Arts Society King is pleased to present
its fifth annual
Autumn Reflections En Plein Air Competition
With Adjudication and Commentary by
Diana Tuszynski
Open to all artists painting outdoors on location anywhere in King Township from September 21st through October 26th
Prizes in Seven Categories:
Best in Show – $400
Best Natural Feature – $150
Best Architectural Feature – $150
Best Human Interest – $150
Most Daring – $150
Best Artist Under 18 – $150
Honourable Mentions X3 – $100
Awards day October 26th at the Pottageville Pavilion
4380 18th Side Rd Kettleby, ON
1 pm – 4 pm
Public welcome, refreshments served
Meet Our Judge
Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Diana Tuszynski discovered her artistic nature early on but had a hiatus of a couple of decades before picking up a brush in early 2000. A career in financial services with her own insurance brokerage gives this artist a practical grounding and lends to her volunteer work with several arts organizations. Diana credits the Fine Arts Society of Milton (FASM), with bringing her out of the artist’s closet, stepping onto the Board 10 yrs ago and took the Presidents role in 2023. A founding member of the Escarpment Artists, she organizes the annual weekend art studio tour in west Halton, which included 5 locations and 18 artists in 2024. Diana is also on the Board of the Art Gallery of Burlington where she serves on the Development & Fundraising Committee and the Acquisitions Committee. A love of creativity and organizing has led to a full roster of arts related pursuits and activities with a practical lens. Diana lives in the rural hamlet of Kilbride, within the City of Burlington. She enjoys painting nature in realistic and abstract painting with brush or palette knife using either acrylics or oil/cold wax medium and has been exhibiting her work since 2004. Diana has displayed her paintings in group shows at the Holcim gallery in Milton, Sunnybrook Hospital, Caledon Town Hall and other group shows in Halton Region and participates annually in the FASM Studio Tour. Diana’s work has been selected for Juried Shows with FASM, the Red Door Gallery in Georgetown and Joshua Creek in Oakville. The Escarpment Artists Salamander project had Diana create 2 “salamanders” as part of an initiative to bring awareness of quarry expansion into natural habitat. These “salamanders” have been on temporary public display throughout Burlington. Volunteerism and love of community go hand in hand with her love of art and its ability to draw attention to concerns of habitat loss. Diana believes that everyone is an artist at their core, but we all have different ways to express our creativity.