Artists of 2023
Janice Gray
Painter
Janice Gray is an artist who grew up in Collingwood ON surrounded by Blue Mountain & Georgian Bay which created a deep interest in the beauty of nature. After retiring from the Insurance Industry, Janice is now focusing on her Creative Passions. She has painted with watercolours, inks, oils with her main choice of medium is Acrylic. Besides being an Artist she enjoys playing with her Grandchildren, golfing, skiing, hiking, yoga & pickleball. Janice lives with her husband in Wellesley, ON.
Email: Janicegray8@gmail.comPhone: 519-716-7665
Instagram: janlyngrayartist
Elvan Suzer
Painter ~ Acrylics, Oils & Encaustic
True to her name, Elvan, which means 'COLORFUL' in her native language, she embodies vibrancy and creativity in every aspect of her life.
As a local multi-genre artist, Elvan's artistic repertoire spans across various mediums and subject matters. With years of training, education and experience in acrylic, oil, encaustic (a fused application of beeswax and oil paint), mixed media, and the intricate Turkish traditional art of 'EBRU,' she weaves a tapestry of diverse artistic expression.
Elvan studied art in Montgomery College, Bethesda MD, USA and currently she is working on her double major in Art History and Fine Art at University of Waterloo. Throughout her artistic career, Elvan has actively participated in numerous juried and group exhibitions resulting with some honorable mentions and awards.
She also taught many students and some of them became emerging artists today. She offered classes and workshops at Homer Watson Gallery, Button Factory Arts and regional art education centers.
At present, she continues to offer workshops and private tutoring for adults and teens at Uptown Gallery.
Contact Information:
myart@elvansuzer.com
IG @elvanart
website: elvansuzer.com
Josephine Czech
Painter
Josephine works primarily in oil paint, creating landscapes and still life pieces reflecting the world around her. Some of her favourite inspiration comes from the tangled weeds and wildflowers at the edge of fields, billowing clouds, or the lichen growing on Northern rocky shores.
She also has also been recently exploring imagined scenes, often taking place in a forgotten forest, secret garden, or abandoned pool.
Contact Information:
joczech@gmail.com
Instagram: @josephineczech
joczech.etsy.com
Judy Gascho-Jutzi
Textile Artist
A lifelong sewer, from clothing to custom interior design work, quilting and fibre art, Judy's passion for her textile art comes from a love of colour, fabrics, fibres and a strong connection to nature. Several of her commissioned realistic 3d landscapes, in her distinctive style have been accepted into juried exhibitions and are seen world wide. She is known for her trunk shows, workshops, charitable quilting endeavours and welcoming new commissions.
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Kathleen Freeman
Painter
Kathleen Freeman is a painter. Her preferred medium is acrylic paint. Much of her inspiration is provided on daily walks and day trips in South Western Ontario. She enjoys painting birds and landscapes. She also welcomes commissions for pet portraits. They make thoughtful gifts for family and friends.
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Barbara McLeod
Painter
Barbara McLeod is a representational artist who currently resides in New Hamburg, a rural/urban settlement within Wilmot Township that is rich in local heritage landscapes. After a successful career in municipal government, with several years as the Clerk of the Township, she is now retired and free to dedicate time to her lifelong passion with painting. Barbara is adept working in the media of traditionaloils or watercolour, painting plein air and in her studio. Her subject matter primarily lies in interpreting landscapes – whether they are found in nature or rural/urban scenes.As a member of Central Ontario Art Association, Art$Pay, Homer Watson House and KWSA, Barbara has enjoyed gaining knowledge from numerous professional artists and colleagues over the years and feelsthat these artists have been instrumental in her development as an artist. Among her mentors are JohnStuart Pryce, Devona Paquette, Sheila Davis, Bert Williams, Liz Lesperance, Jake Mohl, Art Cunanan – toname a few.Much time is spent in the great outdoors painting from life. She is passionate about capturing the beauty of nature and the mood and emotion of the subject matter on canvas. She has participated in numerous plein air events and recently was awarded with the Best Urban Scene at the Perch n’ Paint Event in Grand Bend. She hopes the viewer enjoys her work as much as she does creating it!
Contact Information:
barbaramcleodart@gmail.com
www.barbaramcleodart.wixsite.com/mysite
Facebook: Paintin' On the Ritz Studio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barb.mcleodgram/
Michele Brenneman
Watercolour and Acrylic Painter
Michele has been creating something as long as she can remember whether it was drawing or painting on paper or other items. Art was always her go to or escape growing up. She enjoyed art when she was in school, however when she started a family - art took a back seat, however she was still creating just in other ways. As the family grew up, she started to rediscover her art again. It has been a sweet time to experiment and try some different mediums.
Michele loves being in nature whether it is hiking or kayaking and loves taking lots of photos for her own reference. She has been painting mainly in Watercolour and Acrylic. What Michelle loves about water colour is that it can resemble nature - it is very organic and you have to be ok with how things end up working with that medium. Many of the pigments in water colour are very granular, providing different textures to the paintings as a result, very much much like nature - whether its a pattern in tree trunks or how the water is moving or how different plants grow or how rocks form in the river.
Contact Information:
mdbrenneman03@gmail.com
Instagram: @MicheleBrenneman
John Werlich
Paper Artist
John Werlich studied art and design at Humber College. He furthered his interest in the arts with various continuing education classes, including those at the Ontario College of Art and the Glasgow School of Art. Having worked with his hands all his life, he has developed a deep appreciation for craftsmanship and aesthetics. Since 2003, he has sold his visual art at numerous shows, including Cabbagetown, Muskoka, Queen West, Buckhorn, McMichael, Toronto Outdoor, Kingsway-Lambton, Pelham, and One of a Kind art shows.
Contact Information:
Business name: John Werlich paper art
Email: johnwerlich@bell.net
Phone: 416 522 3888
Website: artfrompaper.com
Cornelia LeRoux
Painter
Cornelia Leroux loves to explore colour in her paintings of North American and African animals. A wide selection of her paintings are available in prints and stickers.
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Sheri East
Painter
Sheri East is a contemporary artist based in Kitchener, ON. She loves working with acrylic paint to create vibrant and expressive pieces. Her main focus is exploring the beauty of floral, landscape, and still-life motifs through an impressionistic lens. Through her art, she aims to capture the essence of nature's ever-changing energy and translate it onto canvas. Each piece reflects her connection with the world around her, evoking a sense of joy and wonder in those who view her work. Her paintings are in private collections in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
Contact Information:
Facebook - Art by Sheri East
Instagram - @artbysherieast
Website: www.sherieast.com
Donna Schyff
Stained Glass & Textile Artist
Donna has done stained glass for over 40 years. Copper foil and leaded.
For many years she has quilted and then joined the Grand Guild of fiber artists, where she has expanded her work to silk and cotton landscapes. They are inserted into the drawers from old treadle sewing machine drawers.
Contact Information:
ripper1949@hotmail.com
Donna Voisin
Painter
Canadian artist, Donna Voisin, creates landscape oil paintings in the style of realism.
Nature bathing is a way for us to connect with our surroundings. Donna has found inspiration from her community parks and cycling trips along forested trails and waterfronts.
Applying brush and palette knife to canvas, Donna’s paintings pay tribute to nature’s energy, mood, and movement.
Contact Information:
DonnaVoisin.art@gmail.com
www.donnavoisin.com
Instagram.com/donnavoisin.art.5
facebook.com/donnaspicturesandpages
Simona Zac
Contemporary Abstract Artist
Simona Zac is a self-taught contemporary artist. Being a self-taught and self-represented artist gives Simona the freedom and proficiency to express herself and evolve through her own personal experience. Her fearless approach to painting involves experimentation with different styles, techniques and mediums including graphite, ink, watercolor, oil and acrylic paint. She loves to balance unique colors, movement, energy and texture.Simona has exhibited in local venues throughout Waterloo region including the Box 13 Art Show and Sale, Globe Studios and has won the Juror's Selection award for the CIGI Community Art Contest.
Contact Information:
SZac Art Studio
s.zac.art@gmail.com
Linda Sanderson
Handweaver
Ever since her first exposure to handweaving and its related fibre arts, Linda has been “entangled” by fibre. After almost twenty years of weaving, she continues to find that weaving offers endless opportunities for creativity in combining colour, structure, and design.
Linda’s primary inspiration is colour, and her preferred materials are those offered by nature – natural fibres obtained from plant and animal, such as wool, mohair, silk, alpaca, cotton, and linen. They have endured for centuries because of the comfort and luxury they offer. However, she also like to explore the new “eco fibres” that are developing, such as tencel and bamboo, both for their own fine qualities, as well as for the economic and sustainable alternatives they offer.
Linda has taken numerous workshops and courses in diverse techniques such as doubleweave, tapestry weaving, collapse weave, inkle weaving, hand manipulated lace, ikat, shibori, and warp paintng and am currently working toward the Certificate of Hand Weaving and the ultimate designation of Master Weaver offered by the Ontario Hand Weavers and Spinners Association.
Contact Information:
lindasanderson001@gmail.com
Ann L Gordon
Painter & Mixed Media Artist
Ann has always had an interest in art. From the 4-H books of her rural youth to the dozens of doodles created alongside business meeting notes and the many visits to art galleries and museums during her world travels – art is in her heart. After a busy career in leadership and international development, Ann picked up a brush and canvas in 2017 at her home in Waterloo Region and hasn’t looked back since.
Painting mainly in acrylic and mixed media, her portfolio has focused on florals, still-life, pet portraits, landscapes and abstract art. Ann really enjoys painting florals with all their bold contrasts and soothing petal and leaf rhythms. Her recent still-life series focuses on bringing food to life on her easel, as she captures its colour, shape and texture. In 2022, Ann became an artist at Le Galeriste, a Canadian company that features her art online in fashion and accessories.
Ann is a member of the Grand River Artists Collective and has participated in juried shows, local galleries and international competitions. She is proud to have received a Finalist Award in the Flower Power International Juried Competition at Camelback Gallery in May/June 2024 & 2023, as well as, an Exhibition Winner at Artist Space Online Gallery Botanicals Art Exhibition in April 2024 and February 2023.
Contact Information:
anng16546@gmail.com
Website: https://www.legaleriste.com/ann.l.gordon
Instagram: @AlgArtNook
Facebook: @AlgArtNook
Morag Webster
Multimedia Artist, Painter & Sculptor
An early interest in drawing evolved into a quest for expression in a variety of media including painting in oil, watercolours and pastel, as well as forays into the production of sculpture using various materials. This drive has also lead her to work as a theatre and film technician, a scenic painter, props and sets builder.
She is also an accomplished portrait painter. Completing numerous portrait commissions and has appeared on the television show, “Star Portraits”, as an award winning portrait artist.
Involvement in community affairs has always been important to Morag: she has served on the WBCA board, Toronto, past board member of the Forest City Gallery ( FCG), TAP (London), Open Air 2001 ( McIntosh Gallery) and various community theatres. She was a founding member of the Elliot Lake Arts Council, is past-president of the Burlington Fine Arts Guild, and has been involved with Fringe Nord, SCARF (Sudbury). She is presently a member of American Portrait Artist Society and Artists in Canada, Button Factory Arts Waterloo, The Street Painting Society, IATSE 828 and 873.
Contact Information:
Website: moragart.com
Facebook: Morag Webster Fine Art
Instagram: Morag Webster
moragarts@gmail.com
Greg Kimmett
Painter
Greg has been sketching, drawing, painting and creating for many years. He has a passion for fine art renderings in pencil but also in colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic and oils.
Wildlife is his favorite subject - but not the only one.
If you go to his website or social media pages, you can lose yourself in fine art sketches, paintings, movie fan art, legendary musicians and comic book style renderings.
There's something for everyone.
Contact Information:
Website: www.theartofgregkimmett.com
Instagram: the.artofgregkimmett
Facebook: the Art of Greg Kimmett
Lindsay Miles
Painter
Lindsay Miles has been painting intermittently for the past 15 years, specializing in acrylic paintings with a focus on botanicals. Recently, she has been exploring other media and subject matter. Staying within the nature theme, she has started to delve into the animal world, which has proven to be a rewarding challenge. For a change of pace or when she experiences artist's block, she explores other media such as watercolors or alcohol inks, both of which offer an entirely new world of possibilities for her.
Contact Information:
L.parker302@gmail.com
Instagram : @LindsayMilesArt
Linda Chamberland
Painter, Acrylic on Canvas
Linda Chamberland is a 39-year-old mother of two who loves to paint! She specializes in large canvas, original art and uses acrylic paint to depict the amazing places she has been fortunate to visit. She also works on commission for customers across the province. Passionate about Canadian landscape and wildlife, she strives to capture the rugged beauty of the country’s diverse countryside. She is honored to be showing for a second time at the New Hamburg Art Tour.
Contact Information:
Facebook: Linda's Fine Art
l_chamberland@hotmail.com
Nancy Taves
Painter
Nancy Taves is a self-taught Canadian Realist painter living in small town Ontario. After a successful career with Bell Canada, retirement has brought new opportunities and time to pursue her passion to paint. Working mostly in oils and acrylics, she finds inspiration in everyday life and beauty all around her. You will always find a painting on her easel in her home studio, but she can also be seen set up in the great outdoors, en plein air, capturing the colours, lights, and shadows, of rural life. An avid Bruce Trail hiker, many of her paintings depict the beauty and serenity of Mother Nature at work.
Nancy is an active member of the Central Ontario Art Association. Her work has shown and sold in local galleries, and has been juried into shows at the Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, the Minto Gallery, Harriston, the Art District Gallery, Waterloo. At the Assembly Hall Gallery, Etobicoke, her painting, “Just Chillin” was awarded first prize for best Oil/Acrylic in the show, Crossection. She received an honouraable mention award for her painting “Pebble Beach” in Visions Squared 2023 at the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre
For the last six years, Nancy has been a participant and chair person in the New Hamburg Art Tour, working with a small group to ensure the ongoing success of what has become a major community event for the Township of Wilmot
Contact Information:
Website: www.nancytavesfineart.com
Facebook: @ntavesfineart
ntavesfineart@gmail.com
Amanda Lundrigan
Floral & Nature Photographer
Amanda’s love of flowers and nature started at a young age when her grandmother taught her to plant her very first flower garden at age 4. Since then Amanda continued gardening and as she got older and interested in photography, she began capturing beautiful photographs of the flowerbeds she tended.
With her photography, Amanda strives to capture the everyday beauty nature has to offer through her floral and landscape photographs. Her collection includes subject matter ranging from spring flowers, summer sunsets, fall colored forests and magic waves on her favorite beaches.
Amanda currently resides in Stratford, Ontario but has a camera in hand wherever she goes.
Contact Information:
Website: alfineartphotography.com
Facebook: @alfineartphotography
Instagram: @alfineartphotography
alfineartphotography@gmail.com
Anne Williamson
Painter, Sketcher, Printer
Anne retired from business in 2012 and renewed her long-term interest in art and began taking painting and drawing workshops and classes to improve her techniques and knowledge. She is primarily a representational landscape artist, inspired by nature, locally and further afield. I paint with acrylic and watercolour and water-soluble pencils, always interested in exploring a new technique or media.
In 2021, Anne completed the Certificate of Fundamentals of Art at the Dundas Valley School of Art, covering various media and disciplines. She is a past President of the Kitchener-Waterloo Society of Artists and currently serve as President of the Central Ontario Art Association. Anne is an advisory group member of GRACe and have been an art instructor for Odyssey Art at Sea for five years. She also teaches at Button Factory Arts and exhibit at Uptown Gallery in Waterloo. Recent exhibitions include the Minto Arts Council "Juried Show" (2024), "Visions" (2024), "Rural Ontario" (2023), "Visions Squared" (2023), "Crossection" (2023), "Selections 2023" (2023), "Botanicals" (2022), and "Perceptions" (2022).
Art Accreditation
· 2021 Completed the Certificate of Fundamentals of Art at the Dundas Valley School of Art, which covered all media and disciplines (drawing, sculpture, painting and pottery).
Professional Involvement
· Past President of the Kitchener-Waterloo Society of Artists (KWSA)
· Current President of the Central Ontario Art Association (COAA)
· Advisory group member of GRACe, formerly known as Art$Pay.
· Art Instructor for the Odyssey Art at Sea for five years, an organization offering art instruction on luxury cruise ships.
· Workshop Instructor and member of the Button Factory Arts, Waterloo
· Participating artist at the Uptown Gallery, Waterloo https://www.uptowngallerywaterloo.com/
Recent Exhibitions
· Minto Arts Council “Juried Show” 2024
· “Visions” COAA Member Show, Minto Arts Council, 2024
· “Rural Ontario”, Collaboration of myself and two photographers, Minto Arts Centre, 2023
· “Visions Squared” COAA Member Show, Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre 2023
· “Crossection” COAA Juried Exhibition, Assembly Hall, Toronto, 2023
· “Selections 2023” KWSA Juried Exhibition, The Link at Innovation Park 2023
· “Botanicals” Collaboration of three artists, The Link at Innovation Park, Waterloo, 2022,
· “Perceptions” COAA Member Show, Dundas Valley Museum & Archives
Contact Information:
Website: https://www.anneelizart.ca/
anneelizwilliamson@gmail.com
Instagram: anneew1661
Wayne Richardson
Digital Photography Art
has been blessed with many opportunities to travel and photograph subjects that fully utilize those experiences. What he sees and captures with his camera has developed his own unique quality of Photo Art. His interest is drawn toward shape, with form and texture being the main focus, often described as abstract. He has also created numerous non-abstract works of vistas and items that reflect his travels. Wayne looks forward to the opportunity to present his artwork to the community.
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