emilia perri
Emilia is a graduate of OCAD, an abstract expressionist and the owner and founder of Maggiolly's. She enjoys exploring the unknown in her paintings, often inspired by music, nature and emotions. Emilia loves providing her community with access to art supplies and classes, encouraging everyone to be creative and express themselves!
www.emiliaperri.ca
john david anderson
“Painting is pretty much like breathing for me now. I started at a young age, copying the works of Glen Loates and Andrew Wyeth and it just grew from there with the increased exposure to more and more possibilities with paint. Northern and southern European impressionists along with some of the French and Dutch painters as well as North American impressionists all have left their mark on me. The quality of light in anything I see becomes the focus of my thoughts when a painting begins. Light has an emotional statement to make as it touches things, passes by them, floods over them...it creates a colour field that allows me to enter in. Once in the the space I begin an expression of the space and the affect it has on me. Colour relationships are the voice of that illuminated space that I try to speak to with my brush. It's always exciting.”
johndavidanderson.ca
zan Barrage
A classically trained artist, Zan is the recipient of several awards for plein air painting in Ontario. He is the founder and past president of Ontario Plein Air Society, a group of Ontario painters dedicated to painting the Canadian landscape from life. Zan has been teaching watercolours for the past 10 years and runs workshops and travel workshops every year.
“I paint because I fall in love with a moment. Sometimes I capture it successfully, and other times, too many times, I fail. I am proud to say that my artwork has seeped into private collections from Australia through Europe to North America. I cherish all my collectors and value their choice to own my artwork.”
http://zanbarrage.com/index.html
audrey smith
Audrey Smith is a contemporary figurative artist who loves painting people. “It’s really about capturing an essence or a sliver of reality.” She works in acrylic and charcoal, and her brushstrokes are unapologetically visceral and expressive. After graduating from Concordia University (Montréal, Quebec), Audrey pursued a career in graphic design. Her education continued on a workshop/class/program basis through The Academy of Realist Art (Toronto), The Toronto School of Arts, The Haliburton College of the Arts (Peterborough) and, most recently, the DVSA Advanced Studio Program (Dundas, Ontario).Her career transitioned into a professional studio practice in 2011. Since then, Audrey has had successful solo shows, most recently at Propeller Gallery in Toronto and Noodle Gallery in Alton, where she now lives. Audrey has also been a juror, a guest artist and has participated in numerous juried group shows. Audrey is looking forward to sharing her love of painting figures and faces with you and guiding you to discover your inner artist!
katherine olenic
Katherine Olenic is a graduate from Durham college with a Degree in Animation and Digital Production. After graduation, Katherine worked in the film industry for companies such a Disney (Star wars The Force Awakens), Warner Brother (Terminator Genisys) and Black Stone Studios (Little Letter Kenny) . Katherine as also been published in many books such as TO Comix and is the illustrator for Splish Splash Born in the Bath.
Katherine is currently living at the corner of no and where, which is good cause she likes nature and playing fetch with her dog. She loves inspiring people to create amazing art through watercolors and ink, creating amazing stories through a visual medium.
https://www.katherine-olenic.com/
Sue A. Miller
A graduate of Fine Art at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario graduating in 1986, Sue has continuously worked from her studio in Creemore, Ontario known as The Mill Street Art Studio. Her work is informed by a collective imprint of landscape that has influenced her life since early childhood. Her work is represented by In2Art Gallery in Oakville Ontario, and is held in private collections across North America, Europe and Japan. Sue was a founding member of the Creemore Arts Centre from 2004 - 09 and has an extensive teaching career which has included owning The Bay School of Art, on location work with First Nations in Newfoundland/Labrador and Nova Scotia, programming workshops for Autism Ontario, facilitating art retreats in Newfoundland and is part time summer faculty at Sir Sanford Fleming College, Haliburton Campus.
https://www.sueamillerart.com/
Deb Menken
Deb Menken is a mostly self -taught artist who
loves to experiment and try new things. The subject matter is not the most important thing to her but rather the act of applying the paint to canvas and following the intuitive nudgings of "What happens if I do this?" She has learned to trust the nudgings, delight in the happy accidents and store up discoveries for future use. Deb enjoys encouraging and inspiring others to paint and not be afraid to make mistakes because really there are no mistakes, only learning opportunities.
http://www.debmenken.com/
CJ SHELTON
A professional artist for over thirty five years, CJ’s earthy, mystical images of intertwined trees, animals, mythical beings, sacred geometry, fascinatingly circular designs known as mandalas and dramatic white-on-black paintings of “spirit” horses have a luminous and otherworldly quality that inspire and delight all who view them. In addition to be an accomplished artist, CJ is also an experienced arts educator and instructs students of all ages and abilities in a variety of drawing and painting classes, self-discovery workshops and other offerings that help them discover their own hidden talents and creative spirit.
roslyn levin
Roslyn is an award-winning Oriental brushstroke or sumi-e artist, and has been creating her Zen paintings of animals, birds and nature for more than 35 years. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, England, Japan and China. She has been twice-blessed with The Ruth Yamada Award for Excellence in Sumi-e, in Sumi-e Artists of Canada Annual Juried Exhibit. In 2009 Roslyn was recognized for "An Innovative and Personal Approach" from the Canadian & American Sumi-e Societies. The body, breath & brush are one with each brushstroke as she moves & breathes with the brush, reaching within to share her spirit with the image on the page. The key to this art form is simplicity, elegance, beauty, & serenity. Roslyn's work can be seen at Dragonfly Arts on Broadway in Orangeville.
www.artbyroslyn.on.ca
michele van maurik
Michele Van Maurik is an award winning artist whose dramatic floral paintings are quickly gaining international recognition. Michele has been called "a genius of light" and her paintings have garnered the attention of the Arts, Sciences and Lettres Academy of Paris, which awarded her the Silver medal for excellence in painting. Selected to represent Canada as part of the Canadian delegation, Michele was invited to show her painting, "WHITE PEONIES" by the Societe Nationale des Beaux¬Arts held at the Louvre in Paris December 2015. The attention to detail, colour mastery and luminescence in her work have made her larger than life floral paintings highly sought after by discerning art collectors. Michele strives to create works which uplift and inspire.
www.michelevanmaurik.com/
Martha Bull
I teach as I paint… loose and free.
People incorrectly believe that watercolour is a tough medium to master, demanding and unforgiving. Right away I dispel that myth by giving new or seasoned watercolourists the experience of creating expressive and colourful paintings at their first sitting.
Watercolour has some advantages over other mediums. The paint has unparalleled vibrancy because the white of the paper shines through. The medium allows us to respond and develop an art practice that suits our different natures, whether you are a flamboyant colourist who enjoys abstract expressionism or a botanist seeking precision. My job is to identify a student’s strengths and push them in that direction.
@mart.bull on instagram
STEPHANIE SCHIRM
Stephanie is an established multi-Disciplinary visual artist with over 40 years of experience, in portrait and figurative painting. Her ability as a multi-disciplinary artist enables her to focus more on leading and fostering students, whether privately or as groups, towards imagination and self -expression in her workshops.
Recently she is the recipient of the 2023 Marty Award, from the Mississauga Arts Council, for the category of Established Artist in Traditional form and her mentorship in the arts for Peel region.
https://www.stephanieschirm.com/