Meet Our
Member Artists & Artisans
Anderson, Candace
Candace is an enthusiast for all things ART! Her passion for art has seen her painting paper fans, pressed leaves, faces, rocks, tiles, cards, fences, garden sheds, tea bags, plastic bottles, and paper of all sizes and weights!
Barlow, Leon
Leon was born in Manchester, England and grew up on his parents’ farm near Sudbury, Ontario. As a teenager, he developed a great interest and love for the natural world which he expressed by painting.
Barros-Madla, Carolane
I'm a self taught artist from Harrow and started doing acrylic pour art on my road to recovery from the big C. Through art, I appreciate life more.
Beneteau, Anne
My hope is to help others create memory stories that honour our loved ones, promote family legacy and provide a forum for vibrant memory care.
Borkowski, Cheryl
Cheryl is a self-taught collage and fibre artist, specializing in “paper paintings”. Her style is to blend abstract and realism into a one-of-a-kind pieces of art.
Boyle, Roger
The quest to become a proficient artist has been fun. There is always something new to discover. When painting, I enjoy mixing a little bit of what is with a little bit of what isn’t.
With over a decade of experience in teaching visual arts at the secondary level, Liane’s teaching journey has been instrumental in expanding her artistic horizons.
Calzavara, Dee
After serving as an RN for several years, Dee decided to switch it up a bit with training in Fine Arts (OCAD). She is now an Expressive Arts Practitioner and Open Studio Facilitator.
Cassels, Nancy
I have always loved the arts, wishing that I could produce good art pieces. I try a variety of styles and practice and practice. I love the process even when I don’t like the piece.
Cooper, Annette
Born in Africa, her father, an international photographer, taught her to pause and frame life giving moments behind the lens of her camera.
Dadwal, Rashmi
Artist Rashmi Dadwal was born in Mathura, India. She modestly strives to create pieces that speak to the viewer and can be enjoyed, appreciated, and afforded equally by all.
Dancel, Rico
Rico Dancel is a self taught artist, born in the Philippines. Working primarily with watercolours, his brushstrokes and control of the medium creates a delicate arrangement.
Ducharme, Ann
Ann is a past-president of Arts Society of Kingsville.
Duchesne, Penelope
Penelope Duchesne is French Canadian born and raised in Montreal. Penelope's passion to paint was developed by painting a series of large murals for a community projects.
Dutton, John
Following a successful business career, and now in a retirement mode, I have returned to my love of photography, fully embracing the current digital photographic phenomenon.
Ellis, Sandra
The love of nature is expressed in most of her work, but she also produces many pieces in architecture. The mediums she plays with are watercolour, acrylic, chalk, pen and ink as well as printmaking.
Kayla Faucher is a visionary artist whose creative journey is a harmonious blend of modern design and nature's boundless beauty.
Forman, Margot
I’ve been drawing and painting since I was a child. I love beauty. I paint what I love in water, colour, and oils.
Hopkins, Kelly
I have been painting for many years and my love of landscapes and nature have considerably influenced the subjects I paint.
Hruden, Margaret
My art is part of my soul, my journey to well, an expression of life. Art has been a release of past trauma, a voyage to delight and fuel for emotional energy.
I was a school teacher for many years and I always told my students, "This is art...you can't make a mistake!". I consider myself, first and foremost, a "draw-er".
James, Roy
I believe that the passion to express myself and to keep a dedicated preoccupation during times of grief have truly kept me sane. Imagination is the prime ingredient in all art; stilted imagination produces 'no good art'.
Johnson, Catherine
Did you know you can wear art?!
Catherine creates colourful handcrafted garments and accessories. Her Whacky Woolies are very fashionable.
Knight, Rosalind
My writing reveals my concern for our evolving partnership with the land, for changing definitions of “progress”, and for the relationships between generations.
Kubis, Andrea
Andrea had absolutely no clue what she wanted to do when she grew up but the arts always played a prominent role in her life. She has learned that she loves to paint outside and finds nature an inspiring subject.
Lane, Marcy
Human behaviour, in its bounty and diversity, is Marcy’s inspiration, and her character-driven stories star fallible women facing some of life’s impossible situations.
Lavoie-Wolters, Dawn
I have always been fascinated with nature and its vast beauty. With each painting I hope to bring out the peace and tranquility that I feel is so abundant in nature.
Leclair, Rick
A retired Project Manager with a lifelong interest in creating with wood and wood-related products. Recently following another interest in 'writing' with the release of my first book.
LePla, Sally
Sally delights in helping others discover the artist within — loving the step-by-step encouragement that allows them to leave each meeting with a sense of accomplishment and a new artwork worthy of showing to others.
Loop, Bill
I started drawing pictures as a child and enjoyed art in school. I am truly thankful for the gift of art and music and I enjoy each opportunity there is to express it.
Lopata, Pavlo
Pavlo Lopata was born in Kalinov [Presov region], Slovak Republic. He studied at the University of Fine Arts Bratislava before emigrating to Canada. In his artistic endeavours he has mastered the use of pencil, egg tempera, acrylics and oils.
Lopata, Petro
Petro Lopata is a Ukrainian-Canadian visual artist with an unbridled passion for life, nature and paint. He is based near the southernmost point in Canada, where luminous vistas fuel lush landscapes.
Lynch, Robert
As a local historian I have searched out topics for my books that explain Kingsville’s past in what I hope is an easily readable manner.
Grant has a life long passion for amateur photography and enjoys producing travel memory videos.
McMaster, Margaret
Margaret is a multimedia creator who writes, paints, produces videos. This is what she calls retirement after working in education, business, and library services.
My art is mostly emotionally inspired by society and life experience. Sometimes the inspiration is nice and pretty but it can also be dark and creepy.
Moffat, Lynda
Lynda is a formally -trained oil painter, currently working in acrylics using mediums & techniques like the old masters giving her paintings a contemporary twist.
Moore, Albert
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Albert is a self-taught artist who exhibited a unique artistic ability as a child.
Murphy, Arlene
Arlene is privileged to live and work surrounded by water at her home on Lake Erie and her summer home in Newfoundland. Her Impressionistic painting style utilizes bold colour and texture to create a strong visual impact with the viewer.
Olsen, N. Peter
At the age of sixteen, Peter's family moved to Toronto and he took his first art class at Vaughan Road High school. To-day he can be found happily retired painting and living in Windsor, Ontario with his wife Wanda.
My lifelong love of Nature & of Grand Manan Island, NB where I grew up, are primary themes for my work in fabric.
Platsko, Nancy
My journey in art began like so many others, in childhood drawing whatever looked amazing, in my case, mostly horses and dinosaurs. I am also an avid photographer, an art in itself.
Read, Valerie
Valerie's mother noticed her artistic talents as a child and enrolled her in Art Classes at the age of 12. Her philosophy is to never stop learning; every class, every teacher provides the opportunity to learn new techniques, new mediums, and new ways to explore your creativity within.
Taggart, Brianne
I enjoy painting landscapes, beach scenes, animals, abstract, flowers and many more. I am part of many committees within our community and think it is important to give back to our community when we can.
Teigen, Carol
Carol has always been drawn to try everything creative from writing, sketching, painting, sewing, to building, refurbishing and repurposing. She enjoys trying her hand at anything creative at least once.
Teske, Irina
Exploring the relationship between image and material serves as the foundation for my art practice. My work concerns itself with the creation of a meditative space, a halted place in time.
Tobin, Astrid
My love of working with glass began in 2002. Since then I have worked with various forms of glass including traditional stained glass, fusing and mosaics.
Wells, Martyn
I have travelled over a lot of this world and have found beautiful things no matter where I go. Working with wood has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember, and I am particularly fascinated by wood carvings.
Wells, Toni
Toni Wells, Visual Artist, was born in Halifax, NS. Her work demonstrates a loving awareness of the wonders of nature and she is also recognized as a specialist in commemorative portraits.
West, David
My interest in Photography started in High School, being a camera club member and photographer for the Kennedy yearbook. Now that I am retired, I can spend more time enjoying Photographic projects that interest me.
West, Isabelle
I developed my imagination dreaming of dragons and fairies. My love is fantasy and developing a woodsy feel to all of my art.
White, Dennis
I look at art as a gift. I began my art career at the age of 28. I always enjoyed art but had no idea that I could do it. I have been fortunate enough to make a living at it.
Woodsit, Marena
Marena always wanted to write and picked from her filing cabinet of stories an educational book she called Canada's Kiddie Geography and History in ABC's to help children learn more about their country.
