Instructors
Ann Marie Boudreau
Ann Marie Boudreau, RIHR, ARCT, is a registered Spiritual Psychotherapist with the Canadian Examining Board of Health Care Practitioners. She trained as a classical Concert Pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and has over 30 years of teaching experience. She is also a Soundwork Practitioner, improvisational vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, playing and performing on a wide variety of world instruments. She has a private therapy practice in Toronto.
Grey Bruce Woodturners Guild
Grey-Bruce Woodturners Guild (GBWG) was established to provide an open, informative and relaxed atmosphere where any person with an interest in woodturning would be able to develop their skills, increase their knowledge and enjoy the company of others with similar interests. In its 15 year history, the guild has promoted the art of woodturning through its monthly meetings (in Kincardine), demonstrations at local events, and instructional programs.
Marion Anderson
Marion is an avid watercolour enthusiast, and one of our most popular instructors. Originally from Kent County, Marion currently makes her home and studio in New Dundee. She teaches for the Waterloo Region District School Board, Homer Watson House and Gallery, and Conestoga College, and is an active member of the Central Ontario Art Association.
Wendy Bachiu
Wendy Bachiu is a graduate of Georgian College School of Visual Art and Design, Ontario with honours in both Design and Creative Arts and has worked as a Graphic Designer for most of her life. Her first hand knowledge, enthusiasm for art and encouraging approach make learning a fun experience.
Lesley Bankes
Lesley Banks has vast experience as an art teacher in the Bluewater District School Board, the Tom Thomson Gallery and kelso Villa Retirement Residence. Her strength is in teaching student transferrable skills so they can create personal artistic expressions.
Hi-Sook Barker
Hi-Sook Barker resides and works as a full time artists in Pickering. She is an active member of several art associations and is a past president of the Ajax Creative Arts Club. She is also an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC). Her original works can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, USA, Great Britain, Australia and South Korea.
Wesley Bates
Wesley was born in Yukon, educated at Mount Alison University, N.B., and pursued a career as a painter and printmaker in Hamilton, where he also established West Meadow Press. Primarily known as a wood engraver, Wesley has illustrated books for prestigious publishing houses and for well-known writers such as Timothy Findley, W.O. Mitchell, and Stuart McLean. His work is represented in numerous public collections and is in private collections worldwide. He received the Hamilton Arts Award in 2000, and now lives in Clifford, where he works at wood engraving, painting and fine press printing.
Heidi Berger
Born in Germany, Heidi immigrated to Canada as a child, and led a peripatetic life in Canada and Europe, returning to the family home in Barbados consistently since 1976. Heidi teaches her unique style of painting in Ontario and Barbados.
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Andrea Bird
Andrea Bird has been inclined to make art all her life, most recently with encaustic (beeswax hardened with damar resin). Now, she combines collage and mixed media with the encaustic, to create a multi-layered, textured surface. She studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, as well as at R&F Encaustics in New York. Andrea lives in North Wellington County with her family.
Karen Brioux
Karen has spent the past 14 years teaching art to children, teens and adults, as well as selling her own work and painting both corporate and residential murals. Karen has studied Fine Arts at Sheridan College and with many leading artists. Inspired by her professional artist grandfather, she has lived and loved the beauty of art since childhood. She is an encouraging teacher who loves children and nature, and is strengthened by sharing her skills and enjoyment of art with students.
Cora Brittan
Cora is a mixed media artist and calligrapher whose techniques and materials include watercolours, gold and silver leafing, brush and copper point drawing and lino printing, using various mediums on fabric, vellum, tiles, glass and Japanese paper. She has studied in Ontario, England and Mexico, has taught at the National Institute of Design in India, and continues to teach in a variety of educational and artistic venues in Ontario. Her work has been exhibited in a number of galleries in Ontario and Mexico, and is included in collections in Toronto and Japan.
Eric Brittan
Eric was born in Hamilton, Ontario and educated at Sir John Cass College in London, England, where he earned a Dip. AD at Hornsey College of Art and an ATC at London University. He returned to Canada in 1977, where he taught and still works as a painter and sculptor. His work is in public, corporate, academic and private collections. He has shown regularly in galleries in Canada, England, France, Mexico and India since 1971. Eric just retired from Sheridan College where he taught drawing and painting in the foundation program called Art Fundamentals, the animation program, the art and art history program and the school of illustration.
Marianne Broome
Marianne Broome was born in England but spent much of her childhood in Malaysia where the exotic scenery, plants and animals left a lasting impression on her and consequently her artwork. Marianne settled in Canada in 1980 and lives in the countryside near Toronto. Marianne’s art education in England has been furthered by studies at the Haliburton School of the Arts and her work has been shown in many juried exhibitions in which she has received numerous awards. Her work is in private and corporate collections in Canada, U.S.A., England, Australia and Malaysia.
Don Cavin
Don retired from teaching in Ontario schools with an “overwhelming compulsion” to paint the Ontario landscape in almost any medium. He is also a great believer in the value of drawing as an art in itself, and as a skill that is absolutely necessary to an artist’s formation. One of our most sought-after instructors, he is an accomplished musician as well, with rhythm and continuity characteristic of his paintings as well as his music.
Phil Chadwick
Phil is an artist, avid canoeist, meteorologist with Environment Canada, apiarist and occasional writer for Harrowsmith and other nature-oriented magazines. He was the 2005-06 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Tour Speaker, the 2006 Southampton Art School Artist-in-Residence and 2006 Algonquin Art Centre artist. Phil’s passion for creation combined with his broad knowledge, artistic talent and wonderful sense of humour make him a uniquely gifted instructor.
Joan Chandler
Joan Chandler, theatre animateur and director, is a leader in nurturing and developing cultural programming in community. She has been involved with the production of over 100 original collectively created plays and hundreds of workshops for communities and companies in Canada, England and the United States.
Susan Chater
Susan Chater has always had a passion for painting and has been teaching for 12 years. She is a member of the Toronto Watercolour society and in 1997 was elected a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. Susan has exhibited in 30 solo shows and in galleries and juried shows across Ontario and UK.
Anna Claudette
Anna Claudette is on the Board of Directors at the Art Gallery of Mississauga as well as a Coordinator for an upcoming community anti-graffiti mural project. Anna worked in the field of architecture and interior design for almost a decade after earning her degrees at the University of Waterloo in 1994. While living in Australia, Anna painted street murals and was shortlisted for the City of Brisbane Artforce Awards in 2007.
Betty Conlin
Betty Conlin studied the sewing arts at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, followed by a career in dressmaking and design. A move east sparked an interest in art and she began taking classes in watercolour, silk painting and Japanese Brush Painting. Betty is internationally recognized for her award winning art quilts using the technique of merging the ancient art of silk painting with free motion machine embroidery. She currently lives and works in Kincardine, ON.
James Culligan
James Culligan grew up in West Clare, Ireland in an artistic family; his mother was a textile artist and father a woodcarver. In 1965 James graduated from the Art Education program at the National College of Art, Dublin and was appointed Director of the Art Department at Beaufort Community College, Navan. He soon developed a special interest in inter-disciplinary studies and accelerated learning, which led to his pursuit of metaphysical studies, such as Reiki, Electromagnetic Field Balancing (EMF), Neurolinguistic Psychology (NLP) and the healing arts.
John Day
John is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and a member of the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto. Originally from Scotland, his enthusiasm for the landscape truly became an obsession after his arrival in Canada in 1989. Painting has been John’s passion for almost 30 years. Nature and the play of light upon the landscape are endless sources of inspiration. Preferring to paint on location, his work captures the fleeting effects of light and expresses his vision of the many moods of the Canadian landscape.
Lois Dierlam
Lois Deirlam was born in Toronto, and was instructed in painting, sculpture, block printing by her father, Howard C. Dierlam, Director of Art for the Toronto Board of Education. At the age of 9, Lois won a National Art Contest, and at the age of 11 won the International Latham Foundation Art Award . She attended courses at Central Technical School (1966-69) and at the Ontario Art College (1973-76). Further studies were taken at workshops in New York State (1977-81) .
Al Downs
Al Downs is an original in his approach to art, and variety is his middle name. He’s a former consultant in Visual Arts for the North York Board of Education, an instructor in the Ministry of Education’s Visual Arts course, and, before taking early retirement, a Visual Arts instructor at the Faculty of Education (OISE), University of Toronto. Since moving to Southampton, he has been an active teacher and volunteer at the Art School and Gallery Shop, as well as an accomplished painter and printmaker.
Viktoria Dubovyk
Profile coming
Carl M. Durance
Carl lives in a tranquil setting hemmed between Colpoys Bay to the North and the Niagara Escarpment to the South. A Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo led his creative instinct and desire for challenge to the position of Associate Director of a research and development group in the exciting field of computer software at that University. Carl now focuses that creative energy and his desire to learn in artistic endeavors. He is accomplished in different art forms, using clay, glass, metal, and wood, including pottery, lampworked/flameworked glass, stained glass, jewelry, woodcarving, and woodturning.
Suzi Dwor
Suzi Dwor has a Masters in Art Ed. and has studied in the US, Paris, and Mexico. An accomplished artist and teacher, she taught Fibre Design at Buffalo State University and is currently working in a program called “Learning Through the Arts” in the Niagara public schools. Her students describe her as extremely creative, intuitive, knowledgeable, and energetic.
Christa Eggers
Christa is a full-time artist -- and one of our most popular instructors -- whose paintings and commissioned works are in collections in Canada, the U.S. and Germany. She studied pastels, portraiture, and watercolour at the Ringling College of Art in Sarasota, and in Punta Gorda, Florida, at the University of Guelph and at Georgian College. An accomplished teacher with a dedicated following, Christa has exhibited in numerous juried art shows, and several solo shows. She is often in studio tours -- and has also illustrated a book.
Mary Faubert
Mary Faubert lives and works in Kincardine. Nature has always been evident in her work and reflects her love of gardening and animals.
Judy Feskun
Judy Feskun is a Canadian jewellery artist living and working in St. George Ontario. Judy holds teaching positions at Robert Hall Originals and the Canadian Bead Oasis, and the Ancaster Gem, Mineral, Bead and Jewellery Show. Her jewellery is available in many shops across Ontario.
Joan Frost Oman
Joan is best known for her landscape and portrait work in watercolour and oil. A 25-year member of the Etobicoke arts community, she is an active member of the Etobicoke Art Group and the Society of Canadian Artists, has exhibited widely and received a number of awards. A longtime summer visitor, she knows – and paints – Southampton well, and loves sharing this, as well as her extensive knowledge of the Great Masters, in her increasingly popular workshops.
Hannelore Fulford
Hannelore Fulford seeks the road less travelled. A childhood spent in the Austrian Alps instilled in her an intense love and respect for the natural world. An avid hiker and herbalist, she enjoys using her knowledge in the savory dishes she creates in her cozy kitchen. Gourmet food is not only a passion, but also a way of life for Hannelore and her family of inn keepers and restaurateurs. In between marketing her own take -home gourmet meals, managing a bed and breakfast, cooking for a wilderness touring company and travelling the world, she has found the perfect home base in Southampton.
D.D. Gadjanski
An honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, AOCAD, TWS. She lives and maintains a studio in Richmond Hill and conducts workshops for various art organizations and corporations in Southern Ontario. She paints and teaches in various media, with emphasis on a harmonious colour palette to express situation, mood and movement in a painting. Never hesitant to try new venues of expression, she encourages workshop participants to do the same, as well as guiding them to develop their individual style. Didi has exhibited in over one hundred group shows and over thirty solo shows in the last twenty years. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections in 15 countries around the world.
Marc Gagnon
Marc L. Gagnon is a full time artist, employing both the acrylic and water colour medium. He holds degrees in Environmental Studies and Architecture, from the University of Waterloo. Marc began painting in 1976 and also practiced architecture for 24 years. In 2000, arc was elected a member of The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and served on the board of directors for several years. From 2005 until 2007 he was the President of the CSPWC.
Jane Geard
Jane is a nature lover who is also a painter, and sensitive to how the light filters through landscape to create inspirational patterns and shape visions. Jane creates her art using collage, printmaking, and the organic materials and images she finds in nature. She has expanded her knowledge through attending a wide variety of workshops and courses. An elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists, the Society of Canadian Artists and the Colour and Form Society, she has exhibited in many juried shows, and has won numerous awards.
Pam Gerrand
Pam Gerrand is an artist with a passion for personal and planetary transformation. Drawing from her background in theatre, music, meditation and ancient chant, Pam has created a unique performing and teaching style that has been described as a blend between the shamanic and the bardic. Her music has been described as ‘uncommonly moving’ and her voice, ‘angelic, powerful, uplifting, inspiring’. She is a singer and songwriter, poet and humanitarian, and is devoted to being an ‘instrument of peace and love’.
Dennis Goddard
Dennis Goddard graduated from the University of Canterbury, College of Art in Kent, England, with a National Diploma in Design. Dennis works from his own design studio, Graphic Directions in Toronto. His wide range of clients includes IBM, Imperial Oil Ltd., Ontario Ministry of Health and Canada Trust. His past experience includes work as a typographer.
Judy Gray
Judy was born and raised in Toronto. After studying fashion design at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, she spent several years in the garment industry, designing and creating unique fashions - Regal Toy Company (dolls clothes), Billy Bishop Museum (Victorian maids uniforms and a variety of other period costumes).
Her eye for detail and creative abilities have resulted in decorating requests for numerous events - the Big Sisters Tour of Homes, the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery (Christmas and other special events) as well as window and in-store displays for local retailers and galleries.
She has generously donated pieces of her artwork for fundraising events - the Owen Sound YMCA, the Georgian Bay Symphony, Order of Good Cheer, the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, the city of Owen Sound’s Homecoming event, the Doctor’s Recruitment Fundraising event and The Banner Project of Owen Sound.
Her work has been shown in numerous venues including the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, the Bean Cellar (Owen Sound), the Meaford Arts and Jazz Festival, Owen Sound’s Art and the Symphony’, the Bruce Peninsula Art Show at Lion’s Head, the Tom Thomson Gallery, the Griffin Gallery (Owen Sound) and The Museum of European Art in Buffalo, New York. Her paintings can be found in private collections internationally - Japan, Ireland, Scotland, the U.S., Panama and Canada.
Currently her watercolours are exhibited at Bridges Art Gallery (Owen Sound), the Butchart Estate Bed and Breakfast in Owen Sound (one of Judy’s watercolours was used as the cover for the 2006/2007 Grey Bruce Bed and Breakfast Guide), and by appointment at her home studio in Owen Sound. Judy works in oils, acrylics, photographic oils and watercolours.
Judy shares her knowledge and love of painting by teaching others in adult group sessions…the Tom Thomson Gallery, Summit Place, Chartwell Select, Community Connections, workshops, and private and semi-private classes.
Sandy Greer
Sandy Greer, Ph.D, is a writer, filmmaker and educator. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art with honours. Her professional history includes graphic arts, journalism, part-time teaching, facilitating workshops around North America, documentary filmmaking and completing a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. plus training in spiritual psychology. Her doctoral thesis mapped a narrative journey of healing and renewal for helping professionals. She is a 2009 sessional professor at the University of Western Ontario.
Susan Gunter
Susan Gunter studied jewellery design and construction at George Brown and Mohawk colleges, she is also a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America. She enjoys learning about her craft and art in general and continues to take courses at the Dundas Valley School of Art and the Southampton Art School. She lives in Hamilton where she has her own workshop called Skywave Studios. Susan enjoys her summers in Southampton and is a member of the Shoreline Artists.
Jennifer Hayden
Jennifer currently teaches Kindergarten and Physical Education for the Toronto District School Board. She is an animal and nature lover and has a major green thumb. Jennifer is a nurturing teacher who creates a positive learning environment for students of all ages. She enjoys developing children's curiosity for art by providing them opportunities to explore with a wide variety of materials.
Nan Hogg
Nan has been teaching the joys of painting in classrooms and in her studio for more than 30 years with a gentle approach that quickly puts participants at ease. She is a graduate in Fine Art from the University of Guelph and holds an Ontario Teachers’ Certificate. Her own art work ranges from carefully drawn watercolours to very large oil paintings to more expressive acrylics, but buildings remain her favourite subject.
Stephen James
From Dundas, Ontario, Stephen is the drummer for the Stardust Big Band, and was percussion instructor at the Southampton Summer Music Camp for eight years. Steve started off teaching grades 6 to 8 instrumental music in Kincardine; currently he’s teaching a new instrumental music programme in Dundas, and also directing the Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band. His love of music and his versatility in performing on drums in every possible style have been proven throughout his career.
Linda Jenetti
Linda Jenetti was born in Toronto and started her studies at the Ontario College of Art in 1964 and later at the Vancouver School of Art, finishing her formal education at the Artists Workshop in Toronto in 1980. She has studied with Harold Klunder, and Peter Kolisnyk. Linda is a member of the Kame and Kettle Artists, Headwaters Artist and North of 89 Studio tour. She has lived in Dufferin County since 1980. Teaching adults and children to have fun with painting is also a favourite activity.
Karly Johnson
Karly Johnson has been practicing yoga for 10 years. Her love of it grew while attending the University of Guelph where she obtained a degree in English. Karly now lives and teaches yoga in Southampton.
Peri Jolley
Peri is a painter and printmaker who works in watercolour, inks, oils, acrylics, and mixed media, as well as in hand-dyed silks, in a range of styles from realism to abstraction. Peri was elected to the Society of Canadian Artists in 1987 and is an active member of a number of arts organizations. She has exhibited in many locations, including the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Art Gallery of Peel-Brampton, Thames Gallery-Chatham Cultural Centre and the John Black Aird Gallery-Toronto. Peri’s work is included in many private and corporate collections. A graduate of the Sheridan College Creative and Visual Arts programme, she also has a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Windsor. A longtime Southampton summer resident, Peri teaches workshops in Oakville, Mississauga, Dundas, Hamilton and Southampton.
Valerie Kent
Valerie is a long time teacher who holds a B.Ed., B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees. She is President of the Richmond Hill Group of Artists, and is an active member of numerous art organizations, including the Federation of Canadian Artists, Toronto Watercolour Society, Society of York Region Artists, the Arts and Letters Club and the Scarborough Arts Council. Her work is collected nationally and internationally. She also writes workshop articles for the Watercolour Gazette and is Canadian Regional Editor of the Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
Karen Kesteloot
Karen is a student-focused instructor with more than eight years of combined experience in teaching children and adults in college level and interest art courses. Karen has received training in learner-centered educational practices from Sheridan College. She has a Diploma of Interior Design and a Degree in Fine Art. Karen delights in creating a positive environment where her students can flourish as unique individuals. She believes in the healing power of the creative spirit.
Bob Kirk
Bob Kirk is the owner/artist of Sassafras located in Shallow Lake where the focus is on fine art glass.
Karen Kochany
Karen has been creating art in one form or another since her first “gallery showing” at age eight when her works were pinned to a bed sheet in the front hall. She has a background in psychology and interior design and has studied art in a variety of media including textiles, fashion illustration, painting, drawing, photography, and sumi-e and ikebana while living in Japan. She is currently at Gallery Stratford where she teaches children’s art classes, school workshops and vacation day-programs. She loves working with the creative energy which all children have and is happy to encourage them to create their own “bed sheet galleries.”
Maryse Legault
Maryse Legaultis a lifelong artisan whose interests include sewing, photography, and painting. She retired in 2002 and made the decision to devote her free time to advancing her painting skills.In 2009, Maryse discovered Paverpol, an art medium from Holland that allows her to create whimsical sculptures with cotton fabrics and wire. She is now certified by Paverpol to teach workshops.
Stephen Lewis
Stephen is a professional sculptor based in Guelph whose work, while primarily welded steel, includes illustrations in ink, and graphics. A former art consultant for the Wellington County Board of Education, he has an extensive background teaching all ages, in workshops and schools across Canada and Europe. A much in demand art educator who enjoys teaching children as well as adults, he has been teaching adult and children’s classes in Southampton for 13 years.
Ruth Loucks
Ruth began her art-teaching career in Australia in 1980, where she taught students in rural and city environments, including a remote aboriginal Outback community. Ruth came to Canada on an international teaching exchange in 1987 – and stayed, teaching art at Walkerton District Secondary School, Chesley District High School, and is currently at the Arran Tara Elementary School. Over the past few years, she has conducted workshops on approaches to teaching art at the elementary level for the Bluewater District School Board and comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Micheline Mann
Micheline Mann is a textile artist who works exclusively in wool and linen creating home fashions using traditional rug hooking techniques. Micheline’s rich, varied career includes theatre work and ballroom dancing instruction in the USA. Micheline’s work has been featured in Canadian Home & Country magazine. She lives and works from her renovated schoolhouse between Burgoyne and Paisley.
Keira McArthur
Keira McArthur is a veteran musician / visual artist and writer living in Kemble, and working in Owen Sound. Keira has exhibited in over 50 joint and solo exhibitions throughout Southern Ontario.
Pam McCowan
Pam has been teaching, creating and promoting art for over 25 years, starting with establishing the visual art programme at her high school. This led to developing a repertoire of art skills and student projects involving certain favourites like portraiture, cartooning, pastel and watercolour painting, sculpture, illustration and jewelry design.
Pam has taught classes of all ages and abilities, and taken part in several art shows in Ontario and overseas. Now retired, what was once a weekend indulgence is now a more full-time focus in her life, with the added luxury of living in Grey-Bruce’s community of highly accomplished artists.
Lorraine McDonald
profile coming
Francine McGregor
Francine McGregor taught French for several years for the Bluewater District School Board. As co-owner with her husband she operated Storybook House in Southampton for several years.
Kai-Liis McInnes
Kai-Liis McInnes: Watercolour and mixed media paintings by Kai-Liis McInnes have won numerous awards, and have been included in exhibitions in Canada, the U.S.A., Mexico, and her native Estonia.
Cindy McKenna
Cindy is an acrylic painter whose faith is at the root of each image she produces. The spiritual nature of her work cannot be ignored. Her love for children and years of experience in both group and individual art instruction has produced a fun teaching style that allows each child to develop in ways they feel comfortable. Children blossom in the encouraging classroom environment Cindy creates.
John McLelland
John hails from Guelph, Ontario and is the pianist for the Stardust Big Band. He also performs with the 40-piece Windjammer jazz/classical orchestra, with Phoenix Jazz, his own quartet, and solo. With a Bachelor of Music and one in Education from Western, he studied jazz in the summers at the University of Toronto and at the Banff School of Fine Art with such notables as Phil Nimmons, Pat LaBarbera, and Ed Bickert. John has performed with Rob McConnell, Rick Wilkins, Peter Appleyard and Shirley Eikhardt, and cites as principal influences Thelonius Monk, Jay Oliver and Chick Corea. His high-school jazz ensembles have performed often at MusicFest Canada, attaining the Gold standard.
Sybil Mercer
Sybil Mercer started working with wool fibre in 1980 making rugs. Presently she works with many different fibres and different techniques. She states: “I love the final detail using the Russian Punch Needle to create the small printings using threads.”
"After hooking rugs, hangings, purses etc for over 30 years, I have fallen in love with Russian Punchneedle. The technique is simple and tools inexpensive. My work is 'my design' and ranges in size from a few square inches to over twenty. Some of the work has 400 loops per square inch. I use cotton, silk or wool yarns. "
Michelle Minke
Michelle grew up in Port Elgin and now teaches art at Bruce Peninsula District School in Lion’s Head. She has also taught many summer art classes over the years. She now spends much of her spare time creating art with her two daughters. Her favourite mediums include clay, printmaking and batik. Michelle lives with her husband and children in Wiarton.
Jean Myers
Jean Myers is a self taught artist living and working in Oregon. Her past experience includes theatre arts, as a director and actor. Jean’s practice consists of mixed media abstract art.
Jen O’Reilly
Jen is a graduate of the Humber College School of Comedy Writing and Performance. She has appeared on Evening at the Improv, and has taught workshops at Second City as well. Jen has been teaching photography at Georgian and Mohawk Colleges for more than 13 years; she is the director of the Arts Warehouse in Port Elgin, where she conducts workshops in digital, landscape, nature and wedding photography, comedy and improv.
Astrid Pennington
Profile coming
Cynthia Porter
Cynthia has been working as a professional artist for more than 20 years. Her work has been exhibited extensively and is in numerous collections in Canada and overseas. Cynthia has a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts and Women Studies from University of Western Ontario, a Fine Arts Diploma from Georgian College School of Visual Arts & Design, and a Teacher’s Diploma from Wellington Polytechnic Institute in New Zealand.
Stephanie Rayner
Stephanie is one of Canada’s best-known printmakers and conceptual artists. She believes that art and the human spirit are indivisible. A graduate of Ryerson, past vice-president of Open Studio in Toronto, she has exhibited and taught extensively. For the past several years she has been lecturing with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Spirituality in the U.S. and Africa on the importance of nourishing the spirit. With often-unexpected results in her students’ work her workshops are noted for changing more than one artist’s direction and style.
Peter John Reid
Peter John Reid paints in acrylics with a passion for colour and texture. Peter’s canvases have an abstract quality that is balanced with a connection or representation to the natural world where he finds inspiration in the fleeting moments of spectacular lighting and intimate vantage points. Peter resides in Grey County.
Carolyn Riddell
Carolyn completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Guelph where she specialized in printmaking and painting. She currently maintains a printmaking and painting studio in Guelph. She recently took a week long private workshop in Fabriano, Italy where she made 100% cotton paper in an 800 year old studio! Her studio is the home of her art production as well as a shared etching press space and teaching facility. She teaches printmaking at the University of Waterloo/Cambridge Library and Gallery joint studio program. Carolyn has exhibited her work extensively and her work is presented in public, private and corporate collections in North America and Europe.
Steve Rose
Steve Rose is a graduate of OCAD with a major in drawing and painting. In addition to an active independent studio practice, Steve enjoys teaching and lecturing on art and art history
Jenni-Lynn Schiestel
Jenni-Lynn Schiestel is an elementary school teacher whose major passion is teaching visual art and instilling enthusiasm for art in children. She loves how ideas for children’s -- and her own -- art come to her each day: from a scenic walk, to a trip to the grocery store. In her lessons, she tends to throw in a little music, drama or dance to get the artistic inspiration rolling. Among her other artistic pursuits, she recently started her own jewellery business, designing and creating unique pieces of jewellery from beads, chain and found items.
Elke Scholz
Elke was born in Koln, Germany, and has spent over twenty-five years painting, teaching fine arts and managing her successful art studio in Bracebridge , Ontario . She has won many awards and recognition for her rich, dynamic fine oil and watercolour paintings. She has led many retreats and workshops for corporations, galleries, groups, the Board of Education and, most recently, in France and Portugal. Elke’s work and articles have been published in over twelve national magazines and books as well as her own award winning book, “Loving Your Life: becoming who you are and loving it through passionate creative living.” She believes that through the arts we can clearly access our true potential.
Alex Sharma
Alexandra Sharma has a Master in Fine Arts degree and has taught at college and university in Toronto, and most recently in Beaufort and Hilton Head Island, SC. She maintains a summer studio in Toronto, Canada. Alexandra has taught studio painting and sculpture courses for over twenty years and is a founding member of the Multi Media Arts Guild, Kingston, Ontario, a member of the Beaufort Art Association, Hilton Head Art League, the Apple Pie Painters, and a lifetime member of the American Art Honorary, Delta Phi Delta.
Beverley Smith
Beverley Smith has been a professional artist since graduating from Sheridan College School of Design and a weaving college in Stockholm, Sweden in the early 70’s. She is well known for her textile art, murals, maps and whimsical illustrations of the Beaver Valley area since moving there from Toronto in the 80’s. She started weaving with beads a number of years ago. This led to her opening a shop (Holy Crow Beads) and teaching studio in her Beaver Valley home. Beverley exhibits locally, nationally and internationally.
Paul Smutylo
Paul Smutylo returned home to Owen Sound 5 years ago to pursue his career as an artist and an educator. Although his work reflects many different mediums and subject matter, he considers himself primarily a portrait artist, but often finds himself returning to the subjects that occupied his youth – sports and super heroes
Lin Souliere
Lin Souliere has been painting in watercolour for over 40 years. She trained at the Beal Art Program in London, and Fine Arts at University of Waterloo. Her work focuses on the quality of light and a deep personal connection to nature. Her works have been in numerous juried shows and she has won a number of awards, including First in the 2008 Bruce County Show, and the 2008 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour award for Excellence in Watercolour. She teaches workshops throughout Ontario, at her studio Dragonfly Ridge near Lion’s Head, and in France in 1999. She is a founding member of the Bruce Peninsula Society of Artists. Her work ‘Ancient Witness’ was published in SPLASH 10: Passionate Brushstrokes published by Northlight Books.
Bonnie Steinberg
Steinberg is a graduate of York University, and an elected member of the CSPWC, the SCA, and the TWS. She has exhibited extensively in both solo and group shows and is the recipient of many awards. Her work can be found in collections in both the United States and Canada. Bonnie’s watercolours encompass a variety of subject matter – architectural detail and ordinary slices of life are her preferred genres. High-key colour and dramatic lighting are also characteristic of her work.
Aggie Stretch
Akke (Aggie) Stretch teaches for the Bluewater School Board allowing her to inspire students to find their inner artist, encouraging them with the words, 'You can't do this wrong". Her work with recovery groups and travelling each year with medical mission teams leaves her hopeful of the human journey.
Mark Thurman
Mark is a professional author and illustrator noted for co-creating the Mighty Mites comic strip in OWL Magazine – 154 episodes. He graduated from the Central Tech Fine Art Program in Toronto, has illustrated and designed more than 40 books, and is the author of 15 of these. His time is divided between living near Owen Sound and in Toronto.
Gwen Tooth
Gwen Tooth studied at Humber College and Ontario College of Art and Design, completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005. She credits Graham Coughtry for encouraging her to paint what she feels in her own style, which is a blend of expressionism and Fauvism. Gwen held a solo show of acrylic paintings called “Rhythms of the Sea” at Beaux-Arts Brampton and at George Brown College in 2009. She held another show “Fauvist Style Portraits and Figures” at Beaux-Arts Brampton in January 2010. www.beaux-artsbrampton.com
Stevie Vallance
Stevie Vallance, an Emmy Award winning Animation Voice Director stresses the importance of character development in her workshops, which focus on improvisational exercises. Stevie's FUN, 'falling on your butt ' technique proves that making creative choices comes from 'heart and soul' and that the 'mistakes' are what give birth to the brilliance that will land YOU the part. Her fun, fast-paced style makes Stevie one of Canada's most sought after teachers and casting directors.
Paul Villani
Paul was influenced early in life by ecclesiastical stained glass. Light and the glass through which the world is made visible fascinate him. Never forgetting the dynamic of daylight art, Paul rekindled that love with several courses in stained glass; since his recent retirement from teaching he has been able to devote more time to his art. In addition to his work on display at the Southampton Art School Gallery, a number of his commissioned pieces are located in Grey and Bruce Counties.
Lenore Walker
Lenore Walker’s journey towards creating fine art has been a winding path. After completing her master’s degree & working in church ministry, she turned her attention to pursuing more creative venues in 1992. Certified & trained in Old World decorative painting, she employed herself in creating environments for residential and commercial clientele. This work gradually evolved into an increasing desire to focus on creating fine art works in a variety of styles and media.
Jean Watson
Jean began her art career after getting hooked on art classes during her BEd studies at McGill. She went on to complete her BFA at Concordia and her MFA at Vermont College in the U.S. -- and has lived and worked in various countries on four different continents. Jean was the first foreigner to have a solo exhibition in Tehran since before the Islamic revolution; the exhibition was featured on a CNN World Report. She now combines her twin loves of art and teaching in a beautiful and inspirational setting on the Lake Huron shoreline.
Telfer Wegg
Telfer is a dedicated outdoor photographer based in Neustadt with an extensive photo collection from 59 countries – and of the secret corners of Bruce and Grey counties. In fact, he has self-published three books (as well as CDs of his photographs) about the history and landscape of these counties. His photos have appeared in numerous magazines and calendars, and are available at selected galleries and shops across Southwestern Ontario.
Tanya Weichel
Tanya studied Fine Arts and Graphic Design at George Brown College. She was the Gallery Co-ordinator of the Southampton Art School during its formative years and also taught children’s art and Fair Isle knitting at that time. Tanya lives in Southampton where she works from her home “creating” when she can and more importantly raising a family! She particularly enjoys helping kids explore the creative world.
Beverley White
Bev fled to Port Elgin from Toronto 14 years ago. An artist and photographer, Bev has been quilting since 1990, when she was first attracted to traditional forms of the craft. In recent years, she has been focusing on art quilts -- which use contemporary materials, methods and paints to produce true works of fabric art. Bev has taken many courses in all aspects of quilting, including a workshop with Judith Montano, probably the best-known expert (and writer) on the Victorian crazy quilt revival. She is also in demand as curator and organizer for juried exhibitions of fabric art.
Julia White
Julia White is a visual artist from Walters Falls. A mother herself, Julia brings her experience with children’s innate sense of wonder and celebrates it in her enchanting workshops. She designs 'creative journeying' workshops for all ages, which initiate a spirit of play and self-discovery through making art. Julia incorporates sound, movement and storytelling into these classes designed to inspire deep curiosity.
Lorne Winters
Lorne Winters is a Canadian born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He began sketching and painting in his early youth. He studied and graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto, after which he pursued a career in engineering construction. In his leisure time he continued to paint and also began sculpting. After having accomplished his career goals, he decided to make a change and pursue the one thing he considered more important and satisfying --- to create art in painting and in sculpture. For the past several years he has devoted all his time to this pursuit, primarily to sculpting.
Melody Wren
Melody Wren: A freelance writer for over 30 years, Melody studied journalism at the London (UK), School of Journalism. She writes regularly for the Toronto Star website, www.yourhome.ca, and is a regular contributor to the Well Fed Network, www.wellfed.ca. She has written for Cottage life Magazine, The County Grapevine Magazine, The Grand Magazine, Guelph Life Magazine, Verge Travel Magazine, and Coffee Culture.
Ellen Wright
Ellen Wright has been teaching for 24 years and currently teaches middle school visual art in Toronto.Her art practice has included drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramic sculpture, paper making and textiles.
Kathie Wright
Kathie Wright graduated from the Graphic Design program at Sheridan College. In 1990 she began to see the potential for personal expression using watercolour.
Andrea Zimmer
Andrea Zimmer: Committed to her craft Andrea has travelled globally for professional development, visiting cultural meccas such as Bread & Puppet Theatre in Vermont and Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. Andrea was invited to the Dream Community, an arts centre in Taiwan to teach puppetmaking from recycled materials. Word of her unique talents travelled fast and she was commissioned to make 60 arts & crafts sample projects for Kaiser Kastle Publishing.