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Adriana Rinaldi

November 3, 2017 by twac_admin

Adriana Rinaldi

About Adriana Adriana Rinaldi was born in Hamilton Ontario.  She moved back to Italy at a young age.   Even at a young age, her Italian experience had a profound artistic affect on her.   She kept busy in her countryside home by drawing whatever she could.  She returned to Canada and continued her artwork […]

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Sjon de Groot

August 4, 2017 by twac_admin

Sjon de Groot

About Sjon Sjon de Groot principally works in oils, using a combination of traditional European and North American techniques. The work is bold and multi-dimensional, an expression in colour of a South African coming to terms with his adopted land; and combining his African and North American experience with the influence of his Dutch artist […]

Filed Under: TWAC Member Artists Tagged With: Oil, Watercolour

Khaula Mazhar

July 20, 2017 by twac_admin

Khaula Mazhar

Biography Khaula Mazhar was born in Ontario, Canada to Indian-Pakistani immigrants, whose loyalty to science and medicine is a common trait among people from the Sub-Continent. Thus they smiled patiently and reminded her gently, as her artistic skills continued to stubbornly develop, that she was destined to become a brain surgeon. However the world of […]

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Jacinta O’Brien

June 16, 2017 by twac_admin

Jacinta O’Brien

About Jacinta Jacinta O’Brien is a Toronto-based aspiring realist artist, working primarily in oils.  She studied with Graham Bibby and Klaas Hart, and has drawn inspiration from workshops given by Henry Yan and Costa Dvorezky.  Her paintings honour the classical, academic approach and are fully realized using a limited or expanded palette as suits the composition. Her […]

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Victoria Huntley

January 2, 2017 by twac_admin

Victoria Huntley

About Victoria I was born in the Philippines. I attended university and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. I worked for a large international shipping company, as secretary to the president of the company. I immigrated to Canada in 1997 and have worked as a Customer Service Coordinator for a Canadian Licensee […]

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Gretchen Jeens

October 5, 2016 by twac_admin

Gretchen Jeens

    Biography Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Gretchen Jeens majored in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design, graduating with a BFA in 2009. She draws inspiration from the beauty of nature with a focus on exploring the complexities and experience of women through figurative painting. Working comfortably in oil, acrylic, […]

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Aesook (Agnes) Bae

August 12, 2016 by twac_admin

Aesook (Agnes) Bae

  Biography Agnes Bae was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, where she was a music and piano teacher. Her family moved to Canada in 1999, and she currently lives in Toronto with her husband and son. She ran an Art Gallery in Toronto for 6 years right after coming to Canada.  Recently, Agnes […]

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Jamie MacLean

July 12, 2016 by twac_admin

Jamie MacLean

Biography My landscape paintings capture the emotion, mood and energy of being outdoors, participating and being alive. Strong compositions are complemented by texture, bold colours, large shadows and energetic brush strokes. The viewer can feel the painting and place him or herself in it. Now about me, I am a 65 year-old late starter, only […]

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Christine Montague

June 19, 2016 by twac_admin

Christine Montague

    Biography  Christine Montague was born in Montreal, Quebec. Always a drawer, not a scrap of paper in Christine ’s childhood home was left untouched. Christine drew, drew, drew her way through school (yes, she was the classroom artist), a B.Sc. Biology, a B.F.A. Studio Art, a move to Toronto, and a commercial art […]

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Grant Lounsbury

May 3, 2016 by twac_admin

Grant Lounsbury

Biography Grant Lounsbury’s fine art career spans 25 years and began in the field of traditional 2-D animation, where he worked on a variety of projects from Disney Television series to feature films with 20th Century Fox including Anastasia, and Titan AE. He currently works predominately as an oil painter and art teacher, though continues […]

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