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Fin, Fur and Feather is an exhibition celebrating all creatures, great and small. It is an annual exhibition, and has also been called Fin, Fur & Feather.
Fin, Fur and Feather, ASW. Fin, Fur and Feather, ASW. Fin, Fur & Feather, ASW. Visual Arts Brampton artists draw and paint animal art. Featured was John Bindon, an animal book illustrator, with a selection of works focusing on dinosaurs. On exhibit were John Bindon, Paul Highgate, Janice Moreau, Marian Simpson, etc. Visual Arts Brampton artists draw and paint animal art. On display are Stephanie Czolij, Marguerite Finlayson, Donna Greenstein, Joan Hamilton, Paul Highgate, Janice Moreau, Ryan Thompson, and Janice Ykema. Featured: Donna Greenstein I was born in Guelph, Ontario and I received my B.A. from York University and my B.Ed. from the University of Toronto. In 1974 my husband and I moved to our 50 acre organic cow-calf farm between Nobleton and Schomberg. I have taken numerous courses to learn how to use watercolors to achieve highly realistic, lifelike results. I started painting precise botanicals, progressed to bird subjects then decided to paint what I know best farm life. I love painting our own animals plus those of farming friends. For the most part I prefer animal “portraits”, close up head shots. I also paint commissions. I paint regularly with Kaleidoscope, a group of five York Region
friends. An article called “Donna Greenstein: No Bird of
a Feather” in The Sentinel’s Tapestry Magazine was written
by Wendy Soloduik in the Spring 2009 issue. I have exhibited with the King Studio Tour 2008 and 2009 and King Museum, Schomberg Village Street Gallery 2009, Daniel’s Restaurant in Nobleton 2008 and 2009, The Aird Gallery 2007 and Canada Blooms 2006 and 2007. I had a solo show at Skylight Gallery in Aurora. She has won best in show awards for her art, at the 2008 Ontario Horticultural Association AGM and 2008 Schomberg Horticultural Fair, recieved honourable mentions from the Botanical Artists of Canada (2007) and Lifethread’s Art Show (2009), and was in the top ten artworks at the 2009 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Joan Hamilton, of Toronto, digital watercolour artist Canadian digital watercolour painter Joan A Hamilton paints traditional subjects in an untraditional way. Her website features her online gallery of nature landscapes, flowers and still life paintings. All are painted from scratch without the use of filters or special effects. Her blog features many tutorials and small demonstrations of her digital watercolour painting techniques with Corel Painter 11. She talks about the ups and downs of being an emerging digital painter on her art journey. Her art is regularly featured on the art and photography site Red Bubble where she co-hosts a group called Fine Art Digital Painters. She is also an avid member of the Painter Talk Forum. Joan's paintings can also be found on Flickr, ArtWanted and Fine Art America. Her beautiful art has been described as elegant, but down to earth. Her use of colour and light bring a fresh and vibrant look to her painting subjects, and people continually express amazement that her art is painted digitally. A love of art and a need to paint have led Joan to this relatively new creative process. Although she is primarily untaught; she has begun to master the skill of using digital watercolours and is reaching one of her goals which is to produce art that is affordable and appealing. Paul Highgate, of Brampton, is a Visual Arts Brampton member. This exhibit will be the debut of two new scratchboard animal artworks. Janice Ykema, of Mississauga Janice Ykema was raised on the outskirts of the picturesque town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Her interest in art was firmly established by the age of thirteen. At the tender age of seventeen she attempted the rigorous juried entry process of the Ontario College of Art and was accepted into their first year program. She finally obtained her B. DES at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto in 2005, having delayed her dream of art in order to raise a family. Janice never lost sight of her initial goal. Life, family, travel and maturity continued to foster within her a growing understanding that would finally burst forth in a full time art career. One could never say her paintings fit into a straight jacket of a single, particular 'style'. What motivates her to create is a desire to express her inward visions, personal experiences, imaginings, and memories. Her paintings are not a destination, but a journey within herself, which produces a multi-layered, refreshed vision of the world expressed as either realistic, abstract or something in between. Janice’s need to express her artistic vision has set a new
life path starting in 2006, resulting in an explosion of creativity
that immediately resulted in successfully exhibiting in juried
shows, culminating in awards for three of her pieces at their
respective first showings. Visual Arts Brampton artists draw and paint animal art. Charles Weiss is our featured artist. |
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