Marianna Schmidt

She worked outside the limelight, with strong feeling for the precariousness of existence…

Veronica Plewman

“My early work was entirely photo-based and very detailed, but it has become looser and more intuitive…”

Jack Shadbolt

“Inspiration for the artist is probably less in dreaming than in visualizing extensions from tangible possibilities.”

Pnina Granirer

“There is so much richness and possibility of using the imagination when combining various materials…”

Richard Reid

“I’m interested in that transformative space between… and then it’s translation with paint into marks…”

Marcile Campbell

Original watercolour by Canadian artist Marcile Campbell in blue, orange and green

Her life is a bit of a mystery. Do you have any information that might help us solve it?

Gershon Iskowitz + ACI

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Jan 27. Check out ACI’s feature on Gershon Iskowitz.

Eric Metcalfe

“In the 50s and 60s there was a lot of dialogue between the painters and the poets and the musicians.”

Melissa H. Clarke

Topophilia, or a strong sense of and affection for a particular place…

Corre Alice

“I paint freely, but with formal restraints…”

Felix Kalle

A self-taught artist who took inspiration from the Impressionists.

Gordon Smith

“We must, more than ever, support and encourage the arts in everyday life.”

Gary Merkel

“It’s not about clay so much as how it relates to our lives.”

Phyllis Serota

A brightly coloured original acrylic painting by Canadian artist Phyllis Serota of a purple bowl filled with apples and oranges.

“I am interested in what the distance of time and space can do to distort and obscure…”

Irene Hoffar Reid

“I saw a large painting of a mountain by Lawren Harris, and I felt that I had never seen a mountain before.”

Joseph Plaskett

“The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive.”

Sally Michener

“I always hope that my conscious intentions will somehow be transcended and that the work will take on its own life…”