOVA
Brampton, ON
Scratchboard Wildlife Artist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
As a wildlife artist, Margaret strives to show animals as they truly are, with a more dramatic representation which she has found through working with Scratchboard.
Marie Antoniette Prospero
CFS, TWS
Etobicoke, ON
Acrylic, Watercolour, Mixed Media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marie delights in the colour and light in the world around us and shares that love in her paintings of children at play and landscapes abstracted or realistic, near or far.
Adriana Rinaldi
CFS, CGOS, TWAC, VAM, MAC
Oakville, ON
Oil, Gold Leaf & Mixed Media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adriana strives to document this thing we call life by capturing a fleeting and wonderous
moment in time on canvas. She uses multiple paint layers to achieve a three D look.
Olaf Schneider
CARFAC, CFS
Mississauga, ON
Fine Artist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Olaf’s first influence was by his grandfather. Painting large scale billboards from 1986 for Mediacom, Olaf acquired a strong practical foundation that would become integral to his work today.
Lesia Shipowick
SCA, CFS
Milton, ON
Non-Objective and Abstract paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Change is a constant in Lesia’s paintings which proliferate with spontaneous form, diversity of colour and abundance of detail. They elicit personal interpretation and a closer look.
Douglas Stratford
B.Sc, AOCA, B.Ed, OSA, CFS, SCA, Dipl.Textiles,
Toronto, Ontario
Oil Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
For the past few years, Doug has been exploring the topic of 'Peace' through the painting of easel-sized, studio landscapes based on small-panel, plein-air studies.
Olha Tkachenko
CFS
Toronto, Ontario
Acrylic & Oil Still Life, Batiks
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Olha works with realistic and decorative techniques, uses patterns and bright colors. She has a strong background in classic and national Ukrainian art, and it is performed in her palette!
Sheila Vander Wier
CFS
Brampton, ON
Oils
www.artistsheilavanderwier.weebly.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sheila’s inspiration comes from the beauty of God’s creation. Her ability to capture this beauty with oils on canvas allows her to share this with others.
Susan Irons-Ware
BFA, BEd, TWS, CFS, ECOAA
Gravenhurst, ON
Watercolour and Oils
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Susan draws on the natural environment for subject matter in her art. Focusing on the complexities found in nature, her work looks at both close up and the panoramic.
Steve Wilson
OSA, SCA, CFS, SOVA
Niagara Falls, ON
Oil and/or Acrylic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I’m the owner of “Steve Wilson Studios and The Gallery” downtown Niagara Falls, I work in Oil and Acrylic, usually street scenes with a social media message or figure work.
Janice Ykema
BDes, OSA, CFS, SOVA
Hamilton, ON
Animal and Wildlife Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Janice looks at the brighter side of human nature, using animals to translate her vision. Her painterly approach with acrylics creates a dynamic that is both energetic and peaceful.
Micheal Zarowsky
CFS, OSA, SCA, CSPWC
Toronto, ON
Watercolour, acrylic &
pastels on paper and panel
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I paint light, atmosphere, the transparency of water; overall it’s the journey; ideas visited; places to lose oneself; new beginnings; heartfelt meditations on the natural elegance thru our Ontario North.
Janet Baker
CFS, CSPWC, OSA, SCA
Mississauga, ON and Victoria BC
Mixed Media Assemblage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Janet’s current work is driven by the concept of “what if”. Through the combination of found and altered materials, every piece is an adventure, open to unpredictable juxtapositions and interpretations.
Madeline Barber
CFS
Toronto, ON
Acrylic Expressionist,
Figurative and Abstract
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Madeline’s “portraits convey an intense immediacy in both their execution and emotional interpretation. Her evocative colour and spirited brushwork represent the true tradition of expressionism”
- Paul Duval, December 10, 2000.
Vera Bobson
OSA, CSPWC, SCA, CFS, TWS
Toronto, ON
Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Vera's art is geometric. Painting conceptually, she enjoys exploring line,
shape and diverse colour combinations.
Lynden Cowan
SCA, OSA, CFS, CFA,AFC, SOVA
Richmond Hill, ON
Alton Mill Arts Centre, Studio 202
Oil paint on canvas
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynden is a self-taught artist. Her paintings are meticulously rendered with thinly applied oil paint. She strives to include the viewer in her visual journey and interpretations of the environment.
Susan Mandel Davidson
AAS, U of T BA, CFS
Toronto, ON
Mixed media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am a visual eavesdropper distilling a kaleidoscope world through mixed media into two-dimensional art works and occasionally three-dimensional art as in Moose In the City.
Leah Dockrill
SCA CFS
Toronto, ON
Paper Collage and Acrylic Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Leah enjoys moving between these different art forms, guided by her muse and finding inspiration in both the mundane and the glamorous.
Nancy Farrell
BA, BS, MS, CFs
Guelph, ON
Acrylic and mixed media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nancy is a Fine Arts graduate of the University of Guelph. She paints intuitively, responding to her landscape and environment using strong colour and instinctive marks and shapes.
Nathalie Freniere
CFS, AOE, Bravo Est
Alfred, ON
Oil Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nathalie’s paintings exude a quiet, calming atmosphere. She uses a palette knife and thinned oil to create vaporous, enigmatic, abstract vistas – at once representational and abstract.
Valerie Jane Geard
CFS OSA SCA
Schomberg, ON
Printmaking and Collage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Travel inspired, her art is recognized for its play of texture and sensitivity of materials. She uses environmentally friendly inks to print on unique papers and natural fibers.
Lisa Graziotto
CFS, OSA
Toronto, ON
Mixed Media Abstract,
Figurative narratives with a critical worldview
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fuelled by the innate necessity to paint everyday, I incorporate and translate the world around me through sarcastic dramas reflected back onto my canvases and suspend them in time and space.
Heather Grindley
CFS SCA OSA
Mississauga, ON
Charcoal, pastel, watercolour, oil
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am a figurative artist. I have been told that my drawings and painting have a contemporary edge. A strong gestural figure drawing that depicts emotion excites me.
Ann A. Harvey
CFS SCA TWS
Cambridge, ON
Watercolours, acrylics
and mixed media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ann Harvey paints watercolours, acrylics and mixed media. Her paintings are produced on watercolour paper canvas and board. This is to achieve abstracted landscapes and florals.
Margaret Horvat
CFS
Burlington, ON
Oil and Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Margaret paints still life and other subjects in the realistic style. She strives to capture the beauty of light and shadow, alluding to the past lives of everyday objects.
Anne Jackson
CFS BA MLS BEd
Kitchener, ON
Oil Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A sense of wonder about the beauty and mystery of life is the essence of Anne Jackson's lyrical abstract oil painting. Colour is the foundational element of her personal expression.
VERA KISSELEVA
CFS
Fergus, ON
Oil Landscape and Floral Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Vera’s paintings are reflection of her appreciation for the beauty of the Nature. She captures dramatic moments happening in nature with her vibrant array of colours and quick, bold brushstrokes.
Dayna Law
CFS OSA
Wellington, ON
Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dayna Law, who is trained in art and architecture, is inspired by her natural surroundings. Her painting combines the use of bold colour, intricate pattern and graphic texture with whimsical flare.
Karen Logan
CFS
Stoney Creek, ON
Nature and Science Art
www.karenloganart.ca
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Working in a variety of mediums including Chinese Brush Painting, Acrylic and Coloured pencil, Karen shares her love for the beauty and diversity of native species found throughout Ontario.
Vibha Malhotra
CFS
Mississauga, ON
Acrylic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Vibha is an expressionist artist who occasionally loves to delve into realism and portraiture. Intuitive play of shapes, colours and textures bring joy and excitement to her creative process.
Celina Melo
BFA, BEd, OCT, CFS
Mississauga, ON
Acrylic & Mixed Media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Celina’s landscape paintings
meander between abstraction and realism. as she explores the dynamic qualities of light, water and sky..
Eva Oram
CFS
Belfountain, ON
Collage, watercolour, Acrylic, Abstract, Non-objective, Expressionist
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Inspiration, spontaneity, conviction in artwork is vital in any style or medium. Teaching High School Fine Art, sharing the commitment of artists as Gallery Director was a privilege in her career.
Sherry Park
AOCA, SCA, OSA,CFS
Brampton, ON
Oil, Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am a graduate of fine art progam from Ontario College of Art and Design. I work in oils and watercolour painting in realism.
Doreen Renner
OSA, SCA, CSPWC, CFS, FSWS
Mississauga, ON
Acrylic and Watermedia
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Doreen’s paintings reflect an internal response to her surroundings and nature’s everyday events. She enjoys challenging herself by pushing boundaries using water media to create unique and compelling images.
Carol Robinson
OCAD CFS
Toronto, ON
Acrylic and Collage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Carol's paintings oscillate between abstraction and representation. They are visceral and layered addressing feminism, environmentalism, social equality and humour. Always experimenting with colour and form, her joy is the journey.
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Lynne Schumacher
CFS, OSA, SOVA
Brampton, ON
Oil on canvas
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynne studied art at Central Technical School in Toronto under Doris McCarthy. Her paintings aim to pull the viewer into another world.
Janet Simmons Sweet
Janet Simmons Sweet
Guelph, ON
Landscape Oil Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Janet is a fulltime Artist located in the Alton Mills Arts Centre. Artworks are her
emotional experiences, attached to a landscape. Dramatic light is the signature
to her work.
Anne Sutton
CFS
Milton, Ontario
Acrylic Landscape Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Natural elements of the landscape inspire Anne’s contemporary acrylic paintings and explore such themes as the shapes and colours created by the play of light on moving water.
Bob "Omar" Tunnoch
OSA, SCA, CFS, ECOAA
Marmora, Ontario
Oil, Mixed Media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bob is a an oil painter/mixed media artist. His subject matter is the natural world which he portrays in high realism. He is known for his colors and backrounds.
Carol Walthers
AOCA, CFS, PAC
Cambridge, ON
Watercolour, Pastel, Oil
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Carol allows spontaneity to guide her while creating. She focuses on humanity; relationships with each other and our environment. She is also fond of painting landscapes en plein air.
Margaret Wasiuta
CFS
Toronto, ON
Acrylic, Oils, Chalk and Crayon
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Inspired by life and people, Margaret paints mostly abstract with realist elements. Her artwork focuses on the creation of a structural space, one which represents both an atmosphere of personal experience, and an active state of mind.
Elayne Windsor
CFS, OSA, KAN
Reaboro, ON
Collage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Elayne is a non-objective collage artist. She works with found paper, spreading out bits of memories before us in new and unique ways.
Kim Yong
CFS, TWS
Mississauga, ON
Watercolour, Ink, Gouache, Acrylic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kim loves to break and recreate all subject matter into a process and exercise of design and movement.
Gail Backus
BA B.Ed OCT CFS, TWS
Mississauga, ON
Watercolour, Acrylic, Gouache and Ink, Mixed Media, Collage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gail enjoys painting a variety of subjects, using different media. Recently, flowers in her lovely garden has been her inspiration. Their gorgeous colours, and intricate designs have captured her imagination.
Cem Basarir
CFS
Toronto, ON
Oil Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Representational simplicity and engrossing aesthetics are clearly a central aspiration in Cem’s paintings. The viewer is usually drawn into the composition of his paintings either by a longing.
Monica Burnside
SCA, CFS
Halton Hills, ON
Landscape and Portrait Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Monica pursues painting portraiture, landscape, still life and abstractive forms in an impressionistic style, emphasizing the effects of light and contrast of colours in order to establish spontaneity.
Grace Croughan
CSF, MPAC OCA
Richmond Hill, ON
Pastel, Acrylic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Grace’s pastels present the romance of the Ontario landscape. She also works in acrylics in her semi-abstract dreamy mountain scenes. She finds working in two mediums encourages an exciting balance.
Mary Anne Dente
CFS
Stratford, ON
Oil, Acrylic & Collage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mary Anne creates dynamic impressions of the natural world, capturing the vibrancy of nature and the atmosphere of place. Painting the scenes that move her, she makes texture and colour the dominant elements in her work.
Mary Elizabeth Duggan
SCA CFS
Midland, ON
Interpretations of land in Acrylic & WC
ABOUT THE ARTIST
In December 2021, Duggan completed her first public commission. Two of her acrylics have been Corporate acquisitions, and private collections across Canada, in the US and Ireland, include her paintings.
Carole Finn
OCAD OSA CFS
Minden, ON
Acrylic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
My paintings, which are done in series, attempt to show beautiful locations whose natural integrity has either been altered by human intervention or is about to be. What is the cost of our imposition on the virginal status of these lands and the inhabitants therein.
Charline Gardhouse
OSA, CFS, SCA, TWS
Etobicoke, ON
Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Charline is a watercolourist who experiments with the medium to express her emotions in a very stylized manner. Her paintings are unique, bold, poetic landscapes, florals or abstracts.
Priti Girgla
MSc BEd CFS
Oakville, ON
Mixed Media Abstract,
Figurative, Landscape
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Priti likes to abstract the realistic in her paintings, using bold colours, textures lines and mark-making. She loves to explore the fluid forms and geometry to provide a visual depth.
Denise Greco
CFS
Woodbridge, ON
Acrylic Abstracts
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Denise is experimenting currently in the acrylic fluid styles, emphasizing the motion and colour combination potential.
Cathy Groulx
CFS OSA
Woodstock, ON
Oil Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Cathy paints from photographic references. Commissions are varied and may include portraits, buildings or vehicles. She paints what people want to see. Close-ups of nature include peaceful quiet places.
Diana Hillman
CFS, OSA
Caledon, ON
Oil and mixed media on paper or wood panel
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Diana’s landscapes and streetscapes are based on photos she’s taken from cars or airplanes. Her quiet, haunting paintings offer a familiar but unusual view of the world.
MaryLou Hurley
CFS
Caledon, ON
Mixed Media Mosaics
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MaryLou’s mosaic art invites and challenges viewers to explore her unusual use of substrate, colour and tesserae. Most Often they will detect a provocative metaphor and find pleasure in the unexpected.
SAULIUS JASKUS
BA, MA, B.Ed, CFS, MASC, SSC
Toronto, ON
Multi-media paintings and sculpture
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Both in his paintings (mainly landscapes) and sculpture (terra cotta, plaster or bronze figures and portrait busts), Saulius seeks to uncover the metaphysical manifested in the physical. Both topics are laden with hidden meaning and rich in design potential.
Jodi Kitto-Ward
CFS SCA OSA
Hamilton, ON
Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
With the intention of offering another way of observing life – to inspire connective thinking, Jodi’s work is representational and simplified in form, evoking influences of Pop Art and
Art Deco.
Aeri Lee
OCAD, CFS
Mississauga, ON
Mixed media, oil and acrylic
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Aeri Lee captures impressions of her daily life in landscape, still life, and mixed media paintings to tell a story that inspires warmth and imagination in everyone’s heart.
Nancy MacNabb
CFS
Guelph, ON
Acrylic abstract and contemporary painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nancy MacNabb is an abstract and contemporary artist whose thoughts and emotions meet in paintings that tell heartfelt stories in styles composed of vivid colours and dynamic markings.
Gerry Manno
S.C.A., C.F.S., CSWPC (assoc.)
Oakville, ON
Acrylic, watercolour, lino-printing, graphite & mixed media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gerry works with all media. He is comfortable painting representational, figurative, and/or abstract subjects while considering in each case, the proper placement of light, values, colour and line.
Jane Nwakoby
CFS, BA, MFA, BEd
Mississauga, ON
Oil & Mixed Media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jane paints on irregular paneled grounds. Her unique deployment of twined lines is innovative and exotic. Her masterful use of colours exhibits prowess to engage the spectator in her artwork.
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Eileen Oswald
CFS, PAC, MPAC
Mississauga, ON
Mixed Water Media, Pastel, Oil and Printmaking
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The various media are used to express the emotions caught in the moment. This may be shown as realistic landscapes, abstracts, and impressionistic.
Pam Pols
CFS
Brampton, ON
Acrylic Expressionist Landscape Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Pam is an aficionado of impressionists – the influence of light on a scene. She loves the bright colour, yet also the subtleties of quiet colour combinations.
Joyce Reynolds
CFS
Burlington, ON
Abstract Acrylic Collage
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I use colour, form, and texture to capture the essence of nature and non-objective inspiration.
Barbara J. Schmidt
CFS OFAA BA
Lagoon City, ON
Acrylic Painting
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Barbara captures the inherent power within each of her subjects through her minimalistic style. She utilizes fewer and more solid colours, applying these in shapes.
Barbara Shaw
CFS
Guelph, ON
Acrylic, Watercolour, Graphite, Textile and Found Items
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Today the world is being dramatically impacted, with our environment under life-threatening attack. The paintings I create in my studio and "en plein air" are my way of giving voice to these environmental and social issues, the heartbeat of the planet we call home.
Michael Deborah Skoff
OSA, CFS
Etobicoke, ON
Oil with gold leaf paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Michael celebrates the extremes of beauty, both rough and delicate. Her work centers on the moment space cracks and splits as the golden treasure beneath is unearthed and set free.
Darcy Thompson
CFS BFAA
Burlington, Ontario
Water-based Media
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Darcy paints with all water-based media and utilizes collage in some of her work. She enjoys painting landscapes and people in a non-traditional way.
Joanna Turlej
OCAD, CFS (LM)
Oakville, ON
Paper Collage Paintings
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Joanna creates her images on canvas, using repurposed magazine papers, Japanese papers and tissues, and her own painted papers. She combines abstract with distorted realism to create a thought-provoking narrative.
Suzanne Walsh
CFS
Toronto, ON
Abstract, Non-Objective
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Suzanne paints with a broad brush across many narratives. Nature and
the wider
universe are a strong influence on the artistic process.
Martha West Gayford
AOCA, CFS, CSPWC
Keswick, ON
Portrait and Still Life in Oil and Watercolour
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Martha is searching to express a depth of feeling, pathos, despair, sensitivity, beauty, a love for life. She also delights in the very paint itself, and the colour, the line, the shape, the light.
Donna Wise
CFS
Toronto, ON
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
ABOUT THE ARTIST
My artworks are inspired by my love of vivid colour. They are about expression and movement, inviting the viewer to take this mystical journey with me.
Jane Zhou
CFS,VAM
Mississauga, ON
Landscape, Street view & Figurative
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jane works primarily in oil and her landscape, street view, and figurative work explores the ordinary moments in people’s lives. She is often found sketching in different places capturing these precious fleeting moments.