Guelph Studio Tour Select Artists 2020 - 5 Gordon Street Unit 107 Guelph Ontario N1H 4G8 519 821 9068 www.ricagallery.com ...

Guelph Studio Tour
                                                                   Select Artists - 2020

5 Gordon Street Unit 107 Guelph Ontario N1H 4G8 519 821 9068 art@ricagallery.com www.ricagallery.com

Jessica Masters
jessicamasters02@gmail.com
https://jessicamasters.com

I paint things that are important to me. Things that have an impact on my life, like my family, my
history, and the landscape around me. I've lived in Ontario, Britain, and Quebec, and these places
and experiences come out in different ways in the work that I do. Regardless of my subject matter
or medium, I strive to create an atmosphere and mood in each piece that viewers can connect
with.
I work from my own studio in Guelph and teach courses in both painting and dry pastel. My work
is held in private and corporate collections throughout Canada, United States, Austalia and
NewZealand. I also show my work in several galleries in Toronto, Oakville, Waterloo and in
Guelph.

                      Jessica Masters, Crystal Wave, 2019, Pastel, 30”H x 30”W, $2400

Patti Collins
  Multi-disciplinary artist

  patticollins2015@gmail.com
  Patti4art.wixsite.com/trip-fantastic

  Collins is a graduate of Fine Art at the University of Guelph. She embraces colour
  combinations and texture to emphasize line in all of her designs marrying a variety of
  medium to express emotion. Each piece declares a dynamic and imaginative story.
  Her work with ‘Trip the Light Fantastic!’ has travelled and adorned homes, galleries,
  and businesses across Canada, Portugal, and Spain.

Patti Collins, Trip the Light Fantastic 3, 2020, Corkscrew Hazel branches, specialty paper, LED bulb, 45”H x 16”W, $200

Nancy Farrell

nancy.i.farrell@facebook.com
www.nancyfarrell.com

After completing an Honours BA in Fine Art from the University of Guelph, Nancy continued her
art studies through workshops in Canada and the United States, studying with Peter Kolsnyk and
John Leonard in Canada and Steve Aimone and Nicholas Wilton in the US. Working in sculpture,
painting and mixed media, she has participated in the Toronto Outdoor Exhibition as well as over
120 solo, group and juried exhibitions.
This award-winning artist has always been intrigued with the endless potential of abstract and
non-objective painting. Her process involves layers of mark and shape making, each time
responding to the images on the surface.          She often distills past memories of landscape,
incorporating them into her highly imaginative paintings. Nancy relies almost wholly on an
intuitive and expressive approach that juxtaposes opposing elements: dark and light, opaque and
transparent, organic and geometric, large and small and textured and smooth. The whole
process continues until balance or a feeling of resolution is achieved. Nancy delights in
producing paintings for the viewer that are both compelling and revealing.

               Nancy Farrell, September In The Yukon, 2019, Acrylic on board, 30”H x 30”W, $825

Laurie Skantzos

l.skantzos@gmail.com
https://www.laurieskantzos.com

Laurie Skantzos’ contemporary, process driven painting is largely inspired by the interactions of
colour, form and application. Two-dimensional shapes that appear in her paintings have recently
morphed into three dimensions, becoming sculptural, painted “objects”.

Skantzos studied fine art at the University of Waterloo and her work is displayed in galleries
throughout Ontario. She regularly participates in shows such as the TOAF and International
Affordable Art Fairs with Spence Gallery.

Skantzos’ work is included in private and public collections across North America, Europe and Asia.
She works from her studio in Guelph, Ontario.

              Laurie Skantzos, Ocean Sunset, 2020, Mixed media on plywood, 10.5”H x 8”W x 2.5”D, $550

Grazyna Adamska
Multi-disciplinary artist

adamskapaintings@gmail.com
https://adamska.ca

Grazyna Adamska was born in Poland She has lived in Guelph for 24 years and obtained her BA in
Studio Art from the University of Guelph in 2002, and an MFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
in 2006. In the beginning of Grazyna's career she depicted human self-absorption in an expressive
way, then expanding through abstract interpretation to figurative and landscape. Her recent selected
works in exhibitions: "Echoes of Growth", “Tangled Beauty,” “Forest Edges” and “On Inward/Outward
Grounds” both in Guelph and Kitchener were inspired by the reverence for natural surroundings and
ecological concerns. Adamska is a recipient of the OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant (2018). Her
awards include: First Place at 38 VAM Juried at Art Gallery of Mississauga (2016); Jurors’ Award
Gold, KWSA Annual Juried Show at Homer Watson House & Gallery (2016); Painting Award, 36
Juried Show Insights in Wellington Museum of Art (2015); The Fourth International Award Lorenzo de
Medici, Florence Biennale (2011); Solo Show Award, Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR, USA (2010).
She also teaches through the region.

                     Grazyna Adamska, 150 Flames, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 36"H x 36”W, $2200

Patrice Baker
Silverfishstudios.ca

Patrice Baker is a mixed media jeweller and assemblage maker, building her creations with a
variety of hand-made layered pieces. She uses her own hand etched and formed items made
of silver, bronze, and copper. Her reversible pendants are tiny, wearable sculptures. Each
piece tells a story with its unique layers and invites the wearer to take a closer look. Patrice is
a jewellery instructor for the 3rd year gold-smithing program at Georgian College. She is a
repeat invited instructor in Maine, North Carolina, Milwaukee. In 2018, she received the Elora
Arts Council Award in the Insights Art Show. In 2019, she received Best in Show at Owen
Sound: Summerfolk. A recent piece of hers, “Little Box of Sins”, has been selected for the
AMCAW Metal Clay Annual Calendar for 2021.

                   Patrice Baker, Lentil Pendant with Swirls, 2019, Silver, 1.25” Diameter, $175

Juliet Promnitz
https://www.julietpromnitz.com

I am predominately a sculptural ceramicist, interested in decorative and figurative forms. I make
my sculptures mainly with slabs, which are formed and manipulated into shapes and are then
decorated with various techniques. Hearts, love and flowers are all recurring themes.

I have always been drawn to folk art, and it’s simplified shapes and lines. I enjoy the patina of
wear, and believe the imperfections of a piece add to the visual experience.

I enjoy using imagery to tell stories with my work.

         Juliet Promnitz, Anne of Mississippi, 2019, Ceramic with embossed slabs, graffito, 23"H x 18”W x 10”D, $750

Barbara Bryce
Multi-disciplinary artist

barbara@sonicplayground.ca
https://barbarabryce.ca

Barbara Bryce creates assemblages inspired by the beads and treasures she
procures. She refers to herself as a “Window jeweller”. The finished piece when hung
absorbs then reflects the light from every angle and different direction. Barbara draws
on techniques she has acquired by working with other artists as well as the design
principles she has learned through studying Landscape Architecture at the University
of Guelph. Her commissioned pieces take inspiration from keepsakes provided to her
by her clients which she then incorporates into the work to produce meaningful
resonance.

            Barbara Bryce, Whip It and Sip It, 2020, Wire, beads and found objects, 12"H x 5”W, $230

Deborah Dryden
ddryden@sympatico.ca
https://www.deborahdryden.com

Deborah Dryden completed a BA in Fine Art at the University of Guelph and a BEd at
Dalhousie University. She has also studied widely with respected artists throughout
North America. As an artist, art teacher, and curator, Dryden has explored various
media including print making, clay, watercolour, acrylic and glass mosaic. She
currently paints in both encaustic (pigmented hot beeswax) as well as oil and cold
wax. Most of her work is driven by a combination of colour and texture. Dryden’s
capacity to build, embed, and scrape reveals a richness in layers and transparency
unique to each piece. Core themes expressed revolve around connections and
relationships in both the human and natural world.

        Deborah Dryden, Reflection of Strange Times I, 2020, Oil and cold wax, 22"H x 30”W, $875

Michelle Miller
info@mimijewellery.com
mimijewellery.com

I am influenced by the everyday, the natural and manufactured world around me where the banal
intersects with the extraordinary. I am passionate about colour, line and form. Over the past 30
years, I have integrated common materials; wire, shock cord and beads, elevating them to
uncommon grounds. Communication and connection are the base of my work and are the reason
I create. Currently images of hydro wires inspire, poetically, metaphorically and literally. With
those images and many others, I have been focused on how I can connect materials physically,
creating new ways of making. This seems pertinent in this time as we are all needing to
reconsider how we communicate and how we connect together.

                     Michelle Miller, Connecting Necklace, 2020 (in light blue, brown, green and gold),
           Shock cord, silicone tubing, wood, metal and plastic beads, rubberized garden wire and magnetic clasp,
                                                         20”L, $180

Clive Lewis
Printmaker

l.clivelewis@gmail.com
clivelewisprintmaker.com

Clive Lewis studied at OCA and has been printmaking, mostly engravings, for over thirty
years. Most of his work is landscape related featuring slightly abstracted images of rural
Ontario, Georgian Bay, and the North. His use of expressive lines and solid ink coverage
that both engraving and relief printing offer make him stand apart from many who use the
same techniques. Lewis is a long-time member of the Guelph Studio Tour and an 'Art On
The Street' regular. He has also taught printmaking in many different venues within the city
of Guelph and surrounding areas. His work The Survivors was included in the 2015 Guelph
Civic Museum’s Remembering “In Flanders Fields”: A juried art exhibition by local artists
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the writing of this famous poem. Lewis can be
found in collections worldwide.

             Clive Lewis, Last Light, 2019, Multi-colour reduction engraving, 10"H x 14”W, $285 (inc. tax)

Janette Hayhoe
janette@janettehayhoe.com
http://www.janettehayhoe.com

Janette Hayhoe’s oil paintings focus on the ‘everydayness’ of contemporary life. Images of familiar
objects and spaces have the power to evoke memory and psychological responses that call our
attention to what is often overlooked. The fall of light on an object or space both describes and
transforms the mundane. By inviting us into a space of contemplation we are asked to reflect on the
paradoxical nature of domesticity and memory. This approach is based on careful observation and
understanding of nature and involves working predominantly from life. Janette has a MFA from
Vermont College of Fine Arts, a BA from Queen’s University, and studied contemporary realism under
the painter Ted Seth Jacobs at the Ecole Albert Dufois in France. She lives and works in Guelph,
Canada.

                        Janette Hayhoe, Pillows II, 2018, Oil on panel, 24"H x 24”W, $2000

Laurie McGaw
lauriemcgawstudio@gmail.com
www.lauriemcgaw.com

A graduate of the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University), Laurie creates expressive
portrait paintings in oil on canvas or panel for a wide range of corporate, institutional and
personal clients.

Laurie has also produced many coin designs for the Royal Canadian Mint—35 to date, for
both collectible and circulation coins.

                 Laurie McGaw, Kristie in the Studio, 2019, Oil on canvas, 16"H x 20”W, $1000

Mary Karavos
mkaravos@gmail.com
https://www.karavosart.com

Mary Karavos transforms the finest imported Japanese, Nepalese, Thai, Korean, and specialty
papers into masterful works of art.

Born in Toronto, Mary’s formal art training took place at the Ontario College of Art. In her
graduating year, Mary was selected to study fine art in Florence, Italy. Florence became her
home for many years. Life in Florence and the beautiful mosaics greatly influenced Mary’s
individual style and technique.

Her distinct style of collage attracts collectors and buyers in Canada, the United States Europe
and Asia.

  Mary Karavos, Dreamscape, 2020, Japanese, Nepalese, Korean and specialty papers on panel, 16"H x 16”W, $750

Dawn Anderson Vaughan
davinteriordesign@gmail.com
https://www.artbydawnandersonvaughan.com

Dawn Anderson Vaughan captures everyday moments and brings them to life with her use
of pastel. She was the 2019 recipient of the People’s Choice Award at Guelph’s Art on the
Street, an honourable mention in the 2018 Faces of Ontario Portrait Category and was the
recipient of an Award of Merit at the Juried 2017 South Huron Art Exhibition and Sale.
Dawn began training and working with pastel 10 years ago. She has several pieces in
Paint Ontario and currently exhibits her work with The Golden Gallery in Tobermory. She
also earned a degree in Interior Design from Humber College and continues this practice.
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             Dawn Anderson Vaughan, Floating, 2020, Pastel on paper, 23"H x 27”W, $900

Saskia Wassing
 saskia@saskiadesigns.com
 https://www.saskiadesigns.com

 Saskia Wassing is a Textile Artist who was educated and trained in the B.A. Honours
 Embroidered & Woven Textiles program at Glasgow School of Art Scotland. Saskia travelled
 extensively from an early age and, to this day, one can visibly “feel” that influence reflected in her
 work. From Britain to Russia and beyond: India, New Zealand, Australia, Polynesia and
 eventually to Canada, her home for over 25 years, Saskia’s early exposure to multiple cultures is
 found in her love of unconventional colour-pairing and rich textural detail. Using the sewing
 machine and her colourful embroidery threads as drawing tools, Saskia ‘free’ stitches her playful
 patterns and images onto fabrics as diverse as: velvet, silk, organza and reclaimed linen, cotton
 and wool. These canvases are then used to create her framed embroideries and accessories for
 the home and body. Saskia lives in Toronto, Canada with her family and can be found most days
 creating wonder in her studio with a cup of tea at her side.

Saskia Wassing, Decorative Ode to the Yellow Teacup, 2018, Embroidered and appliqué silks, 8"H x 8”W (14”H x 14”W framed), $450

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