Artway Invitational - Past Exhibits

Aditi Ganeev Sangwan is a Brampton-based Visual artist and Art educator as well as a founder of a Social Enterprise - Art Studio Izza, focused on visual art based community engagement workshops and Eco Sustainability. Aditi earned her PhD in Visual Art from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan India. She has over two decades of experience as a visual artist and academic scholar. Her works have been shown in various international exhibitions and she has successfully conducted workshops and presented papers in seminars at several prestigious institutions. Aditi is an Art Instructor at Visual Art Brampton. View Art Studio Izza on Instagram.

Gather Together is a vibrant series of mixed media paintings where lush flower gardens cascade and drip through human contours, inviting viewers into a poetic dance of growth and transformation.

The works delve into the idea that our bodies, like gardens, pass through seasons — blooming, shedding, resting, and renewing-capturing the fluidity of change with vivid colors that celebrate resilience and vitality.

This exhibition is a tribute to the way we gather love, memories, and wisdom over the years, much like petals and leaves layering in a garden. It encourages viewers to feel connected to their own and others’ seasons of life, fostering a sense of shared resilience and growth.

Gardens spill through and across the growth..
blossoms drifting, colours melting, roots reaching deep.
The body is not just flesh, but soil and sky,
Absorbing the quiet memory of every season it has lived.
Spring’s tender bloom,
Summer’s full light,
Autumn’s gentle release,
Winter’s stillness
All seasons are held when Gathered Together in Love, Care and Abundance.
This Journey is not the fading of life,
But its flowering in new and unexpected ways.
Beauty of impermanence
The interconnectedness of nature and self.
Gardens spill through and across the growth..
Through cycle of life Childhood to Old wisdom’s
Gather Together!

Artwork from Visual Arts Brampton members, featuring: Aleksandra Skrabka, Andrew Porter, Bernie Schultz, Colleen Dee, Manju Das, Margaret Kulbakas, Maureen McLellan, Merlene Boyce, Rosa Renna, and Sylvia Genders.

Photographer - Artist’s Statement
I chase the light and work with nature’s paintbrush to create enduring images. The low-angled light of sunrise or the golden hour at end of day, fog or mist, are my preferred shooting conditions. Landscape and candid captures of people in everyday moments are what inspire me. My drives through the hills of Halton and Headwaters
are my favourite shooting haunts and remind me of the Finger Lakes area ,where I grew up on a dairy farm.

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Photographer - Artist Bio
ecmunson is a an emerging photographer in the “third chapter” of her life who reignited her love for photography in 2018. Finding like-minded people and places to display work led to her joining several arts organizations, Visual Arts Brampton being the first and most recently, Southern Ontario Visual Artists. Passionate about all things photography, she is building darkrooms number six in 2026, and melds the analogue with digital world in her photography and arts practice. Currently she works with her first DSLR camera,enjoys creating soft pastel paintings, and organizes annual shows with the CONTACT Photography Festival.

Artwork from Visual Arts Brampton members, featuring: Aleksandra Skrabka, Anthony Marsella, Bernie Schultz, Colleen Dee, Eric Hansen, Hye Jung, Jaskaranpreet Singh, Jen Black, Manju Das, Merlene Boyce & Rick.

Colleen is a lover of all creative arts. She earned her BFA degree in Montreal, Quebec, and had a corporate career as a graphic designer, creative director and marketing manager. After that phase she travelled, lived and worked in Vietnam and Cambodia for a number of years teaching English and Art to children and adults in the profit and nonprofit sectors.

Well versed in many art mediums including papermaking, sculpting, printmaking, drawing, painting and photo-art. "I love creative expression in so many art forms. I particularly enjoy experimenting with mix-media and using different materials and techniques to create an aesthetic piece whether it has a purpose or not." After returning to Canada she continues to engross herself teaching art and workshops to a variety of age groups.