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 | Patty Wilkinson

I am an oil painter and pencil artist, practicing my art for decades! I started as a high school art teacher in the 90s and, after a hiatus taking care of children and aging parents, got back to the world of art through courses at The Toronto School of art and the three year art adult art program...

Our Artist Community | Robyn Asquini

Working across traditional media, Robyn creates figurative works and still life paintings with feminist themes. She seeks to combine the techniques and refinement of European masters with contemporary feminist perspectives and subjects. The aim of her work is to create emotionally direct images, ...

Our Artist Community | Sheila Mitchell

I am an artist living in Georgetown, working in Pastels, Oils and Watercolours with inks. I paint with other artists every Thursday in a park somewhere in Halton Hills. I love painting outdoors as it gives you a real feel of the nature colours. My Covid painting was to include fountain pen ink...

Our Artist Community | Palak Rajgor

I am Palak Rajgor living in Toronto. I have submitted a few fine art portraits I made from the live model, self portraits, and a small watercolor landscape too. I have learned portrait drawing and painting from prof. Vilas Tonape, who is well known as Prof. T. I have a strong affi...

Our Artist Community | Latifa Soliman

My name is Latifa Soliman. I am a traditional art student and artist; I have been working on my skills for five years and I specialize in watercolor paintings, gold leaf gilding, and sacred geometry. My teacher is Debborah Klatt who is a graduate of The Trad...

Our Artist Community | Laura Thipphawong

Laura Thipphawong is a Toronto-based artist, writer, and historian, and has exhibited art and presented her research throughout several galleries and international academic forums. A self-taught oil painter since the age of twelve, Laura made her way from small-town northern Ontario to Toro...