Adrian Dingle Adrian Dingle was born in 1911 in Barmouth, North Wales, he came to Canada with his parents in 1914 and settled in Oakville, Ontario. Dingle worked in an insurance office until he was nineteen, leaving his job to study art. In 1931 he studied under J.W. Beatty at the summer school of the...

Adolphus Broomfield George was born and raised in the Parkdale district of Toronto. At the age of 14, he was selected to attend classes mentored by Arthur Lismer at the Ontario College of Art. During the years 1920-21 he attended the summer art school run by The Group of Seven artists at Port Hope, Ontario...

Adam S. Scott Adam Sherriff Scott was born in Perth, Scotland in 1887. Beginning in 1903 he studied at the Edinburgh School of Art. He was awarded the Allen-Fraser Scholarship to continue his studies for four years at the Allen-Fraser institute, under George Harcourt.  He continued his studies at the Slade School under Henry Tonks...

Aba Bayefsky Aba Bayefsky was born in Toronto Ontario in 1923. He studied at The Central Technical School in Toronto from 1937 to 1942. The following year he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, he was commissioned as an official war artist in 1944. As a war artist Bayefsky produced a massive body of...

Aaron Allan Edson Aaron Allan Edson was born in 1846 in Stanbridge Township, Canada East.His family moved to Stanbridge village when he was young, followed by a second relocation around 1861 to Montréal, Québec. Edson received commercial training and worked in several business houses including an art dealership and framing business. By 1864 he was...

A. Y. Jackson Alexander Young Jackson was born in 1882.   He was a Canadian painter  and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was successful in bringing together the artists of Montréal and Toronto. He exhibited with the Group of...

Raynald Leclerc Raynald Leclerc was born on December, 1961 in Saint-Michel de Bellechasse on the south Shores of Quebec. He first studied architecture at Levis-Lauzon CEGEP and worked for a while as an Industrial Designer. It was also during this time that he discovered his natural talent for painting which soon developed into a career...

Susan Statham Susan Statham is a visual artist, writer and teacher. A graduate of Algonquin College, and the University of Waterloo, she attended part-time studies at The Ontario College of Art and Design and the National Portrait Academy. Susan is a graduate of Advanced Fiction Writing at the University of Waterloo and creative writing courses...

Juan Cristobal Juan Cristobal Pinochet Araya was born in Chile in 1960. He moved to Quebec City at the age of seventeen. He graduated from high school at the “Petit Séminaire de Québec” and received his bachelors’ degree in marketing and communication at the University of Ottawa. During his twenties he was part of a...

Yvon Lemieux Yvon Lemieux was born in Quebec City,1949. Yvon started painting since he was 17 and he has been an artist for over 50 years. Lemieux has a nickname “le peintre au chapeau” (the painter hat), which gives a perfect description of the artist. He will set up his easel where his inspiration leads: in the...

Nathalie Voisine Nathalie Voisine was born in Québec and studied at Sainte-Hélène de Kamouraska QC. She decided to move from Quebec City to the lower St-Laurent area because there she could enjoy nature, the river, serenity and the great outdoors. She connected with the environment and discovered her passion and inspiration to paint. For the...

Valerie Kent Valerie Kent is an award winning artist who paints in watercolours, acrylics, oils and mixed media and her work is represented in galleries worldwide. Valerie Kent, BFA, BEd, MFA, OCT paints en plein air and in her studio She wrote articles for the Watercolour Gazette, OnRichmondhill.com, and is a Canadian Regional Editor of...

Ginet Leblond Ginet Leblond has been painting for over   30 years and enjoys experimenting with different surfaces,  shapes, and colours. Over the years Ginet has mastered unique techniques that enable her to arouse different emotions in all types of viewers. She attended her first art school at the age of 19. She was directed...

A. J. Casson A. J. Casson was born in 1898 in Toronto, Ontario. At age nine his family moved to Guelph and then to Hamilton. His first exposure to art was at The Hamilton Technical School in 1913, where he was asked by his teacher to demonstrate for the class. By the age of fifteen...

Allen Sapp Allen Sapp was born in the winter (January 2, 1928) on the Red Pheasant Reserve in North Central Saskatchewan. He was raised and cared for by his grandmother. He was often sick throughout his childhood. He used his art to express himself. Sapp has been recognized internationally for his paintings of life on...

Sandee Ewasiuk Sandee Ewasiuk  is graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design in the field of Editorial Illustration. Prior to OCAD, she spent a year in the Fine Arts program at Niagara College where she worked to put a portfolio together for OCAD. She was accepted into second year, advanced standing. Following her...