( Submitted by Taline Kavoukian) Maria is a Mississauga based landscape painter. She creates with both oil and dry pastel mediums. Maria came to painting in her late forties, but picked up her new medium quickly from teachers such as Susan Sarback, Camille Przewodek, and Margaret Ferraro. She has won numerous awards, including First Place…
(Submitted by Marilyn Walsh) Anik Waldek offered an extensive background and context on Degas’ ballet paintings. They represent over half of his 1500 works of art. Degas is often associated with the Impressionists, but Anik explained rather than focusing on the transitory nature of light in en plein aire, Degas artworks were carefully composed in…
(Submitted Taline Kavoukian) Born and raised in Kerch, Crimea, Olga graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts in the specialty “Designer of industrial products and teacher”. After working as an industrial/cabinetry designer, Olga turned to painting and hasn’t looked back since! Olga has lived in Vernon, BC since Oct 2022. Over the…
(Submitted by Christine Luna) Jacinthe is a high realism oil painter from Montreal, Quebec. She started drawing as a child but due to discouraging advice from a high school guidance teacher who asked her if she had a plan B (when she said she wanted to be an artist as her career) she became a hairdresser,…
(Submitted by Sylvia Le Roy) Dinesh is a relatively new watercolour artist who has chosen to paint Toronto cityscapes and landscape. He comes from a digital world where he works in 3D film media. His progress as a WC artist is truly meteoric and he has developed a level of skill that is amazing. Dinesh…
(Submitted by Marilyn Walsh) BFA from York U and B Ed from U of Windsor, Co-ordinator of the Creative Arts Two Year Diploma at Haliburton School of Art and Design, Fleming College Rose Pearson presented two main themes in her work: photorealistic tea pots and mixed media. In the first, she grids both the photo reference…
(Submitted by Elena Ott Opara) “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music’. This is the place I want my paintings to take you. Klaas is an Ontario College of Art and Design graduate. Then he moved to the Netherlands where he worked with Henk Helmantel. Klaas had private…
(Submitted by Christine Luna) Phil Irish, an artist from Elora, Ontario, holds degrees from York (MFA) and Guelph (BA). His time as a visual artist on the Canada C3 icebreaker is shaping new directions in his work. His contemporary art pushes oil painting beyond its classic frame, exploring collage, lens-based projects, and massive collage installations. DVAC members…
(Submitted by Elena Opara) “Her roadmap to success avoids highways, and that’s the way.” Denise’s landscape oil paintings are everyday themes of nature and observing how light transforms in different scenes. She primarily works with oil on linen or wood. Denise glazes a couple of layers with very little liquin; she also uses Gamsol Mineral…
(Submitted by Nora MacPhail) First, Clarence Porter presented a fantastic coherent slide show, showcasing his many artistic styles. He took us on a journey as a young Indianapolis student encouraged to do art to Toronto where he worked steadily for 30 years as a commercial illustrator and teacher at Sheridan College, to his present day…