Terry Ananny
Terry Ananny was born in 1956 in Toronto, Ontario. As a child, she spent summers on Lake Muskoka and travelled to Quebec, where the breathtaking scenery left her with lasting impressions of Canada’s diverse landscape and culture. Her whimsical paintings often depict children at play in cozy villages. Using a bright colour palette, Ananny’s paintings tell stories and spread joy.
Her works are held in many Canadian and international corporate collections. Canadian Prime Ministers, Governor Generals and the Government of Canada have collected her work over the past two decades. Her work has been commissioned for a Canadian coin design and selected each year for a UNICEF Christmas card since 1998. Her work is also seen on Hallmark, Save the Children, Children’s Wish Foundation, Canadian Greetings and Island Art greeting cards.
Ananny lives in Ottawa, Ontario and her work is represented in galleries across Canada and the United States.
Artwork by Terry Ananny
Nicki Ault
Based in Saskatchewan, emerging artist, Nicki Ault works mainly in oils, capturing the elusive light and changing seasons of the prairies that surround her.
Beginning with her own reference imagery, Ault shapes her paintings using airy brushstrokes and soft colour palettes, beautifully capturing the serene atmosphere of the wild grasslands, expansive skies, and northern lakes she explores.
Named a ‘SaskGalleries Artist to Watch in 2020’, Ault paints full-time and is represented by galleries across Western Canada. Her paintings are held in corporate collections in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and private collections internationally.
Artwork by Nicki Ault
Cameron Bird
Cameron Bird studied art at Emily Carr College of Art and Capillano College, where he specialized in commercial art and professional sign painting. He was mentored by KC Smith for over ten years and began painting with oils professionally in the 1990’s.
Bird’s paintings often depict scenes inspired from hiking, camping, and fishing trips in the Rocky Mountains. Working as a pack horse guide also provided him with plenty of reference material for his paintings. He often packs his tools with him to paint en plein air on these trips.
He lives in British Columbia with his wife and son and is represented in galleries across Canada.
Artwork by Cameron Bird
Elaine Brewer-White
As a graduate of The Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1986, Elaine Brewer-White has spent 35+ years creating in clay. She lives in Fort Langley, British Columbia where she works in her home studio.
From public gallery installations to commercial gallery shows, portrait commissions to outdoor murals, large platters to flower vases, she continues her romance with this versatile medium.
Through the years the constant in her work is her pursuit of joy and wonder. Elaine also has 2 beautiful daughters, 2 cats, 1 dog, and one husband – Gordon White – a master clown with Cirque du Soleil!
Her morning mantra – Carpe diem – and, gratitude for all that comes her way.
Artwork by Elaine Brewer-White
Jennifer Caie
Jennifer Caie divides her time between the studio and hiking trails that surround her home in the heart of Northwestern Ontario.
Inspired by the Canadian wilderness and how the elements shape its features, Caie’s work explores themes of movement, light, and connection. Using acrylics, she sets light and dark tones together, creating tantalising tension and lively brushstrokes that whisk us into her paintings.
Born in Winnipeg, work carried Caie and her family across Northern Canada for many years, eventually landing her in Dryden, Ontario in 2016. A self-taught artist and professional painter, she is an Elected Member of Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and Associate Member of Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA). Her work is held in private collections across Canada.
Artwork by Jennifer Caie
Rod Charlesworth
Rod Charlesworth was born in Northern British Columbia and moved to the Okanagan as a child. He has been greatly inspired by the Impressionists and Thom Thomson of the Group of Seven. His paintings often depict thick forests, mountains, and lakes, as well as urban villages with children at play. Applying bold colour and brushstrokes to his paintings, Charlesworth explores colour and light within Canada’s varied landscapes.
His paintings are collected internationally and represented across Canada.
Artwork by Rod Charlesworth
Steve R. Coffey
Steve Coffey was born in Portage la Prairie and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. After completing an MFA at the University of Regina in 1990, he practiced as a metal sculptor, eventually finding his way to oil painting. He now lives in Vulcan, Alberta with his wife and two daughters, dividing his time between painting and performing with his band, The Lokels.
Noting influences such as The Group of Seven, Emily Carr, and Alex Colville, Coffey’s paintings feature impressionistic prairie landscapes. Shimmering light and nostalgia permeate his swirling skies and clotheslines as he paints largely from memory.
He has exhibited extensively and his work can be found in private and public collections throughout North America and Europe.
Artwork by Steve R. Coffey
Kelly Corbett
Based in Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Kelly Corbett paints the stunning landscapes that surround her. As an avid outdoorswoman, she draws inspiration from hiking, kayaking, and camping trips. Using her own photography as reference material, she creates realistic, acrylic paintings that capture the majestic beauty of the Canadian West Coast.
Corbett has earned diplomas in both Fine Art (UFV) and the Photography Academy.
Artwork by Kelly Corbett
Marcel Côté
Marcel Côté, a self-taught artist, began to paint in his early twenties. It was early on in his career that he developped an affinity for bright and vibrant colours. After exploring various themes he found that flowers allowed him the greatest personnal and aesthetic expression. His style is very expressive, using repeated glazes, similar to a watercolorist. Sometimes letting the canvas show through, he layers colours to lend relief and luminosity to his work. Using the palette knife one minute, the brush the next, Côté’s “dragonfly” flowers as well as his bouquets seduce by their joyous vibrancy.
Born in Limoilou in 1961, Marcel Côté now resides in a small village just outside of Quebec city.
Artwork by Marcel Côté
Doug Crook
Originally from Winnipeg, Doug Crook earned a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Manitoba in 1968. Now retired from banking, he paints professionally between his studios in Calgary, Alberta and Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Capturing Canada’s abundantly varied landscapes, Crook uses brightly saturated acrylics and vivid brushstrokes to bring his scenes to life. His extensive subject matter includes wharfs at sunset, cottages nestled among the trees, and historic grain elevators set against theatrical skies.
Artwork by Doug Crook
Monique Fillion
Born in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Monique Fillion is a multi-disciplinary artist who works with paint, digital photography and video. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba and has shown her work in Manhattan, New York and in several galleries in Western Canada and three of her paintings are in public collections.
Fillion’s paintings are metaphorical, abstract, and rather meditative. They refer to the vibrant and changing aspect of the relationships between entities. Thin layers of paint are applied with sweeping intent, each brush stroke informing the next, allowing the image to take shape organically.
Her digital images explore how we relate to the objects and places that we inhabit. The photographs are imbued with motion and light. The reverberation of the light traces has a sound-like quality that animates the landscapes and gives voice to the trees.
Artwork by Monique Fillion
Connie Geerts
Connie Geerts was born in 1965, in rural Ontario, where she developed a deep appreciation for nature. Her brightly hued and sometimes cellular landscapes and animals are inspired by the Fauvists, Vincent Van Gogh and contemporary painter Wolf Kahn. Delicate brush work layered thinly in acrylics add up to luscious colour, creating paintings of unique charm.
Geerts’ lives and practices her art in Calgary, Alberta. Her work can be found in galleries across Canada.
Artwork by Connie Geerts
Melissa Jean
Melissa Jean is a contemporary artist known for her emotive, vibrant paintings inspired by the raw beauty of the Canadian wilderness. Based in Keewatin, Ontario, Melissa draws inspiration from the stunning landscapes of Lake of the Woods and Northwestern Ontario, where she has a deep and personal connection to the natural world. This connection is evident in her sought-after works, which explore themes of transformation, connection, and the interplay between light and shadow.
Jean’s distinctive style combines bold color palettes, dynamic textures, and intricate layering techniques to create pieces that are both visually captivating and emotionally resonant. Her work invites viewers on a journey of reflection and discovery, evoking a sense of movement and introspection.
A highly regarded artist, Jean has exhibited in solo shows across Canada and her work is represented in galleries nationwide. She is also collected by private and corporate collectors around the world.
Artwork by Melissa Jean
Kimberly Kiel
Kimberly Kiel was born in Saskatchewan in 1972. After working in financial planning for over ten years, she sold her practice in 2003 in favour of something new. With a creative background in music and dance, she tried an art class and has been painting ever since. Kiel now resides on an acreage with her husband and two sons.
Working mainly with a palette knife and abundant piles of paint, Kiel shapes her impasto paintings into a world of dense forests, lush bouquets, and grand cocktail parties. Punchy colours and sensuous oil paints are whipped onto the canvas with fantastic energy, creating images that leap from the surface, inviting us in.
Her work is represented by galleries in Canada and Switzerland and found in corporate and private collections across Canada and internationally.
Artwork by Kimberly Kiel
Tracey Kucheravy
Born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Tracey Kucheravy currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba working as an engineering technologist and self-taught artist. After apprenticing with renowned Canadian landscape artist Gordon Harrison, she continues to hone her skills through travelling and artist residencies. Since her debut with Woodlands Gallery via our Supplementary Artists Program (SAP) in 2016, Kucheravy has cultivated a strong following while demonstrating incredible ingenuity as her work continues to evolve.
Kucheravy describes her work as ‘realistic impressionism’, building up layers of slippery glazes under solid, cellular plains. Warm and cool colours are set together, illuminating the billowing clouds, stoic islands, and silky lakes of eastern Manitoba.
Her paintings are held in private collections across Canada, UK, and United States.
Artwork by Tracey Kucheravy
Sharon Mark
Sharon Mark grew up in Hemmingford, Quebec, where she still makes her home. She was interested in art from a very early age, influenced by her grandmother who painted landscapes in oils.
A self-taught artist, Mark was always attracted to landscapes as her subject matter. Using a naive, folk style, her tranquil country scenes are often filled with people and animals. She is highly influenced by the surrounding countryside, its farmlands, apple orchards, old stone houses, historic barns, and streams. Her close proximity to the Eastern Townships, the Charlevoix area and Maritimes also inspire her work.
Mark’s paintings are cheery and nostalgic, depicting an innocent world free of troubles and worries. Her work evokes a romantic view of family life, where chores and responsibilities are shared with free time to play and pursue one’s hobbies.
Mark started showing her work locally in the 1980’s and exhibiting in galleries in 1992. Her work is represented by galleries across Canada.
Artwork by Sharon Mark
Jamie McCallum
Jamie McCallum grew up on a cattle ranch just south of Brandon, Manitoba, where she developed a deep appreciation for the prairies. After studying graphic design in North Dakota, McCallum moved to British Columbia where she practiced her art alongside friend and mentor, Angela Morgan.
McCallum’s whimsical paintings push visual proportions, challenging the boundaries of colour, form, and texture with sensuous oil paints. Her work is reflective of her roots to the prairies and ’the farm girl [she has] always been.’
She lives and works just outside Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba.
Artwork by Jamie McCallum
Monica Morrill
Raised on Southern Vancouver Island, Monica Morrill grew up exploring the beaches, forests, and mountains of the West Coast. After leaving the island for her university education she spent the following years living in various regions across Canada, all of which have greatly influenced her paintings.
A self-taught artist, Morrill paints colourful, graphic landscapes using a layered technique depicting calm bodies of water and fantastic skies. She aims to capture the tranquility and supernatural aspects of the natural world around us. She currently resides on Vancouver Island with her family.
Artwork by Monica Morrill
Sophie Paquet
Sophie Paquet was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1963. She studied arts at Sainte-Foy College and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Laval University in 1985.
Working primarily in acrylics and oil pastels, she paints dynamic florals full of vitality and joy. With a background in design she approaches her work intuitively, applying layers of bold colour and texture through gestured brushstrokes. These elements come together in an alliance of haphazard harmony
Paquet is represented in galleries across Canada. Her paintings are held in collections across Canada and the United States.
Artwork by Sophie Paquet
Michelle Pereira
Michelle Pereira is an emerging artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba with a degree in Industrial Design from the Florence Design Academy in Italy. Growing up in the Caribbean, before moving to Winnipeg at age 14, instilled a love and appreciation for nature that directly influences her vibrant palette.
While living in Vancouver Pereira studied 3D Design at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. It was this time spent on the West Cost that inspired her to capture the beauty of land and water with a paintbrush. In Summer 2021, she exhibited a collection of Clear Lake themed paintings in the retail portion of Wasagaming Community Arts.
Working in acrylics on panel and canvas, Pereira creates cheery still life and landscape paintings that are soaked in sunlight and splashed with citrus. Her miniature and medium-sized works invite us to sip a refreshing mojito and beckon us to dip our toes in sparkling waters!
Save The Date: Michelle Pereira’s first exhibition SAP: Sun-Kissed opens Saturday May 28th! Artist Reception 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
Artwork by Michelle Pereira
Paul Reimer
Paul Reimer was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1974 and moved to Crawford Bay, British Columbia as a child. He began a blacksmithing apprenticeship at the Kootenay Forge under John Smith. At 20, he became the head blacksmith at Fort Steele Heritage Town, just outside of Cranbrook. In 2001, he began his own blacksmithing business with six employees.
Today, Paul lives with his wife and two children in Cranbrook. Family and community involvement are the most important elements of Paul’s life. Through his early public art projects he was able to facilitate substantial positive changes in the way that people in Cranbrook relate to their community and to each other. He has since, been able to bring that same spirit of community building with public art projects to many other cities.
Artwork by Paul Reimer
Hugh G. Rice
Hugh Rice was born in 1946 in Ireland. Educated at St. Joseph’s College of Education in Belfast, Ireland, he taught in Belfast as well as Zambia, Central Africa in 1974. He later earned a BA and MA (Education) with the Open University, UK. He has lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba since 2004 and spends several months a year in his native Ballycastle, Ireland.
Whether he is painting in Canada or Ireland, Rice’s paintings are strongly influenced by his environment. Building up layers of paint, he rarely uses brushes, favouring rags and various tools around the studio instead. He creates large, abstracted Canadian prairies in the Summer, and the misty glens of Ireland in the Winter.
Rice’s work can be found in collections around the world.
Artwork by Hugh G. Rice
Raquel Roth
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Raquel Roth paints cheerful tapestry florals on canvas. Growing up in Trinidad, her love of colour stems from a vibrant childhood of island life and annual Carnival celebrations. She finds inspiration in the emotion art evokes and utilizes colour, with its many shades, tints, and tones, to celebrate the intricate palettes found in nature.
Roth has displayed her artwork across Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Alberta. In addition to painting, she is a dental clinical instructor at Dalhousie University.
Artwork by Raquel Roth
Guy Roy
Guy Roy discovered painting by chance in 1982, studying the medium for four years at the Atelier Raymond Lachance in Thetford Mines and later at Moulin Des Arts in St-Etienne de Lauzon under the watchful eye of Marcel Rousseau. He lives in Quebec, painting the landscapes of the Amiante and Charlevoix regions.
Inspired by the grandeur of nature, Roy paints en plein air using an impasto technique to depict Charlevoix’s lush foliage and towering hills. Motivated by a desire to combine representational and abstract art, he uses an impasto painting technique and vivid colours to bring depth and movement into his scenes.
His work is represented in galleries across Canada.
Artwork by Guy Roy
Robert Roy
Robert Roy was born in 1957 in Ste-Perpetue, Quebec. He discovered painting as a young adult from his father and studied art at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivieres.
Beginning with charcoal and ink drawings, Roy captures the foundation of his images before adding oil paints. His loose, expressionistic painting style beautifully captures the Quebec landscape and his love of Winter sports.
His work is represented in galleries across Canada.
Artwork by Robert Roy
Michel Saint Hilaire
Michel Saint Hilaire is a Franco-Manitoban, multimedia artist, who began his career working mostly with pencil. From there he’s continued to explore new ways of conveying powerful human experiences through a variety of mediums, producing sculptures, acrylic and oil paintings, and murals. He often challenges himself to expand on the concept of a canvas, using found items and unexpected materials.
Michel’s experimental approach to mediums, along with an improvisational style and contemporary aesthetic create bold statements that have their roots in nature, with unexpected contrasts to architectural, man-made and pop imagery. The influence of music and the mathematical precision of tempo on his art can be seen in the vivid motion and strong geometric shapes found in many of his pieces.
Michel has had solo and group exhibitions in diverse cities in several commercial galleries in Western and Central Canada, including recent exhibitions in The Muse Gallery in Kenora, Ontario and Centre Culturel Franco-Manitoban Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
His paintings are part of various collections; private and corporate, including the Province of Manitoba, Investors Group and Manitoba Hydro. Michel is also a prolific mural artist. His work can be seen on many streets and iconic Winnipeg buildings.
Michel brings his passion for artistic discovery together with almost two decades of teaching experience for the WAG, inspiring others to build on their own aesthetic and expand their vision of the world.
Artwork by Michel Saint Hilaire
Carl Schlademan
Carl Schlademan developed an early love for nature stimulated by his innate curiosity and sense of adventure. He has developed a strong following, gaining considerable acclaim for his beautifully rendered landscapes and still life paintings.
Working mainly in acrylics, Schlademan’s wide array of subject matter includes landscapes, still life arrangements, award-winning equine paintings, as well as portraits and wildlife. His innovative approach to these subjects has made him an excellent choice for commission work, earning him a place in both private and corporate collections throughout the world.
Artwork by Carl Schlademan
Alex Suprowich
Born in Gardenton, Manitoba, Alex Suprowich holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts as well as a Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba. Now retired from teaching art in high school, he continues to teach painting part time at the Forum Art Institute.
Suprowich’s watercolour and mixed media paintings are mainly inspired by prairies. His interpretations are expressed through colour, line, and shape in a unique impressionistic and sometimes abstract style.
He has won various awards from the Manitoba Society of Artists and the Red River Art Exhibition, among others. His work is held in private collections across Canada and internationally.
Artwork by Alex Suprowich
Roman Świderek (1936-2020)
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Roman Świderek was born in Lodz, Poland, where he learned to draw and paint at the side of Professor Konstanty Mackiewicz. He worked as a designer and artist preparing large displays and images of political figures of the day.
In November 1961, Świderek arrived in Winnipeg with his young family. He was immediately introduced to set designer Peter Kaczmarek who put him to work on various set designs for Rainbow Stage, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Manitoba Theatre Centre, and the University of Manitoba. In 1965, he opened his first business in design and fashion, and over the years, operated four successful businesses dealing with everything from consulting design to fashion design. In 1989, he put the businesses aside to focus solely on his art.
He travelled extensively from the east to the west coast, painting and displaying his images of Canada. In 1976, on his first summer trip to the Columbia Icefields, he began sketching and painting watercolour scenes of the Rocky Mountains. In 1982, the management of the Columbia Icefield Chalet invited him to display his work for the summer season. This invitation began a 13-year odyssey of painting and travelling west to the Athabasca Glacier. This spring migration ended when the iconic red chalet was taken down in the fall of 1995.
In addition to the end of an era at the Icefields, the 1997 Red River Flood of the Century kept him at home. In his studio on the bank of the Red River, Roman worked on a series of flood paintings that raised over $100,000 for Manitoba flood victims. This collection of thirteen watercolour paintings was purchased by Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company and donated to the City of Winnipeg.
Świderek is perhaps best known for his large collection of Winnipeg city scenes. His images of Winnipeg are motivated by his strong belief in the celebration of home, and the value of capturing the past for future generations. He believed in making his art accessible and many of his paintings of Winnipeg scenes and landmarks are available as limited edition reproductions and art cards. The backs of all art cards carry a vignette about the city, in both official languages, and are popular with Manitobans and tourists who are looking to take home a piece of Winnipeg.
Świderek worked with drawings, oils and watercolours. His work is found in collections across Canada and abroad.
Artwork by Roman Świderek (1936-2020)
Vance Theoret
Vance Theoret is a stone carver of Mohawk/Metis descent. He has been working in stone, primarily soapstone and alabaster, for more than thirty years.
Although he carves a large selection of different wild animals and birds, the bear has always, and continues to be, his favourite subject. “Bears are like big kids that never really grow up. So I can get away with portraying a lot of human qualities in them. I like to explore the more playful, curious aspects of bears.”
Vance connects with each stone, allowing its ancient memory to speak to him. “I let the stone tell me what it wants to be.” Using a ‘direct carve’ method, he lets his first impressions and the shapes suggested by each stone to guide his carving, allowing a design to emerge. This rough image is then refined into a clean, solid sculpture, with precise, yet minimal, detail.
Vance’s work has been widely collected and is in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
At the “Calgary Stampede Art Show” in 2014, Theoret’s work was honoured with the “Best in 3-D Art Award”.
Exhibiting in a number of Canadian art galleries, Vance Theoret makes his home in the 100 Mile area of British Columbia.
Artwork by Vance Theoret
Mandy van Leeuwen
Mandy van Leeuwen is an award-winning contemporary realist painter. Since 1998, she has helped communities across Canada celebrate their culture, milestones, and local heroes by producing unforgettable landmarks. She creates works on canvas in her studio near Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Approaching her paintings with ‘magical realism’, she finds inspiration in the positive transformation of forgotten spaces and objects. Whether depicting old trailers, still life arrangements, or surreal landscapes, her paintings inspire us with a renewed sense of beauty.
Artwork by Mandy van Leeuwen
Jerzy Werbel
Jerzy Werbel attended the University of Art and Education in Poland, where he first began painting. In 1990 he immigrated to Southwestern Ontario, Canada where he established his new atelier. Over the next 20 years he travelled across Canada, admiring the lush visual landscapes which have been a prominent inspiration for his work.
Werbel’s paintings of twisted trees growing on the shores of Western Ontario are reminiscent of the Group of Seven. Inspired by Canada’s defiant and ever-changing landscape, his graphic painting style and distinctive black lines create striking silhouettes set against calm waters.
His work has been exhibited across Canada and internationally.
Artwork by Jerzy Werbel
Peter Wyse
Peter Wyse was born in 1970 in Kamloops, British Columbia. He works from his home studio in the historic village of Clayburn, just east of Vancouver. He shares this charming space with his wife, son, and labradoodle ‘Scout’.
He was introduced to art at an early age through his grandfather, R.E.Walker, who schooled his grandson in the practice of painting and the discipline required by an artist. He later studied art history and fine arts at the University of British Columbia.
His eclectic art interests range from Matisse and Rothko to the murals of Mesoamerica. Influenced by their colour, line, and minimalism, Wyse works exclusively with acrylics, meticulously sanding each layer he puts down. His pleasant subject matter includes outdoorsy children at play, Winter activities, and Canadian animals.
His work is featured in private collections throughout the world.
Artwork by Peter Wyse
Weiming Zhao
Weiming Zhao grew up in the 1960’s in a remote part of China during the Cultural Revolution, finding solace in drawing and painting. Zhao taught himself English from a book on pronunciation and eventually settled with his family in Brandon, Manitoba.
After a hiatus from painting of almost three decades, Zhao’s passion for art was rekindled in the summer of 2003 in Lake of Woods, Ontario. It was there that he took up his paintbrushes once again and has not stopped since, resulting in thousands of paintings and sketches created en plein air.
Read “Art a ‘way of life’ for Brandon man whose portfolio spans more than 6,600 paintings and counting” CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2021
Artwork by Weiming Zhao
