Featured Artist of the Week

 Our Featured Artist for this week is 

Patricia Earl

Contact : 905 939 2077
web site: http://www.rhga.ca/m_pearl.html 

 On canvas and on paper, Pat paints to find the light, colour, and mood of what she sees and feels all around her as it is so generously provided by Mother Nature. Much of her inspiration comes from her perspective from the pillion of our motorcycle as she travels with her husband Jim around the Ontario countryside and beyond. Her camera is always with her and her brush interprets what she has seen. Yearly trips to South Carolina to paint under the tutelage of well known American artists also provide a source of inspiration and new ideas. She enjoys painting with both acrylics and watercolours, but watercolours especially appeal. She loves the freshness of the medium, being able to apply and pour colours right on the paper, and watch the painting evolve beneath her brush. She enjoys the constant challenge to keep the white of the paper and to use the transparency of watercolours, ultimately striving to make the painting ‘glow’.
 

Where were you born?

 Toronto Ontario

If you could have an art related vacation anywhere in the world where would you go and why? 

France and Italy to paint!  On my bucket list! 

What’s your favourite thing to create and why?

I love to paint landscapes, florals and birds! 

How did you get your start in the world of art?

I started taking drawing/painting classes when my children were babies.

I was an at home mom after my second child was born. I had three children under 3.

Being able to take a few hours away from the hectic schedule of family life and dedicate it to being creative was very therapeutic for me.  J

Do you have go-to paints/colors that you love to use in your art work?

 I do tend to use the same colours/palette in my paintings, Windsor Newton typically.

What have been some of your crowning achievements?

Being invited to participate in the Richmond Hill Studio Tour as well as the Studio Tour King 2013.  Also just having received the Town of Richmond Hill award for my painting “Bird’s Eye View’  in The Richmond Hill Group of Artists Juried Show.  The painting is going to hang in the Town of Richmond Town office. 

If you could have three wishes as an artist, what would they be?

1.      Never stop learning and experimenting

2.      Become more disciplined as an artist

3.      Take the time to paint more regularly

What is the best advice that you have received as an artist?

Paint everyday!  

Thank you Pat

Featured Artist ... Barbara Wayne

This weeks featured Studio Tour 2013 Artist is Barbara Wayne. Barbara creates beautiful mosaic art.

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.wayne

Contact (phone or e mail) barbara_wayne@rogers.com

Where were you born? 

I was born in Toronto. 

If you could have an art related vacation anywhere in the world where would you go and why? 

I would travel to Italy, since there are spectacular byzantine mosaics in that country!  

How did you get your start in the world of art?

I was born into a creative hands on family of women, and my mom was my inspiration. She was a very talented dressmaker.

  

Do you have go-to paints/colors that you love to use in your art work?

 I love to work with jewel tone colours.

 Who has been your biggest inspiration as an artist? 

My biggest mosaic art inspiration comes from Julio Menossi, a master Italian mosaicist.

What have been some of your crowning achievements?

My crowning achievement is to still have the ability to physically create mosaics, in spite of a severe accident, entailing me to have a wrist reconstruction.

If you could have three wishes as an artist, what would they be?

As an artist, my wish is to have as many people as possible to meet and view my work, to be respected by my colleagues in themosaic art world  in particular, and to bring as much joy  to my viewers and patrons. 

What is the best advice that you have received as an artist?

My best advice is to stay true to my muse, and express myself with valid emotion.

What colour best describes your personality?

I think the colour purple best describes my passionate personality.

Thank you Barbara

 

Our First 2013 Studio Tour Featured Artist

As a fun addition to our new blog 'Art on the Hill' we gave each artist who has been accepted into the Studio Tour this year a series of questions to answer.

Our first Featured 2013 Studio Tour Artist is Anita Baird. Thank you Anita for taking the time to answer our questions and getting your answers back to us so promptly.

Website:      anitabairdart.weebly.com

Contact (phone or e mail)   abaird1957@gmail.com 

Where were you born? 

Toronto, East York

If you could have an art related vacation anywhere in the world where would you go and why? 

              

Italy , for its  diverse looks of each region.

  

What’s your favourite thing to create and why?

         

Wildlife because I have devoted most of my life for animals

 How did you get your start in the world of art?

       

Just watching my dad creating sets for CBC  and my mom always on the road as a concert pianist.

Do you have go-to paints/colors that you love to use in your art work?

           

I made up a swatch card of all my paint...I seem to lean towards the brown shades.

 

Who has been your biggest inspiration as an artist? 

Mr Tom Beckett(Bob Batemans’s prior agent)

He gave me the confidence to work harder and get me good contacts

What have been some of your crowning achievements?

Being listed in the Canadian  National Gallery of Art  as Steinmiller “and” Baird

Being asked to participate in Sotherby’s Gala Show and Auction at the ROM.

Having 9 limited edition prints by Millpond Press and selling out

Canadian Wildlife Federation...having 5 images chosen for  Christmas cards

  

If you could have three wishes as an artist, what would they be?

1. A lot more time to work.

2. The economy improving so all artists could succeed.

3. Remembering to sketch each new idea down right away before forgetting

  

What is the best advice that you have received as an artist?

I asked Bob Bateman how he felt about copies of his work  being put on serving trays, cups,....etc.? He said that “copying is the best form of flattery”.

What colour best describes your personality?

Purple.....fun, playful , comical, likes to work outside the box.

Event Launch

York Region Arts Council (YRAC) and The Town of Richmond Hill co-presented a Networking evening, informal art battle and introduction of the 2013 Richmond Hill Studio Tour Artists on May 9th 2013 at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.

Here are a few images from a great evening!

 

 

Welcome to Art on the Hill, the Richmond Hill Studio Tour's official blog

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