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Heather likes to paint in both oil and watercolour. Favourite subjects include: gardens, ponds, statues, flowers, bouquets and houses. She lives with her husband Gary in beautiful Thornbury, Ontario.
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"Bird" |
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In the beginning,
Sheila painted casually as she worked and raised a family. Her
priorities and fascination with art changed as the years passed. In moving to Wasaga
in 1996 she found a whole new world. email: shebal@csolve.net |
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"Another Day" |
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Joe Barron | Joe says his love for outdoor activity and discovering how beautiful it is up here inspired him to show others how lucky we are to live in such a wonderful place. He looks forward to every outing, whether it be skiing, snowshoeing, kayaking, hiking, or biking. He knows there will be something new to see and capture. |
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Sue is a professional artist living in Wasaga Beach. She has appeared as a featured artist in Dining and the Arts magazine and as a guest on Rogers Daytimers T.V. Sue teaches painting and drawing, and her enthusiasm for art is enjoyed by her students. Her work is varied including landscapes, still life, figures and portraits. She is a member of the Portrait Society of Canada and accepts commissions. Check out more of her work at: |
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"March" |
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A professional artist with Gallery. Open year round, call for hours (519 986-2672). Original watercolours, oils, acrylics and porcelain. Local scenes and animals, pet portraits, handpainted furniture and tiles. Commissions and lessons offered.
Phone: 519-986-2672 |
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"Dog" |
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Eleanor Brownridge has chosen glass as her medium because it is so dynamic -- always changing as reflected and transmitted light play with the colours and textures. The sun moves across the sky and her translucent sculptures and windows are transformed. Room lights bounce on the opaque glass plates, bowls and masks. Visit her new studio in the Pretty River Valley by chance or appointment and watch make stained and fusion glass items.
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"Door Panels"" |
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"Platter" |
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Visit Bruce at www.brucebushey.com. |
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"Goldcrest" |
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"Tundra Alert" |
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Barbel creates Handknitted, One-of-a-Kind Designer Scarves, using mainly European Yarns. Her colourful glassware is handpainted and dishwasher-safe. The Original Photo Art Notecards are created from her own photographs, some are computer enhanced. Barb also likes working with coloured sand to make her beeswax sand candles. Since Barb is a certfied aromatologist, she loves working with essential oils and other natural products to create her aromatherapy blends for people and pets -- like natural glycerin soaps, hand-crafted body butters, creams, lotions and environmental mists. She lives with her husband Allan in beautiful Collingwood, Ontario. email: barbelcanning@yahoo.ca |
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Phone: 519-538-1189 email: supporttherapy@on.aibn.com |
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"Snow" |
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"Highland Cattle" |
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Visit Murray at www.clerksonartist.com.
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Working in the stained glass medium for over 20 years hasn't diminished Terese's enthusiasm and, in fact, has prompted her to open her own studio and retail shop not only selling her creations, but holding classes and workshops. Terese mixes it up with an eclectic approach to stained glass to create functional, decorative and whimsical pieces.
Website: www.suitefixings.com email: suitefixings@bellnet.ca |
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Bryan Davies is a professional Fine Art Photographer with a Studio in Creemore. During his tenure as the Resident Nature Photographer at The Kortright Centre for Conservation (near Toronto), Bryan had the opportunity to serve as David Suzuki’s still photographer on an episode of CBC-TV’s The Nature of Things. Bryan’s archival giclee images look very much like impressionist paintings. Davies says: “Strong photographic images must come from the passion that you feel in your heart.” Bryan’s unique style of expressive images has been exhibited at L.E. Shore Gallery, Mad and Noisy Gallery and McMichael Gallery as well as being published internationally. Bryan hosts Outdoor Photography Workshops in Ontario and Adventure Tours to Tuscany. Bryan has received awards from the Blue Mountain Multimedia Festival and International Spider Awards. |
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"Wagon Wheel in Fall" |
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"Horse Whisperer" |
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A former teacher, and inventor of educational board games, Erika is now passionate about her art. She and her husband Dave live at their Bed & Breakfast, A Lakeside Holiday, at beautiful Lake Eugenia. Erika paints mainly in oil, primarily landscapes from the Georgian Bay area, Ontario, and from her travels. She also enjoys experimenting with abstracts. Visit her studio and her website at
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"Killarney" |
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Bonnie has completed the Drawing and Painting Program at Sir Sandford Fleming College. She is currently attaining her Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. Abstract painting with acrylics, collage and the art of sculpting with wire are ways Bonnie loves to express the spirit of life. Bonnie has received juried awards for her wire sculptures. Her commissioned works have found homes across Canada and in Ireland. Dragonflies, butterflies, fish, whales, owls, loons, frogs, expanded hearts, circles, flowers, faces and spirit houses are often subjects abstractly expressed in Bonnie's work. email: bonniedorgelo@hotmail.com |
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Shirley is a long time resident of the Georgian Bay area who has encompassed the beauty of the landscapes in her works. She paints in a variety of media, sizes and subjects. Her works are hanging in the Parliament Buildings, Toronto Dominion Centre and many private collections around the world. She has worked with many notable artists including A.Y. Jackson and Jack Pollock.
Phone: 519-599-6748 |
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I enjoy creating whimsical Santa’s and old fashioned Father Christmases. They have found homes in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and the United States. After retiring from a banking career I decided to pursue my love of art. I am self taught but have found some direction through lessons with local artists such as Willie Wildman. I enjoy dabbling in water colour, but I seem to have found my niche in oil. Most of my work is focused on our beautiful Georgian Bay and area where I have lived all my life, and I get excited when I see the finished product coming to life. I believe the beauty of art is in the eye of the beholder, and my goal is to have others see the beauty of my art.
email: gygibson@bmts.com |
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"Northwinds Beach" |
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"The Boardwalk" |
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Bonnie Goudie was born in Markdale, Ontario. At an early age she liked to "doodle" and sketch cartoon characters and animals. Although she never pursued a career as an artist, her love of creating fine art was always there. Bonnie works mainly with acrylic on canvas, but also works on metal and wood. Her commissioned metal pieces are mostly painting on antique cross-cut saws. Bonnie's work is expressed in high realism where attention to detail is an important aspect of her painting. Her goal is to transfer the viewer to that exact place and time. She and her husband Bill live on 26 acres near Walters Falls. Phone: 519-538-0501 |
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"Headin' Home" |
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"Seventh Heaven" |
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Pearl Hamilton is a
professional soft-sculpture artist specializing in teddy bears. She has
been published in several magazines and is passionate about the work of
bringing smiles to teddy bear lover's faces. She is a fibre artist
using fabric, needlework and beading as her medium. She enjoys line drawing
work and watercolour as well, and trained at George Brown College in
graphic design and Ontario College of Art in fine arts. email: pearlsbears@yahoo.ca |
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Barbara paints at the Wildman Studio. Her oil paintings employ impressionistic style, capturing the beauty of the surrounding landscape, old buildings, and still life found in Grey County. | |
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"The Front Porch" |
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Stevie studied at Central Technical School under such great people as Carl Scheffer, J Gold, Hammer, Peter Hanworth and, following graduation, Doris McCartly. She studied at O.C.A., Toronto and the Academy of Art in Richmond, England. She has been a commercial artist in Toronto and Vancouver. Stevie paints on consignment and for herself.
Phone: 519-599-5082 |
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Wendy Hitchins |
Visit Wendy at www.beadywendy.com |
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David enjoys painting "pleine air", especially in remote or wilderness sites: e.g. Georgian Bay and Algonquin Park, particularly in the off seasons. He enjoys fly-fishing, canoe tripping and oil painting. Whenever possible he combines these passions.
email: hodge@lynx.org |
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A longtime Wedding and Portrait Photographer in Toronto and the Southern Georgian Bay area, I have been painting exclusively in Watercolours for ten years now. For me, there is something magical about the interaction of pigment, water and paper -- what we plan is not what we get! Just as in life, we start with an idea, design an expression of that idea, assemble our imagination, enthusiasm and energy and begin. Then -- let go of the rope! It is in the letting go that the magic happens -- in Watercolour and in Life. I paint in Toronto and exhibit and sell at Visual Arts Mississaga twice a year, but most of my work is done at Applegate Farm near Walters Falls. |
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"Fence Post" |
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"Hay Bales" |
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Phone: 705-429-4985 email: a.p.kentie@sympatico.ca |
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"Flower Seller" |
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"Marsh Reflection" |
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Kathy Kerr is a long
time visitor to and resident of Meaford. She is one of the founding
members of the Meaford Creative Arts Association. There she has learned
all she knows about painting. Previously Kathy worked in stained glass
and wood carving. For GBACA Kathy has organized an number of ‘plein air' painting trips with other artists that have resulted in friendship and learning for all involved. Visit Kathy at: www3.sympatico.ca/kathy.kerr/ |
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"Tag" |
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"Storm on the Bruce" |
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Visit Norah at www.besmithian.com |
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Free-Form Ring |
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Ray is a former advertising agency owner who now spends much of his time at his ski chalet in Mansfield. He is a member of the Toronto Watercolour Society. His work in watercolour features bold use of colour. His work hangs in numerous private collections. | |
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Larry "Toots" Lawrence enjoys creative time spent in his Studio "Synchronicity." Visitors will find a variety of artistic expression including oil paintings of local scenes, soapstone sculptures for home and garden, "Natural Neckware by Toots" (necklaces created around soapstone pendants), stone candle holders and photographic works. |
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"Bales in Blankets" |
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"Shaman" |
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Taylor Ledden is a fifth-generation Canadian born in Quebec and raised in Ontario. After retiring as a technical writer, Taylor became re-acquainted with woodturning. This was triggered in part by the gift of an old, hand-made lathe, and in part by a long-standing love for unusual Canadian woods. These woods include lilac (beautiful purple grain), birdseye maple, curly maple, Manitoba maple, British Columbia yellow cedar burl, black cherry, black walnut, etc. He occasionally uses exotic woods such as rosewood, cocobolo, and ebony. | |
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"Spalted Maple Mills" |
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After moving to the Georgian Bay area in 1995 I
was inspired by the rolling farm fields, as well as the rougher Canadian
Shield. It was then that I chose oil painting as a medium and started to
interpret my surroundings. I have expanded my interests from landscapes
into a wide range of subject matters, my flower garden being one of my
favourite sources. I have a great love for figurative drawing and
portrait painting and I have branched out into mixed media when I am
fortunate enough to have a live model. http://www3.sympatico.ca/tnlee/ |
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"Algonquin Maple" |
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"Fishing" |
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Anne retired from 30 years in Graphic art to finally having time to enjoy painting the beautiful world around her. She paints in water colour and acrylics.
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"Emerald Lake" |
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David is
a photo person, mostly shooting landscapes.
705-445-8744 |
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In love with nature and the colours of life, Karin prefers to paint Plein Air. Sun, wind and sounds all enhance and echo in her trademark landscape paintings. |
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"Fire" |
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"Bay" |
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Manfred's interest in
photography started at age 12 when he became the official recorder of
family events on his first ever camera (a box camera with a hand crank).
Retirement is a welcome opportunity for Manfred to pursue his lifelong
hobby more actively and to share the visions he skillfully captures by
lens. www.pbase.com/km_mm |
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"July 1, 2007" |
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"Owen Sound Air Show" |
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Vincent Miller is graduate of the Ontario
College of Art and Design .
He is an artist who works primarly in
watercolour and oils.The inspiration for his paintings comes from
his travels both in Canada and abroad.
Some are visionary works that have been
developed from memory,
others of the actual location. He often adds
subjects whether human
or animal to create interest or tell a story.
email: vpbmiller@rogers.com |
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"Two Amigos" - Mexico |
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"Evening Shadows" - Mexico |
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Valerie has been dedicated to abstract painting for many years. Her work centers around the movement of shapes, colour and line in a given space. Her inspiration comes direct from life's experiences. Her work has received awards, art council grants and is in many major corporate collections.
Phone: 705-429-4995 email: theriverstudio@aol.com |
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Michael is an historian and an artist. He works in both watercolour and oil. His work tends to be historic and representational. He travels and photographs in many countries and uses these photographs as inspiration for his painting.
email: rnaemsch@hotmail.com
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"Dexter" |
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"Canon Theatre" |
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Nancy
is an award winning artist and teacher whose work has been widely
exhibited. Her work reflects the pure glowing colour of transparent
watercolours.
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"Child's Play on Georgian Bay" |
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"Flaming Days" |
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Wilma creates landscape paintings in watercolour and acrylic; also, a variety of wooden items painted in decorative art.
email: j.obrien@bmts.com |
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"Harmony Bowl: Whistler" |
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"Northern B.C." |
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My passion is colour wherever I see it, whether in Arizona, Florida or Ontario. For more than 50 years I’ve shared my love of the changing seasons, animals, birds trees, seas through my paintings and photography. Every day brings something new. Most of my paintings now are from photographs. If you have a treasured scene or pet, I’d be happy to transform it into a painting.
Phone: 705-445-3959 |
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"Bala" |
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"Egrets" |
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Kim is a 35 year furniture maker, designer, wood carver and sign maker. He is an Environment Woodworker, working in recycled and environmentally sustainable materials with non-chemical finishes. He also does quality custom design furniture in antique and recycled wood.
email: kplester@sympatico.ca http://www.environmentalwoodwork.ca/ Phone: 519 924-1479 |
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Keli-Ann Pye-Beshara’s public art studio is in the heart of historical Collingwood, Ontario, in The Fishbowl Artists' Studio, over Clerkson's store, 87 Hurontario Street. Colourful whimsy intertwined with realism creates fresh and energetic pieces reminiscent of her personality and her surroundings. Browse Keli-Ann’s website for commissioned work in private and corporate collections across Canada
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Joan studied art and worked as an illustrator, graphic designer & art director for twenty five years. She works in a variety of mediums and is now pursuing her development through workshops in acrylics. Painting at her studio in Meaford, ON, Joan shows her work through juried art shows, where she has won awards, and in various galleries. She belongs to the Central Ontario Art Assoc., GBACA & the Meaford Creative Arts Assoc. | |||||
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Since retiring from teaching
at Seneca College's School of Fashion, Caroline has worked for some
years as a fibreartist in tapestry-crochet, as well as doing small,
richly coloured pencil studies on paper, but lately she has turned to
working in acrylics on canvas, larger, mostly, semi-abstract landscapes,
or almost totally abstract studies of colour and the brush stroke.
email: routh2@sympatico.ca |
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Universal symbols, spirituality in its many forms, bringing peace into the world, and honouring the Earth inspire me and my work. I offer a full assortment of imaginative and unique creations, including block prints, hand-made cards, fresh-water pearl and semi-precious stone jewelry, watercolour and oil paintings, and multi-media wall decorations for the collector and gift giver.
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Barbara Selkirk is an artist and writer living in
an historic church in the Beaver Valley. She paints scenes of Italy or
decorates her own hand-made trays and tiles with dogs, cats and horses or
floral motifs. Her studio is open by invitation or chance.
Phone: 519 599-1022 email: barbara.selkirk@sympatico.ca |
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Plate - "Fonte Vecchia" |
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Pen and Ink - "Loon" |
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Maureen studied
at the Ontario College of Art and has been involved with illustration and
painting ever since. She has primarily worked in watercolour, which is her favourite
medium for capturing the effects of light on the subject, whether it be
landscape, flowers or portraits. More recently she has been
experimenting with oil on large canvas and with mixed media. Her work hangs
in private and corporate collections.
Phone: 705 444 2759 Email: mshaughnessy@rogers.com
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"Washing Day, Victoria Harbour, P.E.I." |
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Judy Shield | An artist for many years, Judy works in a variety of media, mostly acrylics and watercolours. She has many years of instructing experience and gives semi private lessons in her home studio at 125 Bruce St., S., in Thornbury. Her work is also available at the Loft gallery in Clarksburg. | ||||
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Michael Skinner pursued a career in graphic arts both in England and later in Toronto. He spent time sailing the Caribbean and Bahamas before retiring on Georgian Bay. His medium is watercolour, specializing in seascapes (boats) and landscape scenes.
Phone: 519-538-3411 (seasonal) |
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"Beaver River" |
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My dream was to become an artist. I immigrated to Canada in 1967 and started painting in 1991. I am mainly self taught but have had tuition from many art teachers. I love to paint children at play, beach scenes and local scenery around the Georgian Bay.
Phone: 705-429-5963 email: maureensturmey@sympatico.ca |
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Eldora is interested in The Meaford Creative Arts Association, The Georgian Bay Arts and Crafts Association , The Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, The East Central and Central Ontario Art Associations - both 50 years old - and The Pastel Artists Canada (as a board member).
Phone: 519-538-5181 email: eldorataylor@sympatico.ca |
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"Cows" |
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Valerie hand carves whimsical birds and fish.
She uses salvaged wood -- maple, beech, ash, apple, burls, roots --
crazy contorted pieces of this living material. Metal and many
layers of paint are the finishing touch on these fantastical
creativities.
Phone: 519-538-5478 |
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"Bird 2" |
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Win Tuck, soprano, rounded out her artistic career by taking up painting 1992, when she moved to the Collingwood area. Her love for Georgian Bay, animals and gardens shows in her paintings, which been sold internationally. A new interest, acrylic or acrylic reverse painting, has taken up a lot of her time lately. Commissions accepted, sales by appointment.
Phone: 519-270-3564 |
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"Josh - 2006" |
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"Hole in the Wall: North Channel" |
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"I draw my inspiration from many sources: the waters and limestone cliffs of the Bruce Peninsula, the shores of Lake Superior, and the thirty thousand islands of Georgian Bay. As I observe the changing seasons and weather conditions, I am fascinated by the effects of time and weather upon the earth's surface."
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"Autumn on Lake Superior" |
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"5-Halfway Log Dump" |
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Visit Dar at www.maxwellscabin.ca |
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"Algonquin Tranquility" |
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"Gold and Crimson" |
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"Etude" |
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"Symphony" |
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Gary is a graduate of
the Ontario College of Art. He worked for many years as an illustrator
and graphic designer for various television stations and networks,
and on many t.v. series and feature films. He now works solely and quite
happily as a stained glass artist.
phone: (705) 446-2527 email: garlaurwilkinson@netscape.ca |
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When the heart is moved an artist is born.
Releasing the passion that is inspired by the beauty of God’s world
drives Kathie Wright to expand her volume of work in watercolour and
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"Garden's Glory" |
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"Waiting for the Delivery of Spring" |
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