(Submitted by Chris Luna) Joanna Turlej was born in Warsaw, Poland and raised in the southern part of the country in an environment of beautiful nature. She fled Poland’s communist regime in search of a better life at the age …
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(Submitted by Iona Bertrand) Last Friday, April 23, our guest CHRISSIE WYSOTSKI amazed the DVAC members with her demonstrations of original drawing techniques and expertise. After a rich presentation of some of her work – from illustrating children’s books to …
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(Submitted by Desiree Toom) Shelley Prior is a professional water colour artist based in Burlington, Ontario. Her subject matter is diverse, ranging from glass and other still life, floral, wildlife, landscape and portraits, which she paints in a highly realistic …
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(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 …
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(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 …
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(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 »