ADI ZUR
Adi Zur’s paintings reflect a belief that, amidst the overwhelming flow of media and information, there is a calm center. She incorporates newspaper headlines as collage elements on the canvas, layering oil paint to create her own narrative and the chosen headline becomes the title of the painting. She was born in Tel Aviv, where she studied philosophy and worked as an art teacher before immigrating to Toronto. She graduated with an Honours degree from OCAD and now work as a full-time artist, exhibiting in galleries and selling to private collectors. Her work has also been featured in several art books.
BRIGITTE BOULAY
Brigitte is a visual artist and published author/poet. Brigitte's life was infused with art for as long as she can remember. Her professional training was taken at the University of Pennsylvania, Algonquin College, Ottawa School of Art and private lessons. Brigitte often attends workshops and classes to continue learning and expanding her skills. She is a member of the Ottawa Art Gallery and the West Carleton Arts Society.
KAREEN HAUGE
Kareen Hague is an experimental fine artist based in Markham, ON, known for her unique blend of realism and impressionism. Working primarily out of her home studio, she creates textured, multi-layered works that combine paper, mediums, and traditional/non-traditional mark-making tools. Drawing inspiration from nature—particularly birch trees, lakes, field flowers, and roadside landscapes—Kareen’s art invites viewers to engage with the beauty of the world through a lens of imagination. As a primarily self-taught artist, her pieces aim to evoke emotion, spark connections, and highlight the intricate beauty that surrounds us.
MARKUS MOOS
Markus Moos is a self-taught artist and a professor in urban planning living in Kitchener, Ontario. He is originally from and grew up in Zug, Switzerland. Markus’ art draws inspiration from nature, a non-binary identity, existential philosophy, the intersection between the real and the surreal, and living with mental illness and neurodiversity. Their style is motivated by an appreciation and integration of unique styles from the pop-art movement, graffiti, eco-art, surrealism, and post-impressionism.
ROBERT ROSS
Robert Ross was born in Thunder Bay and raised in Southern Ontario. He attended Sheridan College, where he first noticed the interesting visuals of colours mixing while in a painting class. In 1998, living in downtown Toronto, he began experimenting with a new technique, producing his first work in this style that same year. Since then, while struggling to live in the city, he has shown in many small urban venues and small galleries. At the same time, he has continued to refine his distinctive approach, honing his ability to control the movement and interaction of colours in his artwork.
ROBIN POTTER
Robin L Potter draws upon influences from the natural world and modernist art and literature to create artwork that reflects the themes of gravity, organic transformation, and modern life. Having been raised in rural Quebec and now blending her artistic life with technological environments, her work, created with acrylic and mixed media, reflects the ongoing tension between the two worlds. Her work has been shown in the Ontario Legislature, McMichael Gallery--Community Gallery, the I AM HERE exhibition (video component) at the AGO, the Markham Theatre, Expresso 21 Café and Gallery, as well as in galleries and commercial spaces in downtown Toronto, Markham, and Mississauga.
ROXANA BAHRAMI
Roxana is a pointillism artist based in Guelph, Canada. She believes in the power of art as a mindfulness activity, providing a meditative space for both the creator and the observer. Roxana’s work delves into the intricate dynamics of natural elements, showcasing the flexibility and resilience of our ecosystems. In her newest series, “Fluidity”, Roxan uses textured pointillism to illustrate the interconnectedness and ever-changing interactions within our environmental elements. This series reveals the adaptive nature of ecosystems, offering profound lessons for us, human.
SHAWN-PAUL THOMPSON
As an abstract painter specializing in acrylic and mixed media, the creative process begins with layered applications, peeled back to uncover an abstract story, feeling, or world. Preferred tools like the palette knife and brush are used to construct, deconstruct, and reveal hidden narratives. I have a deep fascination with discovering new impressions—hints of representative objects blurred in dreamlike, abstract moments. The focus is on capturing light, beauty, and the element of surprise. My themes often draw from personal life experiences, with a constant sense of motion reflected in the work.