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Art Advice, Local Art Community & Inspiration

Gwartzman's is happy to provide insight to any questions you might have regarding art materials-- what's the difference between brush tip shapes? What does all the labelling on the back of a paint tube or jar mean? Find these answers and more below!

The art community can be a fantastic place to gain inspiration! Check out local artists that you may be familiar with, and some new art and new faces. Look inside studios big and small, and learn about some of our own favourite big names in the art world.
Our Artist Community | Yasir Hameed

Our Artist Community | Yasir Hameed

Yasir Hameed is a self-taught artist with a background in Architecture and Urban Planning. He has been painting off and on since 2010, picking up a more regular painting schedule from 2020.Yasir’s inspirations come from life, places, buildings, and landscapes around him, and his recent work prima...
Our Artist Community | Karen Taylor

Our Artist Community | Karen Taylor

I am an abstract acrylic painter exhibiting since 2007. My most recent work celebrates the art of typography and the abstract patterns our words create. Recent exhibition venues have included: Dignam Gallery, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Westland Gallery, Turnpike Gallery, the Other Art F...
Our Artist Community | Jenelle Greene

Our Artist Community | Jenelle Greene

My name is Jenelle Greene. I am from Toronto Canada. My acrylic paintings are influenced by my Ukrainian heritage and the love and power of women and culture. Canadian born Jenelle Greene has had a life-long interest in art. Although opting for a career in Makeup artistry, this self-taught artist...
Our Artist Community | Bev Thibault

Our Artist Community | Bev Thibault

Invisible. That’s how I felt upon resigning from my dream job at age 40 so my husband could further his career. These feelings of invisibility, irrelevancy, intensified when attending hubby’s work functions, consuming media or viewing art - older women were seen as grannies but nothing else!   Wh...
Our Artist Community | Kristine Hurd

Our Artist Community | Kristine Hurd

My name is Kristine and I am a self-taught artist currently living on a farm in Saskatchewan. I've always been very creative and dabbled with various media over the years, but it wasn't until I tried alcohol inks that I really found my passion.        I haven't had any formal art tra...