Our Artist Community

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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.

Artist Spotlight: Cheryl Rock

Portrait of Cheryl Rock Cheryl Rock completed her BFA at University of Windsor. Passionate about the power of diverse stories, she has a focus on reconnecting to oral tradition through her imagery. Her current work is with hand-cut, archival paper and mixed media. Central to her artistic practic...

Artist Spotlight: Anson Ng

Anson Ng is a Toronto based artist who immigrated to Canada from Thailand in 1993. As he was growing up he spent a lot of time in Chinatown because his family operated a restaurant there for nearly two decades....

Artist Spotlight: Haris Sardar

Haris is a Canadian-Pakistani visual artist and an actuary. He currently lives and practices his disciplines in Toronto. Having started his visual art practice at a very young age, he was trained in watercolour and sculpture in high school in Lahore Pakistan....

Artist Spotlight: Denise LaFrance

Denise LaFrance is a 56-year-old self-taught painter living in Toronto Canada's Little Italy neighbourhood...

Artist Spotlight: Devon Pryce

Devon’s work incorporates painting, digital concepts, andcinematic themes. His work explores issues of anxiety, the mundaneand displacement...

Artist Spotlight: Apanaki Temitayo M

Apanaki Temitayo M is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist. She is the 1st Artist-In- Wellness for CAMH. Was the 2017/2018 Workman Arts Artist-In-Residence. As part of Workman Arts Art-Cart Program at CAMH, she teaches participants with mental health and drug addiction. Ti Amor: I Am Not...