Art by Canadian painters capture landscapes, wildlife, portraits, figures, still-lives and abstract ideas in oil, acrylic and watercolour. Contemporary art can be found at the heart of a new generation of experimentation and mark making.
Artist Statement
As an acrylic landscape painter, my approach currently resides in deep and abiding passion. My semi-representational landscape paintings will jump to life with colour and movement or retreat to gentle tranquil... (more)
Eclectic, curious & forthright, I deliver versions of my world in colourful bursts. Interested in experiment and play, the works often use humour. Titles matter!
My colourful works are in corporate & private collecti... (more)
Chwialkowska paints in oil, 'alla prima', using palette knife. This technique permits a loose, spontaneous style allowing textures to evolve naturally.
Life expresses itself in ongoing new unfolding , which are new creative acts. I live to create and have produced over 300 paintings. I live in Germany for a part of the year and in Canada at other times with my German wife Iris. We met when we we... (more)
Janice Colbert is a professional visual artist and writer from Toronto. She holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia and a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art & Design University. Prior to OCADU she worked f... (more)
I love the spontaneous playful feeling when I paint, combining painting with gestural marks, movement, texture and colour.
My work remains abstract,... (more)
The evocative and multi layered paintings and pastels of Gary Crawford are an exploration in form using dynamic and many times, explosive splashes of colour, line and light.
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I am a Landscape Artist based in Ontario. I love nature, and want to express nature through my paintings. I am an avid color enthusiast and lifelong learner. As a Canadian Artist I explore nature and enjoy Plein Air Outdoor Paintings and also do m... (more)
In my early twenties, wishing to expand my love of nature into a deeper knowledge, I studied Horticulture and Landscape Design. Just as a class in Anatomy is beneficial to an artist who prefers to draw the human form, studying Horticulture helped... (more)
Teri Donovan is a mixed media painter based in Toronto. Her work deals with the influence of the past in relation to cultural norms, values, identity, and memory.