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Ian Busher

After many years of exhibiting his more industrial mixed media work he has returned to more traditional painting. 

He paints in a geometric style reminiscent of mid-century abstracts. While he’s constantly evolving the core key elements remain consistent: balance; composition, form, flow, movement and colour. While a viewer may not be certain what they are looking at or what it represents, if there is a comfort and harmony in the elements of the piece he feels it is doing it's job: not to hit the viewer over the head with obvious meaning, but be representative of a time or place or mood. Ian’s studio is in Toronto and his works can be found in galleries as well as private and corporate collections worldwide.

 
 
 

Blue Skies Ahead

Lora Moore

Photograph

23”x23”

525

Couch Potatoes

Lora Moore

Photograph

23”x23”

525

Emotional Baggage

Lora Moore

Photograph

23”x23”

525

Flocking Freedom

Lora Moore

Photograph

23”x23”

525

Keeper Of Keys

Lora Moore

Photograph

23”x23”

525

Lora’s life experiences have brought her to a place where she finds herself driven to create art about who she is, what moves her and what she feels. Her beautiful and dramatic works are filled with personal energy and emotion.

After the traumatic loss of her mother at the young age of twelve Lora suppressed most of her thoughts and feelings until she picked up a camera in her late thirties. Often building sets by hand to create intimate, emotive and evocative self portraits, or plunging below the water’s surface, she creates images that reflect ideas and emotions that viewers are drawn to regardless of their personal journeys.

Her images have an intentional painterly quality that gives her work a distinctive yet unique look, often blurring the lines between painting and photograph.

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Peter Andrew Lusztyk

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Stamp

Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Photograph

Canadian Centennial One Cent

Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Photograph

Canadian Two Dollar Bill

Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Photograph

TTC Subway Token

Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Photograph

American Single

Peter Andrew Lusztyk - Photograph

I try to make things that are amazing. That's really the goal. Photography for me is the process of turning ordinary or overlooked things into something that causes you to pause and examine and make your eyes explode because it's so incredibly beautiful. I want to take you there I want to show you - I want to make you see the world the way I see it.

Peter Andrew Lusztyk b.1982 - Freelance photographer since 2009.

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Ileana Grimm

SINCE 1986 the world has laughed with Grimm on dozens of products and original art. Throughout her career, she has developed a distinct style; signified by her use of opaque, primary colours, bold black lines and playful visual metaphors.

Following a very successful relationship with US based S2 Art operating seven Jack Galleries in Las Vegas, Grimm's work is art that is true to its roots, full of life and vibrant. Internationally known, Ileana creates humorous pop art and her vision and interpretation of the world provoke thought, with her energy bouncing right off of her canvasses. Whether it’s the humour, the bold colours, a love of her characters, or an appreciation of the pop art genre, people of every age are drawn to the artwork of Ileana Grimm.

Ileana continues to grow as an artist through her unique acrylic paintings and through licensing of i.grimm characters. Her pop art style is no secret to corporate Canada. Her work has been commissioned by the likes of the Toronto Stock Exchange, The Ontario Science Centre, The National Capital Commission, McMaster University, and Casino Rama to name a few. They were all drawn to her bright, bold, inimitable strong original style that has captivated Grimm followers for years.

Under The Same Moon Series: With just a few deliberate strokes, I celebrate the interconnectedness of all living beings under the vast sky. 

The moon, a steadfast presence in this landscape, represents the collective experiences of life. Its glow serves as a reminder of the unity that binds us together through shared moments and connections.

 
 

Laurie McGugan

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Chief Guns

Lorie McGugan

Photograph

 

YMCA

Lorie McGugan

Photograph

 

Jeannie Pappas

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Ali-Corn Fairie

Jeannie Pappas

Ceramic Sculpture

Porcelain, Underglaze, Rutile Wash,

Gold Luster

More Fairies

Jeannie Pappas

Ceramic Sculpture(s)

Porcelain, Underglaze, Rutile Wash

7 x 150.00 (wall pieces)

Sarah Dolls and Max Dolls

Jeannie Pappas

Porcelain, underglaze, Rutile Wash

6 x 180 (wall pieces)

Bio

Jeannie Pappas is a Toronto-based ceramic artist. She attended Sheridan College, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), and is a graduate of The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) where she received numerous awards. She has exhibited across Canada and the US. Her works can be found in private collections internationally.

Artist Statement                                                                                           I grew up in Cabbagetown, one of Canada’s most diverse neighbourhoods, the youngest of four children of immigrant parents. This became the ground of my experience: a world of individuals torn between the safety of community and the quest for freedom through assimilation. It is from within this space that I seek to expose the interplay of the familiar and the hostile other.

My work reflects the condition of uprootedness and estrangement. It probes the search for meaning and identity within the shadows of the strange and bounded by disruptive narratives of normalcy and belonging. It explores the left-behind refugees, rejects, and delinquents who are drawn to the very norms that have cast them out, characters who reside within a homeless space between past and future, self-possession and alienation, assimilation and native fealty.

Working with porcelain clay with light washes of underglaze, my figures suggest narratives of tension: between body and mind, play and drudgery, the grotesque and the beautiful. Both individual and archetypal, these figures repel and attract, giving grace to the human made monstrous by conventions that shun in order to preserve the purity of their systems. In each I invite viewers to write their own stories, to reflect on their masks and their own Janus-faced identities.

 

Jordan Nahmias

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Lego Soldiers

Jordan Nahmias

Photograph

Revert’s Tires

Jordan Nahmias

Photograph

Paratrooper

Jordan Nahmias

Photograph

The Desert Inn

Jordan Nahias

Photograph

Pogs

Jordan Nahmias

Photograph

Jordan Nahmias is a Toronto-based photographer. Jordan's work spans a wide range of interests - traditionally focusing on travel and "found object" work, Jordan's current series moves toward nostalgia - the capturing of images of our youth and past.

The current "Toys" series is a memorialization of toys from Jordan’s collection which he, and many of his generation, looks at with a sense of familiarity and, in many cases, profound

 
 

Earth & Water 1

Hazel Ling

Photograph

Earth & Water 5

Hazel Ling

Photograph

Earth & Water 2

Hazel Ling

Photograph

Earth & Water 6

Hazel Ling

Photograph

Earth & Water 3

Hazel Ling

Photograph

Earth & Water 9

Hazel Ling

Photograph

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Bio

Hazel was born in Amsterdam shortly after her parents migrated there from China. Although she was raised in Holland the Chinese cultural influence on her was huge. Her cultural duality has shaped who she is today, how she sees things and the way in which she expresses herself in photography. Unconsciously the serenity, harmony and imaginary of Chinese art, combined with her awareness of western art have left an impression in her photographic style.

From an early age, she started to play with compact cameras and loved going through her mum’s black and white studio portraits from the sixties. Later she discovered the SLR cameras and found she could play with different objectives, combining apertures and shutter speeds and this opened up a whole new world to her. However, for a long time photography remained a much loved hobby and she chose to study Business Economics and worked internationally in the financial industry for a decade. When the right time came she decided to follow her passion for photography at the Photo Academy in Amsterdam. Shortly after beginning there, The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam approached her to create an artwork to cover a huge wall, 7 meters long. During this process, which took more than a year, she was guided by her mentor. Her first international exhibition was in 2015 at Arta Gallery, located in Toronto’s historic district,  during the most prestigious curated Photo Festival (Contact Photography Festival) in Toronto. As a result of her association with Arta she got in contact with another Toronto Gallery, who also exhibited her work. Following on from this she continues to present her work both in The Netherlands and internationally. She has participated in many other festivals and art fairs including the Affordable Art Fair and was nominated for the ‘Rabo Ontdekt Talent Prijs’. She has also exhibited in Museums such as Hilversum Museum and Museum de Fundatie.

Artist Statement

As a fine art photographer, I allow my intuitive sense of direction to unfold and for spontaneity and improvisation to dominate my choices. I often start with a raw concept and it’s the subject, my surroundings and state of mind that inspires my creative process. Photography allows me and makes me feel safe to let go of all constraints and just let things happen. I love to challenge the rules of photography, to break away from expectations and push assumed boundaries out of my way. Photography helps me to quieten my analytical, controlling side and nurture my intuitive free spirit.

I’m driven by the desire to mould colours, light and movement. Layering light with motion and transposing the imagery through a motion blur allows me to create an abstract reality. Playing with the blurred line between photography and painting, reality and the imaginary excites and inspires me. My photography creates compositions where the internal and external worlds collide and where reality meets the imaginary. When I photograph I feel like I am painting with the camera, using the camera as the brush and my surroundings as paint.

For me Photography is a meditative process, providing me with the opportunity to be fully mindful within the moment. It’s a playground where I explore life and come to a deeper understanding of myself. In this process I allow myself to see a new reality. Through my artwork I aim to evoke curiosity in others and allow them to look deeply into these images and find their own reality and emotions in my work.