On November 12 and 13, two engineers who met at the Almonte Fitness Centre over twenty years ago will present a glorious photographic and musical tribute to their home and native land. Bill Pratt’s mesmerizing…
Our interview starts with Ryan proclaiming, “I love not normal!” And that is how his career as a lamp maker began. He was renovating a bedroom and absolutely could not find a lamp that wasn’t…
Liana Sodonis literally goes with the flow. Always an artist, about five years ago she discovered a new medium that is perfect for her. In addition to her nature-themed acrylic paintings, she began creating functional…
For artist Maureen McAuliff, painting is her life. Finally — it has been a long, circuitous path to becoming who she was always meant to be. This outgoing, energetic community asset finally realized her lifetime…
This is how this fascinating newcomer to the Ottawa Valley art scene urges viewers to approach his artworks. It is good advice. Whether the piece is a bronze and stainless-steel sculpture, a graphite drawing, or…
A little over seventeen years ago, Bob and Jane Christie appeared as the featured artists in our March 2009 edition as “The Twisted Christies”. At that time Jane was creating innovative wire jewellery and Bob…
The watercolour paintings of this Carleton Place artist celebrate the intricate perfection of nature’s gorgeous floral gifts, up close and in stunning detail. Through years of practice and experimentation, coupled with classes and many hours…
Hidden in an unlikely corner of Portland, ceramicist Mike Doxey continues his lifelong exploration of new pottery techniques. When he bought his house, it wasn’t because of the nearby water access; it was because the…
This exceptional Carp artist is celebrating his retirement after thirty years of teaching art (and biology, shop, and sometimes, less enthusiastically, even math) to high school students by fully investing in creating his own art.…
The spotlight is back on Canadian icon Toller Cranston, but this time it is brilliantly focused on Toller’s amazing, fiercely original “Magic Realism” art. This is the second time his older sister (and Arnprior resident)…