Artway Invitational - Past Exhibits

Lorne was born and raised in Dundas Ontario where as a small boy he developed a love for art. Encourage by his Grandfather as a means of combating night terrors Lorne’s passion flourished until the untimely death of his beloved mentor (Grandfather) at age ten.

Forty plus years passed in which Lorne's artistic talents lay dormant and untapped.  With the support and encouragement from the leadership of an art program offered by Regeneration Community Outreach (Brampton Ontario) a spark reignited a once dormant flame and Lorne's artistic passion once more began to flourish.

Using a combination of acrylic paint, paint markers and permanent markers on a variety of mediums from paper, to canvas, metal and glass.  This self-taught artist has developed a unique blend of traditional Celtic sty-lings, modern-art and graffiti-techniques...  A style he refers to as Celtic Fusion.

Jasmin Pannu is a self-taught multi-disciplinary artist who creates visual stimuli through her works in illustrations, mural paintings, body art and custom artworks. Her 'Wildlife Collection' features awe-inspiring animals depicted with ink and acrylic patterns inspired by African and Indian cultures. Each piece in the series is hyper-detailed by hand over the course of 10-30 hours. The resulting artwork is an animal that is symbolic of the values, core characteristics and positive energy that it brings to its space. Through the Wildlife Collection, Jasmin hopes to evoke themes of connectivity, an emotional affinity towards nature and personal power. Having sold over 200 prints worldwide from the collection, Jasmin has been recognized as a Featured Artist by the likes of Sharpie, HuffPost Arts, Inkbox and The Living Arts Centre. Her art continues to be commissioned for local events like the recent festival, Taste of Danforth, and exhibits in galleries across Canada.

The Visual Arts Brampton Portrait Group has established themselves within the community and continue to participate in events and exhibits across the city and province. Join them every Wednesday from 10:00am - 2:00pm at Visual Arts Brampton to draw and paint from a live model.

E.C. Munson's passion for photography grew from browsing through family albums, staring at the galley walls of pictures in relatives' homes, and a Brownie camera.

Whether in the darkroom or editing digitally, the creation of enduring images, which evoke past times and hint at mysteries awaiting is her focus. In the main, the landscapes of the heart and countryside infuse her compositions. Displayed are pieces from the series: Vistas of Visages, in Still Life, and Postcard Portals.

Therefore, from a pinhole camera to a 35 mm SLR and a digital camera, plus five darkrooms later, her recent retirement finds her organizing her archives, submitting work to shows and magazines, and experimenting with digital photography.  She has just joined the Latow Photographers Guild at the Burlington Art Gallery. 

Michael Huggins was born in Toronto in 1962. He grew up with a love of 'all things creative'. At an early age he discovered his drawing and painting skills and showed early signs of artistic talent as he grew into early adulthood. Conflicted by the fear of "how will you make a living from this?", Michael spent this first seven years after school working as a transport driver. While his work "paid the bills" it created a creative void in his life. Through those years he augmented this void by constantly drawing and painting into the late hours after his work day was done.

After years of dissatisfaction in his job, Michael's wife Anita encouraged him to make the break and enter into the arts. He studied advertising and design at Humber College of Applied Arts and Design, while his wife worked to pay the bills. Michael graduated and started working as a graphic designer in a design agency. He developed his art and design skills and worked his way up in the advertising world from designer to creative director.

After successfully working in the applied arts world for a number of years Michael partnered with his wife to start their own design firm - Mindwalk Design Group. They built and ran their business together for over 18 years, designing thousands of marketing and design projects for many high profile corporate clients. Michael taught various design courses at the local colleges and universities while working in his design firm and in 2009 he published his first book on running a design business. During these years he spent building business, teaching and writing he continued his passion for fine art in his spare hours.

Always interested in the human form and the expression of the individual within paintings, his subject matter focuses heavily on people. Drawing inspiration from close friends, family and paid models he paints the human form with a desire to create something new and expressive with every painting he creates. Heavily influenced by his applied arts and design background, Michael’s unique approach to painting is to express creative versatility and tone by applying a multi-style, multi-technique approach to the subjects he paints. He works frequently in both Oil and Acrylic.

Michael and his wife sold their design firm in 2015 and Michael entered back into the corporate world where once again - he fuels his love for art by painting and drawing at every available moment after the work day is done.