Arts Carleton Place Artist Database
We are offering monthly sign-up sessions for our Online Artist Database. The sign-up sessions will be held at Page & Turners Bookstore (135 Bridge Street, Carleton Place, ON) on the third Thursday of every month. These drop-in sign-up sessions will be held from 6 until 8 pm. This will be your opportunity to sign-up or just to drop by and ask questions.
To sign-up you will need to have the following information ready:
1. $10 (which covers our fees for one year)
2. one photo of yourself
3. samples of your work (photos, digital images, documents, etc)
4. one short biography that describes you and your work (250 words or less)
At the sign-up session you will be expected to sign our contract, which gives us permission to post your information on our website.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
To sign-up you will need to have the following information ready:
1. $10 (which covers our fees for one year)
2. one photo of yourself
3. samples of your work (photos, digital images, documents, etc)
4. one short biography that describes you and your work (250 words or less)
At the sign-up session you will be expected to sign our contract, which gives us permission to post your information on our website.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The Database - All Artists
Wife, mother and happily a new great grandmother. I am a self taught artist. Residing in the Ottawa Valley. My interest in painting started at the age of 50, I decided to mid life my way into painting. Painting in both oils and acrylics, finding a passion that is proving to be unmatched to any other type of craft I have done before. As my paintings develop into a work of art, it seems to come alive, through a sparkle of an eye, colour of a sunset or the rolling of a wave, the art pops to life. Landscapes, I am leaning towards although I have done some portraits and many different animals and have been very successful. (continue reading...)
My photographic background spans 20+ years, including the past 4 years as a professional photographer. I studied photojournalism in London England and spent a year hiding behind lamp-posts in the rain, dodging pigeons and trying to snag that perfect picture of London bedlam. Then I discovered studio portraits. Turns out it doesn' t rain in a portrait studio. Even better, I don' t have to hide behind a lamp-post (which is good, as I don't really fit). (continue reading...)
Craig Angus, glass and tile artist, is driven by the power of imagination, the possibilities of mixing mediums, the use of line, texture and colour and, most importantly, the capacity of art to tell stories, teach and induce feelings.Craig has invested in his learning process for over 30 years and his work can be found around the globe. Over the past two months alone his work has been shipped to Turkey, Spain, Italy, Washington D.C., New York City, Toronto, Ottawa and, yes, Carleton Place and Almonte. (continue reading...)
Born in Pointe Claire, Quebec in 1955, Adrian studied fine art at Central Technical School in Toronto, where she graduated with highest honors. After working several years as Assistant Art Director at Harbourfront Corporation, she moved to Eastern Ontario in 1980 to begin painting professionally.Here Adrian began exhibiting her work in juried shows, and maintained contracts as a freelance illustrator and portraitist. This included a portrait of Prime Minister Trudeau and his family, commissioned by the Young Liberal Party in 1984. (continue reading...)
When I was a child, my father used to read me entire novels at bedtime. I used to envision what the characters and scenes described in the book would look like. I had a vivid imagination and I would make up imaginary friends, stories about stuffed animals, and would create scenes with my friends. Once I entered highschool, I channeled my creativity into visual arts. I found interesting ways of shocking and challenging others through my artwork. After highschool, I went to work in a field that I didn't find very challenging or artistic, but it paid the bills. (continue reading...)
Colours clashing and blending to evolve images that create discussions and beg the viewers to interpret each piece in their own way is the hallmark of Linda Lee Blakney's works. Having always wanting to be an interior designer who plays with colours and textures seems to have driven her creativity in art.Originally she was a devout water colourist. However, an experimental class in acrylics convinced her that mixed media was for her. (continue reading...)
I've been involved with the arts in one way or another all my life, coming out of university with a Fine Arts degree in the 80's and presently partnering with my husband at Lux Photographic Services wherein I provide design, photo restoration and other creative endeavours from concept to finished product. It is wonderfully liberating and satisfying to be in a business where I am essentially given the raw materials to work with and then have full control from start to finish - actually creating the ideas and images and then having full reign on the printing side whether it be on fine watercolour, canvas or other archival papers. (continue reading...)
Trained as a Commercial Photographer in the early seventies, Michael has worked as a professional photographer and a photography teacher since. He and his wife Janice own Lux Photographic Services, moving to Carleton Place in 2004, providing commercial and creative photography services to small businesses, artists, photographers, and the general public who need custom photographic reproduction. He also provides services for several local and national museums. Having grown from traditional work to the wild world of digital photography, his true passion is still shooting film, and printing on black and white silver gelatin paper. (continue reading...)
I have been involved with photography since the age of twelve. I began to photograph seriously while still in High School, and decided to peruse a career in photography over my original choice, which was to teach history.My main interest is documentary photography. I enjoy recording and interpreting those events in everyday life that might otherwise evade scrutiny. I am presently working on a number of self-directed projects, including a more than 10-year study of Canadian Patriotism, and a study of Canadian attitudes towards religion. (continue reading...)
PETER BROWN'S (website) CAREER HIGHLIGHTSOpening for B.B. King at an Ottawa concert.
Backing former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor on a Canadian tour.
Working with the legendary Canadian blues singer, Dutch Mason.
Backing Chicago blues saxophone legend, A.C. Reed.
Backing Texas blues guitar great, Sherman Robertson. (continue reading...)
Barry is a founding member and musical director of the Mississippi Blues Society. His expertise on guitar, bass guitar and vocals is well known in the area.He is deeply committed to the furtherance of the Blues and has been involved in the Blues in the Schools programme as a performer and teacher. He has two CDs to his credit, a 1999 live recording with the Blues Brokers entitled "Bag Full of Blues" and "Most Roads" recorded in 2003 with his band the Bluesaholics. (continue reading...)
Musical Director: Graham Ingram, B.A., A.R.C.T.Associate Director: Margaret Anttila
The Carleton Place and District Community Band (website / email) is a volunteer organization of musicians encompassing secondary school students through to Seniors. This group is a direct descendant of the Carleton Place Brass Band which came into existence in the late 1860's, developing into the Carleton Place Citizens' Band in the late 19th century and continuing through to the 1950's. (continue reading...)
Intrigued with art and writing from an early age, it wasn't until about fifteen years ago that these interests developed into necessity.Circumstance fashioned a much more disciplined life than the one I'd led until then. It wasn't long before writing and drawing became regular, and more frequently as time went on. Having become a regular house painter after years of working an assortment of jobs, the constant interaction with paint helped effect a focus of my artistic expression through that very medium. (continue reading...)
I was born in Ottawa and raised outside of Carleton Place. I currently reside in town with my husband and daughter. I went to Algonquin for photography, but never went professional. It turned in a hobby for years. My passion was renewed last year when I bought my first digital camera. I love nature and wildlife and I want to show others what I see through the lens.My daughter and I go out for walks whenever we can and if you see me wandering the streets, I'll probably have my camera dangling around my neck. When photographing people, I like to take candid shots, when people aren't aware they are being captured in a photo. (continue reading...)
I started playing in a Brass Band at 10. My dad took me to the band and signed me on. I didn't have any lessons except for, "try to spit something off your lip". Armed with this in-depth insight, it took me a year to become able to sit in with the band. When I went to do my Army service, I was the solo cornet player in the band and I did one of the few clever things in my life, I signed on for 6 years and bought myself out after 3. This enabled me to choose what I wanted to do in the Army, so I picked a band that was going to Hong Kong for 2 years, and off I went. (continue reading...)
Since the age of 4, Sinea Caroline Connelly has been involved in art. "While I may not physically work on my art 24 hours a day, I am always searching and finding inspiration. A classically trained violinist since 1990, I find solace in music and my audience's reaction. I believe that my work, like my music, reflects love and strength of the individual and I hope to inspire creativity in others." (continue reading...)
I am originally from Yorkshire, England, and my family moved to Carleton Place at the end of the Summer 2006, in between there have been numerous other countries!At 3 years old my mother ushered me into a dance class and I have been in one class or another as a student or teacher ever since. I studied ballet, tap, modern and stage dance techniques and was fortunate enough to participate in workshops and performances with the Royal Ballet, Phoenix Dance Company and the Northern Ballet Company. (continue reading...)
Richard Ellis has had a camera close by his hands since he was a teenager, and a paint brush since his early 20's, so his interest in the visual arts has been around for a while.However, over most of his life until retirement the usual issues of raising a family and making a living in the High tech industry meant that he never devoted the time, energy or money in taking this interest further. (continue reading...)
I am D.C. Gardiner, I come from a family of twelve, I am married with four children - six grandchildren and I am happy to say I have two great granddaughters to. I retired fifteen years ago after approximately thirty-two years as an RNA, a councilor and an assistant supervisor. My youngest daughter is an artist and has displayed and sold her artwork at a very prestigious art show. I have one brother who is also and artist and it was when visiting him a little more than two years ago that I decided to give it a try. (continue reading...)
Gerry Madden and Andy Simpson (GASM) met in 1996. For the last ten years, they have been writing together... a whole lot of songs (over 500!). They first started to write a musical based on ROBINSON CRUSOE, but that was abandoned in favour of what became their debut CD - an opera called THE FORK set in WW2 (released 2004). (continue reading...)
Painting became a serious venture for me after my retirement five years ago. The rural countryside of the Ottawa Valley, my garden, family members and the maritime scenery of Nova Scotia are my usual subjects. I paint with acrylics on canvasses that vary from miniature to as large as will fit in my car. I also work in pastel. (continue reading...)
Jen Gilbert is a local singer-songwriter and visual artist. She grew up in Lanark County and currently calls it home again. Jen is a vocalist and guitar player in underground Ottawa group Elizabeth Riley's Travelling Band, of which she is a founding member. She also sings as a guest with The Blooming Divas. Jen's visual work is abstract and the latest series is based on her ongoing love affair with language and meaning. Jen's email is studio_901@hotmail.com. (continue reading...)
I was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, son of an Acadian father and an Anglophone mother. We moved to Montreal later and I attended school in the suburb of Verdun. I remember always drawing cartoon characters like Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, etc. at an early age. In the early 1950's, I was hospitalized in Ste. Agathe des Monts sanatorium. While there I was formally introduced to oil painting and charcoal sketching under the tutelage of the late Brodie Shearer. (continue reading...)
I am an Ottawa Valley Girl, born in Ottawa and spent the most wonderful summers on the Mississippi Lake. My Mother did beautiful embroidery work and knitting and I guess that is were my creative side came from, also my love of animals, birds and flowers. I have painted all my life and have taken classes with many international teachers. My first love is oils and was the first medium that I used. I now work with oils, watercolours, acrylics, coloured and watercolour pencils. (continue reading...)
I have always been the creative one in my family. As a kid I was always drawing, painting, and doing crafts. Art class was the only thing I looked forward to. I grew up out west and moved to Sudbury in 1993
where I attended high school. I had no idea what to do after that. A friend of mine mentioned the Museum Studies Program at Algonquin College and I thought that was a wonderful idea. I've always had a thing for history and wanted to be a part of preserving it. I graduated from the program in 2000, but was unable to find a job in the field. I decided to put that on hold and get a 'regular/boring' job in the meantime. (continue reading...)
MAGICAL MUD - Works in clay by Victoria JenkinsCreative housewares, fanciful sculptures and garden pottery come from the studio of Victoria Jenkins just south of Carleton Place. Victoria also teaches classes beginning in January, April and September.
Her work may be seen at Keffer Gallery in Almonte, and Bittersweet Gallery in Burnstown. (continue reading...)
I grew up in a large family in Ottawa and moved to Carleton Place four years ago after raising three sons. Up until then, I could paint a straight line. I would help my sister, who is a master painter, with some of her work. I still insisted that I could not paint. She saw that I had the talent for painting on glass and continually urged me to keep painting even after I threatened to quit her class after several lessons. Well, the persistence paid off and I now live and breathe paint. It allows me to be creative and see artistic views with a different eye. (continue reading...)
Patrick Michael Kavanagh was born in London, England in 1956. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1965. The family resided in Saskatoon, Sask. from 1965 to 1970 before moving to Ontario. Patrick currently resides in Lake Park, just west of Carleton Place.Patrick's interest in photography started at a very early age. He was, and remains to this day, greatly inspired by the photographic works of his father, the late Patrick Desmond Kavanagh.
Patrick has been honing his photographic techniques for the better part of twenty years. (continue reading...)
Jenn grew up in Ottawa and has recently moved to Carleton Place with her family. She has always enjoyed the creative side of life, whether through painting, drawing, drama, or writing. Her love of colours has encouraged her to paint as vividly as her imagination. She likes to dabble in oils, but acrylics are her favourite. (continue reading...)
My passion is photography. My inspiration is the light within people and the beauty in nature. Success to me is the ability to frame and capture a image or moment in time that can be enjoyed and shared by others. Whether I'm doing individual, family and pet portraits, weddings, corporate functions, macro nature shots, the beauty in agriculture, or product studio shots - I enjoy finding an appealing perspective on just about anything! In addition to my photography work, I have a marketing communications company, and for over 20 years have worked in agri-food, health and wellness, specializing in social marketing and branding. (continue reading...)
Law lives in West Ward, Carleton Place. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and emigrated to Canada in 1954. He has lived in the States, Bermuda, England and Ireland and has worked as a wire service journalist, radio newsman, TV reporter and member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, mainly in Montreal and Ottawa. (continue reading...)
Peter's photographic images are influenced by his sense of design and shape rooted in his early training in jewellery at the Birmingham College of Art (many, many years ago) and his obsession with colour quality from years in the print trade.His recent images show unique perspectives on landscapes. (continue reading...)
Al has been a photographer for over twenty five years, mostly to record events and places in his world.With the advent of digital photography, he began to take it more seriously as an art form, learning the technology and art principles necessary to create art.
Currently, he is a member of Photo Matters in Carleton Place and has shown work with this group as well as with MacLachlan Artworks at the Perth Studio Theatre. (continue reading...)
Christina has lived and worked in the Carleton Place area for the past twenty two years.She studied art at the University of Toronto, where she studied watercolour and printmaking.
While living in Sudbury, Christina worked as a gallery curator and art critic for Sudbury's "Northern Life" newspaper. The rocks and rugged character of northern Ontario remains an influence in her painting. (continue reading...)
Kevin has studied Fine Art, Graphic Design & Art History in a variety of art institutes to further develop his overall capabilities in: oils & watercolour painting, pastels, illustration, pen & ink, calligraphy as well as the technical skills of drafting and graphic design.Possessing a vivid imagination, Kevin began to paint subject themes suggesting the mystical and idealistic qualities of life from an early age. (continue reading...)
I have been hooked on music since my grandfather shoved a violin at me when I was three. At age 8, formal violin lessons began. I chose to play the alto sax in high school because it was completely different from the violin. My first paying gig was in high school in a band called 'Fred'. I played violin in the International Symphony Orchestra (Sarnia, ON) and The University of Guelph Symphony. (continue reading...)
A long-time resident of Quebec's beautiful Eastern Townships, Gayle has been painting for over 30 years. She remembers that her love of art started very young."The old gentleman in the next door cottage on Lake Erie gave me a pie plate of watercolour blocks in 1944. I've drawn and painted my family, friends and landscapes in graphite, ink, oil, watercolour and acrylic ever since." (continue reading...)
I grew up in Ottawa and the surrounding area. In 2001, my husband and I became snowbirds and during our travels we stopped in the small town of Quartzsite, AZ. While there I was introduced to the world of gems, minerals, semi-precious stones, silver smithing, lapidary, and many other art forms. Wire wrapping and wire knitting (spool knitting with wire) were amongst the courses I took while there. I enjoyed them so much that I soon became an instructor for the Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem and Mineral Club. I now teach wire wrapping and wire knitting on a weekly basis in Ottawa. (continue reading...)
Raised on a dairy farm on the outskirts of Carleton Place.As a child sang with her sisters - Lynda, Cathy, and Heather, known as the "McRae Sisters".
As a child, Anne's family performed live on the "Juliette Show."
During the 60's involved in the folk music scene, competed and placed third in the Provincial Folk Festival.
Wrote and performed theme song for Greater Metropolitan Toronto - United Way at Harbor Castle.
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The MBS was founded in 2001 to increase the awareness and enjoyment of blues music in Lanark County and surrounding area. The Society became incorporated in 2006 as a not-for-profit organization. Check out local blues musicians and guests at the blues jam starting at 8 pm on the first Tuesday of each month at the Thirsty Moose. The Society is involved in youth programmes through Blues in the Schools. Support live music! (continue reading...)
Founded in 1973, "The Mudds" is an active amateur theatre group in Carleton Place. Our acronym name tells our mission to bring Music, Dance, Drama and Song to the community. We strive to foster an appreciation of performing arts in the community for members and our audiences. We were incorporated as a "Not For Profit Group" in 1988. (continue reading...)
Phyllis was born in Melfort Saskatchewan. She graduated from Saskatoon City Hospital then worked at Women's College in Toronto in 1952.
Art has always been an integral part of her soul, and she has experimented with many different mediums throughout her lifetime. Phyllis spent 30 years as a potter and was a founding member of The Ottawa Guild Of Potters and also produces handmade paper. (continue reading...)
MCpl Robert Mullan (ret'd) was born in Montreal in 1957. He began his military career in 1974 with the Black Watch, and later transferred to the 48th Highlanders of Canada (in Toronto). Upon graduating from George Brown College in Toronto, Robert joined the Regular Force as a Direct Entry in 1982. Over the years, he has been posted to Kingston, Calgary, Mill Cove, Nova Scotia and Ottawa. (continue reading...)
Donna and her family enjoy country living just west of Carleton Place. She has been painting with watercolours for about 18 years. Horses have always been her main subject. She was born with a love for the animals and started drawing horses at an early age. Donna also paints lake scenes inspired from spending summers at a family cottage in the Kawarthas. (continue reading...)
New artist coming soon!
Two years ago I did a painting of my Italian Greyhound, Rupert...let me tell you, this was my "AHA!" moment. I started Doodle Dog Pet Paintings and haven't looked back! Taking inspiration from clients' favorite photographs of their pets, I create fresh, fun and funky hand painted portraits. Doodle Dog perfectly mixes my passion for painting, interior design and of course pets! Please visit www.doodledogpaintings.com to see what I do! I also arrange appointments for clients to come to my in home studio to discuss projects and invite them to bring their pets! (continue reading...)
Peggy's Passions designs one-only jewelery for your every need. We create our pieces using semi-precious stones, pearls, Murano glass, Swarovski crystal, dichroic and handmade glass, wood and shells.Peggy is a Canadian designer located in Lanark County, Ontario. With over forty years experience in jewelery design, she will be pleased to design custom jewelery pieces especially for you, to reflect your personality, taste and budget. (continue reading...)
They say a picture is worth 1000 words. I don't know who they are but I thought all these new words in my vocabulary would help me write this, a biography of myself.Carleton Place is and has always been my home. That may not be important but its part of the show.
For the past 10 years I have been spending my time attached to a grill and I am what in the hospitality & food service industry is referred to as a lifer. My first love will always be cooking and creating art on a plate. (continue reading...)
I paint portraits and landscapes in oils, and write. I have been writing poetry, and have just finished editing letters by Leonard Budgell from Labrador, who was a fur trader for the Hudson´s Bay Company, and writing the forward to the manuscript. Arctic Twilight is to be published by Canadian Shield Books in the near future.Now Retired, I taught elementary school, high school, and adult education in Quebec and Ontario, and trained pre-school teacher as a CUSO volunteer in Vanuatu 1985 to 1988. (continue reading...)
My name is James Ramage and seventy-seven years have passed since I was born in Scotland. I love to paint and I have accumulated many letters of recognition and awards that have made my artistic endeavours worthwhile. I have been in various art groups and I have participated in many art shows. Both private, and corporate collectors as well as fellow artists have purchased many of my works.I am now a proud Canadian citizen, having lived in Toronto (1955-1988) and Edmonton (1988-2007). (continue reading...)
Born in Portland-on-the-Big Rideau, ON, a few years ago, I have been into photography since my teens. When a family member handed me a camera and asked me to take a picture, I was hooked!During my husbands flying career we lived in England and Australia and upon his retirement we returned to Canada. We have operated our company Windflower Photography Ltd., which is located beside Clayton/Taylor Lake outside of Almonte, since 1995 and produce greeting cards, matted and framed prints of just about anything. Our beautiful gardens provide a wealth of material without having to travel far. (continue reading...)
Born March 24th, 1918 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Leaving school at age 14, he began work as an apprentice in Engineering and became a Tool & Die maker. Served in the West Yorkshire Regiment before the war for 4 years and then rejoined the R.E.M.E. Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers until 1967, when asked to train A.C. force boys (12-17 years old) until 1973. (continue reading...)
Parvaneh Rowshan is a teacher of dance, meditation and yoga. She currently draws students from as far away as Perth, Arnprior, Smiths Falls and Stittsville. She is also an elegant solo performer as seen at the recent Sounds of Downtown fundraiser for the arts in September. Parvaneh can be reached by phone or e-mail: (613) 257-4481 or parvanehdancestudio@rogers.com. (continue reading...)
I draw, paint and write.I'm inspired when I'm doing drawings that have a natural grace, when the lines have intensity.
The feeling of cohesiveness in a composition is what I'm after. A pictures that I'd like to be in, have the feeling I'd like to walk into is the kind that I really enjoy. (continue reading...)
Deborah Saulnier is a self-taught painter and has been exhibiting her work since 1987. Deborah's interest in the visual arts dates back to her highschool in Mississauga, Ontario, where she attended a commercial-and-fine-arts program for one year. She later studied figure drawing and basic design at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta."I like to play with the arrangements on my canvas - exploring concepts of balance, weight, form and colour. As I manipulate and (to some extent) objectify my subject matter in this way, I find myself seeking a more universal understanding and expression of beauty." (continue reading...)
Shirley Sheinfield was born in Carleton Place many years ago and has always lived here. She has painted in oils for over thirty years. At one time she organized painting classes in the Carleton Place High School art room on winter Thursday nights and among the teachers were wonderful Mary Dodge and Riva Dology. She has attended classes at Bridgewater Retreat near Tweed, classes in Brockville, and many years at Nepean Visual Center (also model for a portrait class). (continue reading...)
My favourite season is autumn. The colours of this season are in my daily life - clothing, wall colours and borders in my house, as well as the colours used on my canvasses. I've always loved pattern and design in my life. One of my favourite artists is G. Klimt. Fantasy such as mythical creatures and beings are the subjects of my multi-media and acrylic paintings. Dragons, mermaids, centaurs and fairies are a few of these beautiful creatures. Fantasy is influential in my art, along with G. Klimt's patterns and designs. (continue reading...)
I grew up in Toronto, lived in Kitchener, King City and Montreal before moving to Ottawa, and then Carleton Place in 1997. I have been fortunate in my life to travel to many places around the globe: Asia, Europe, North America and Britain. I started writing poetry as a teen in high school, left it behind to enter the workforce, and resumed in the late '70's during a life transition from married to single. It seems the muse takes hold whenever I am in a transitional phase of my life. (continue reading...)
I have been rug hooking for over 12 years, and have also taken courses both in Canada, the States and England. I am very passionate about this work, and although it is slow to show results I get much satisfaction in finishing a piece, whether it is on commission, for a friend, family or myself. Because I do both 'Traditional hooking' and Proddy/Proggy I do both abstracts and more formal designs. But although there are always different designs and materials to use, I find that experimenting with colours are my main delight. (continue reading...)
Rivka (email) is a native of Haifa, Israel. She has studied water colour, acrylics and mix-media.Rivka's personality comes out in her paintings, which reflects her inner feelings and her wishes for harmony in humankind. Her work reflects what water, fire, earth and forests symbolize in her World, a World of abstract. (continue reading...)
Art's what happens when you're not looking. I can recommend Winter courses with the Ottawa Calligraphy Society, Summer courses with Mississippi School of the Arts, Fall shows with the Mississippi Mudds and this years Victoria School Museum exhibit. My wire sculptures look good covered in ice and some of my models have stepper motors inside to make them tick. Wooden props of a Model-T Ford and a twelve foot chandelier have been constructed in my basement but similar requests received the 'evil eye'. (continue reading...)
Rose Wilson was born in Perth, Ontario and has always had an interest in art. This self-taught wildlife and portrait artist finds that capturing the many aspects of nature and the people around her is a most satisfying experience. She has traveled extensively in Canada and parts of the U.S. and is always excited about the beauty that surrounds her... as it is all inspiration for her art. In her travels, when she doesn't have the time to paint, she carries her camera to capture reference material. (continue reading...)
Brenda, born and raised in rural Lanark County, now lives near the beautiful and historic town of Perth ('upon Tay') where recently she opened a home art studio, called "Oak Lane Studio" located at 112 Oak Lane, (2 km. E on Hwy 7, take Wayside Dr. to Oak Lane). You are welcome to visit the studio (by appointment) and find out about the various activities she shares with fellow artists.Brenda has taken several arts courses through 'Algonquin' and 'St. Lawrence' colleges, and also various workshops from local artists in the community. (continue reading...)
