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Barbara Reade lives right beside Lake Ontario in the heart of downtown Burlington. The windows of her my studio space look out on a sweeping vista of sky, water and all the urban elements that make up her vibrant neighbourhood. Barbara’s palette is often influenced by the colours that she sees with a mix of natural hues, highly saturated pigments and the weathered stone neutrals of the local architecture.When describing her work, describes a powerful interplay between wildness and precision that draws her to abstraction, much like the mix of the natural and urban landscape in which she lives. There is an exhilarating energy that happens when these two opposites coexist.
Technically, Barbara is a mixed media artist, which means that she uses a variety of materials to layer and build history on the surface of each painting. Every painting that she make begins with play. Barbara never knows where a piece is headed, which keeps her studio practice fresh and unpredictable. One of her goals as an artist is to keep exploring and pushing my limits, whether that be with materials, scale or with new techniques.
On today’s episode Barbara talks about her return to art making after many years away, how her aversion to rectangles lead to her current totem series and launching “No Brush Required”, her weekly artists chats on instagram with Tamara Grand and guest artists.
Podcast available on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 on Apply & Spotify.
#painting #intuitiveart #expression #abstract #mixedmedia #burlington #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @bdreade_art
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Kaitlin Mason is an award-winning artist who uses multiple layers of coloured pencil to create her trompe-l’oeil fabric drawings. Leaving the wood exposed adds an additional element of organic detail, which is unique to each piece. She enjoys playing with light and shadows, in an attempt to transform an otherwise mundane item, into a sculptural entity. Capturing these fragments of fabric preserves the intricate details of each fabric, which can never be recreated in that specific form again. Each drawing is unique, special, and layered with details to explore!
On this week’s episode Kaitlin talks about her unique approach to drawing, what it’s like being in art fairs and how she pivoted from studying interior design to the fine arts.
Podcast available on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 on Apply & Spotify.
#drawing #fineart #fabric #tectures #prismacolours #uxbridge #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @kaitlin_mason_
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After a career in television and cinema in the 2000s, Pascal Normand has devoted himself since 2009 to the creation of his pictorial artwork. Independent and self-taught, Pascal has participated in artistic events such as the New Art Festival in Ottawa, the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TAOF) and MTL en Arts in Montreal. � �In recent years, Pascal’s work has won several important awards: Mayor's Prize at the Couleurs Urbaines symposium in Granby (2018), CCLGBTQ Jury Prize at the MTL en Arts festival (2018), 3rd Grand Prize at the 34th International Gala of Visual Arts in Montreal (2019), Desjardins Public Prize at the 22nd edition of Mtl en Arts (2021). Several solo exhibitions are already scheduled in various venues until 2024. � �Pascal’s primary inspiration, the textural uniqueness of industrial landscapes and architectural jewels is at the heart of his creative work. In his nocturnal photography, he combines digital art and aerosol painting to develop a different perspective on these places. A collective memory to which he pays homage by giving life to a current urban aesthetic where evocative settings are established.
On this week’s episode Pascal talks about his journey from the film industry to the fine arts world, why he takes photos at night and his involvement in art shows.
Podcast available on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 on Apply & Spotify.
#photogroahy #nocturnalphotos #fineart #montreal #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @pascalnormand
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Originally from London, Tara Leaver is an artist and teacher living by the sea in Cornwall, England. After completing a Foundation Diploma in London in her early twenties, her regular art practice took a back seat to travel and various forms of employment, including six years teaching Montessori. She was also dealing with recurring bouts of depression which impacted her creativity for several years.
Tara moved to Hove on the south coast as part of her recovery, and resumed painting in 2008, embarking on a period of intensive study and development after discovering the world of online blogs and art courses. Ten years later she moved again, this time to Cornwall, to live in a clifftop cottage with a purpose built studio in the garden. She began swimming outdoors, and this saw her work - always inspired by ideas of freedom and coastal living - evolve to focus on her deep love of sea swimming and immersing in wild nature.
As a result of her years of exploring art as a means of self discovery and self expression, Tara began teaching online in 2013. This has evolved into a comprehensive artist membership site and community, supporting other artists on their own paths. Having these two strands to her work - her own practice and the artist support she offers - brings a rich diversity to her life as an artist.
On today’s episode Tara talks about her love of nature, how living by the sea has transformed her and her work as well as her online teaching.
Podcast available on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 on Apply & Spotify.
#painting #seaside #nature #cornwall #england #uk #artist #teacher #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @taraleaverart @taraleaver
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Born in Windsor, Ontario, Laura Peturson holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. With a practice situated in printmaking, drawing and painting, Laura’s works combine multiple print-based techniques with a handmade aesthetic. Laura lives in Callander, Ontario, and teaches printmaking, painting, and drawing at Nipissing University. Her practice includes traditional printmaking disciplines, as well as large-scale print-based mural works that involve layering woodcut, linocut and papercut prints with wheatpaste over hand-painted imagery.
Laura's work has been presented in recent solo exhibitions at Galerie Atelier Circulaire in Montreal, Station Gallery in Whitby, and Alberta Printmakers Gallery in Calgary as well as numerous group exhibitions in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. In addition to exhibiting in galleries, Laura has an active practice in illustration and public art, with large-scale murals in Sudbury, North Bay, and Port Burwell, ON.
On today’s episode Laura talks about her love of printmaking, how she plans her installation works, working with woodblocks and linoblock as well as how her teaching practice informs her art practice.
Podcast available on Apple & Spotify.
#printmaking #illustration #linoblock #woodblock #installation #printbasedtechniques #nippising #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @laurapeturson
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Delio Delgado is a Dominican-Canadian artist based out of Hamilton, OntarioHe has a BFA in multidisciplinary studies from The National School of Visual Arts in the Dominican Republic. Delio also graduated from the Altos de Chavon, The School of Design which is affiliated with Parson’s The New School of Design in New York City. Between 1997 and 2021 Delio has exhibited extensively in public and alternative spaces in The Caribbean, Europe, the USA and Canada.
Tune in to hear Delio talk about his journey to Hamilton, Ontario from the Dominican Republic, how Covid not only changed his life but also his work, and what he is currently working on in his studio.
Podcast available Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 on Apple & Spotify.
#painting #covid #Hamilton #homont #dominicanrepublic #parsons #ontarioartscouncil #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @deldelgado
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Cole Swanson is an artist and educator based in Toronto, Ontario. Through a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and materially-focused practice, he explores interspecies dynamics evolving in the anthropocene. Cole has exhibited works in national and international institutions on four continents and is two-time arts fellow through the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute for his research on natural materials, miniature painting, fresco, and earth pigments.
Tune in to hear Cole talk about his practice, arts education, travel, and the influence of materiality on his process.
Podcast available Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 on Apple & Spotify.
#painting #materiality #nature #art #process #artcommunity #torontoart #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @coleswansonart
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Sandra Tarantino received a Bachelor of Fine Arts through the Ontario College of Art and Design in Drawing and Painting, a BA at York University in Psychology and a Bachelor of Education at Western University. She has actively participated in the artistic community as Co-Founder and Director of C1 art space and AWOL Gallery and Studios as well as being part of the AWOL Collective to present day. She has recently opened a new gallery and ceramic studio, ArtQuarters Gallery, in Toronto where she creates, exhibits, teaches and showcases other Canadian artists with her life partner, artist Ross Bonfanti and father Marcello Tarantino.
Tarantino’s personal art practice incorporates elements of both painting and sculpture through ceramic sculptures, shaped canvases, and other mixed media work; her pieces are held in private and corporate collections across Canada, U.S.A and Europe.
Tune in to hear Sandra talks about her experience in the Florence Program at OCADU, working with artists in various galleries and collectives as well as how her work has evolved from painting to ceramics.
Podcast available Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 on Apple & Spotify.
#ceramics #painting #teaching #Floence #OCAD #artcollectives #artcommunity #torontoart #art #podcast #inspiration #artists #creative #process #relaunch #studiotalk #artconversations @sandratarantino @artquartersgallery @ooak_toronto @artistprojectto
