(Submitted by Marilyn Walsh) Steve Rose gave an in-depth analysis of Fred Ingrams and Claire Woods work. Ingrams painted the Fens in Britain in bold bright blocks of colour in a square format. He includes architectural detail in the distance …
(Submitted by Marilyn Walsh) Brian Harvey graduated with a BFA from OCAD after also attending Toronto School of Art, Sheridan College and my alma mater the Adult Art Program at Central Technical School. Following the tradition of the 1800’s French …
Brian Harvey – Friday Night Guest – March 12, 2021 Read more »
(Submitted by Chris Luna) Helen is a multi- media, multi talented artist with a keen eye for color and nature’s abstractions that she incorporates into her works in figurative and portrait drawing, origami and pop up paper sculptures and digital …
Helen McCusker – Friday Night Guest – February 26, 2021 Read more »
(Submitted by Marilyn Walsh) Vicki McFarland began her presentation with short videos of artists who influenced her work: Bassmi Ibrahim, Paul Jenkins and very importantly Bette Ridgeway. You can access these through YouTube. She talks about “pouring emotion on to …
Vicky McFarland – Friday Night Guest – February 19, 2021 Read more »
(Submitted by Iona Bertrand) ANDREA CURRIE – DRAWING TREES “Find what brings you joy, and to it!” Last Friday’s guest artist inspired us with the genesis, creation and growth of her stark tree portraits. Her process is a cumulative, unhurried …
Andrea Currie – Friday Night Guest – January 29, 2021 Read more »
(Submitted by Sylvia Le Roy) Robert Strickland is a local artist who has created a career as a realist painter in Toronto. He walked us through the various stages of his preparation to produce the beautiful paintings he calls the …
Robert Strickland – Friday Night Guest – Jan. 22, 2021 Read more »
(Submitted by Marilyn Walsh) Bonnie Steinberg, Watercolour Even though I do not paint with watercolour I was interested to learn Bonnie Steinberg’s process of creating a painting. She started with a slide presentation of her citys capes filled with light …
Bonnie Steinberg – Friday Night Guest – Jan. 15, 2021 Read more »
(Submitted by Hanifa Mamujee) Fifty-one DVACers (now Zoom experts thanks to Sylvia) tuned in to Garth’s presentation on November 20th. Giddy from the pre-presentation breakouts of social interaction, everyone settled in to hear about Garth’s journey – curious about his …
Garth Armstrong – Friday Night Guest Nov. 20, 2020 Read more »
(Submitted by Nanci Miranda) Over 45 DVAC members signed into Zoom to watch Anthony’s presentation and demo. It was a riveting evening. He began with a showing and description of his current work followed by a demo of a large …
Anthony Vandertuin – Friday Night Guest Nov. 6, 2020 Read more »
(Photo review by Terry Tedesco) 50+ DVAC members peered virtually into the private studio of returning favourite acclaimed watercolourist Margaret Roseman. Member artists were treated to a presentation on how to translate plein air photos into vivid watercolour paintings. Margaret …
Margaret Roseman – Friday Night Guest Oct 2, 2020 Read more »