Our Artist Community

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 | Melissa Neil

Melissa Neil is known for her painted landscapes on mylar and linen. Her work pays tribute to the ephemeral, wild, and sentimental found in forms of nature - both naturally occurring and manufactured by humans - often drawing on such imagery as gravel pits, brush piles, sand dunes, sand pits, bea...

Our Artist Community | Devora Levin

My creative practice is about encountering the chaotic and alienating influences of life, honouring fleeting experience, and engaging with the subtle languages of the world without and within. It is about giving form to a feeling that cannot be articulated, expressing and celebrating not-fully-co...

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

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

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 | Christine Hirtescu

My name is Christine Hirtescu and I am a representational painter, specializing in palette knife painting. I use a variety of different palette knives to carefully sculpt out images, typically urban landscapes.I’m currently exploring a series of paintings featuring car headlines because I feel th...