Our Artist Community

Art Advice, Local Art Community & Inspiration

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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 | 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...

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...

Our Artist Community | Karen Grosman

Karen Grosman is based in Toronto, Ontario. Her practice concentrates on painting, ceramic sculptures, large scale ceramic art installations. Her paintings have been exhibited in New York and Toronto. Ceramic sculptures are represented by Coastal Eddy Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. Her art...

Artist Spotlight | Denys Golemenkov

Denys Golemenkov is a Ukrainian-born, Toronto-based visual artist. Denys specializes in bright, abstract paintings, as well as vibrant digital works. He is inspired by the geometrics of every-day things, by Toronto's modern and historical architecture, and by the lights and colours in nature. ...