Category Archives: Featured Artists

Peter’s new work is moving more towards reality. For his upcoming exhibition at Gordon Harrison Gallery he is working on a series of abstract landscapes whose subject matter comes from Ottawa and surrounding areas. As Peter says “It’s been fun, and ultimately each painting has to work in terms of colour, style and feel. The whole Landscape thing, regarding an real relationship with true reality, comes a distant last. I want interesting paintings first and foremost, but a system of …
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Allyson Glenn is a figurative painter and works in a variety of genres such as the figure, interiors, still life, landscape and cityscape. Although she is interested in the figure as focal point, Allyson feels it is important to portray the body in context. In order to do this, she combines genres which may offer metaphor, narrative, or inform the state of the figure. Working from life can establish a unique connection to subject, so Allyson often paints from installations …
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Frances’s art has always been about the natural world and her place in it. Frances believes that part of her role as an artist is to make the viewer look, and think; question, and be moved; and part of her role is to bear witness. Frances has a solo show at Artpoint Gallery and Studios July 1 – 24, opening reception July 8, 5-9PM Visit France Vettergreen

A new and entertaining video featuring Eleanor Lowden Pidgeon, artist and instructor. Learn to paint using a rich colour palette and discover the techniques used by Eleanor to achieve beautiful vibrant colour. In this video she also demonstrates how she frames and mounts watercolour paintings without using glass. Visit Eleanor’s Website