Joanne MacNair
Art characterized by strong linear and graphic components, vibrant colour and fluid shapes. Her paintings have a graphic design sensibility. Studied Fine Art, Art History at McMaster University; Humanities & Fine Art CÉGEP John Abbott College, Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec.
After working full time in the corporate financial world for many years, Joanne was inspired to get back into painting after trips to Italy and France.
John Mantha
The Toronto-based artists and illustrator grew up in Saul Ste Marie, Ontario where he graduated with honers from the Ontario Collage of Art. He has designed 45 coins for the Royal Canadian Mint, one of which was chosen for coin of the year. He has done commemorative pieces for the Ford Motor Company and the Toronto Transit Commission, as well as 34 paintings for The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Other clients have included Pinguin Books, Annick Press, Kids Can Press, and Cottage Life Magazine. Working for book publishers, advertising agencies, magazines, corporations, television an movies, his work has been seen through North America. His paintings, done in oils, have been exhibited in galleries across Ontario and in corporate and private collections.
Tamana Riviere
“As a child, I was always drawn to art but it was not an option.” Her parents left Afghanistan for Canada as refugees in 1996 with nothing but the clothes on their back. Art was an expensive hobby that they couldn’t afford. Although she painted for the majority of her life, it was only when she could afford it herself that she restarted painting with the hope of finding that spark she had as a child.
“Painting has become an integral part of my identity. I want every person looking at my paintings to feel how alive it is. I want them to be transported to whatever landscape they are looking at. I want the to be able to connect with my paintings.”
Sarojini Allegakoen
Sarojini Allegakoen has honed her oil painting skills from diverse locations around the world. In each of her paintings she attempts to depict the natural beauty of landscapes created by God on Earth, whether it be beaches, waterfalls or quiet serene rivers.
Raquel Aurini
Connection is the core of Aurini’s art practice: between memory and place, colour and feeling, moments and meaning, herself and the viewer.
“One of the most significant aspects of my life is travel, and in moments of awe I take a photograph to capture a moment in time and space.”
Doug Geldart
“I am an artist through to the core of my being, I see everything in terms of colour, form and composition and I am constantly compelled to paint images that Arte meaningful to me.”
Geldart comes from an undeniably talented family. Raised by a leather worker / ceramist and a painter, he was encouraged to explore artistic mediums from an early age.
Aside from the standard high school art courses, he took life drawing, ceramic courses and attended watercolour and oil workshops in order to understand how other artists approached their image making and to glean a few technical methods that have improved his painting ability.
Amir Santkar
Amir Sanatkar was born in Mashhad , Iran. He holds an academic degree in computer hardware from IRAN UNIVERSITIES. He started painting under the supervision of his teacher and his father at the age of 18. Most of his works are inspired by nature. The nature of Iran, was held in year 2012, where his artworks and his father’s artworks were shown together. His last art exhibition entitled, Four Seasons’ was held in 2018, where again his works and his father were together. He has a remarkable talent for naturalistic the whole composition. His use of detail in fact, seem to transcend realist and transform super-realist.