The second bi-annual Deck the Walls Art Show and Sale will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 10:00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Location: King Heritage & Cultural Centre, 2920 King Road, King City.
Meet the Artists
Dina Artman
Dina Artman was born in Romania and grew up in Israel. Her father was the one to introduce her to Photography, he was her inspiration. Her work is a composition of photos taken around the world and the recapturing of their extension using acrylic paint onto the frame, to create an original piece. Most of my career life Dina had been teaching computers and looking for the best way to combine technology, photography and art. The pictures she creates combine all three. You can check out her website https://imagin-artworks.com/.
Marianna Broome
Marianne Broome was born in England but spent much of her childhood in Malaysia. The stunning scenery and abundance of exotic animals and plants heightened her love of nature and keen interest in drawing and painting. Her artwork was selling in local galleries and department stores while she was still a teenager. Marianne settled in Canada in 1980 and lives in Schomberg, Ontario.
As a full time artist and a sought-after art instructor Marianne often turns to scenes of Ontario for her stunning close up paintings of flowers, ethereal landscapes and abstract creations. Marianne paints in both watercolours and acrylics and enjoys taking on commissions of subject matter that she may not otherwise paint. Many of these have been commissioned for publishing purposes and her work has been licensed for Giclée reproductions, posters, calendars, cross stitch designs, diamond paintings, greeting cards, tea canisters and fine porcelain.
Marianne’s work has been exhibited in many juried exhibitions in which she has received numerous awards. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, U.S and other countries. You can check out her website, www.naturesedgestudio.ca.
Pamela Dey
Pamela Dey is a full-time professional Visual Artist based in Ontario. Pamela loves to capture nature and movement of color in her Canadian Landscape Paintings. Her focus is to express the luminousness and awesomeness of nature to transform the ordinary and not-so-ordinary into something that is extraordinary. She takes inspiration from different provincial parks and hiking trails of Southern Ontario. Many of her paintings start outdoors and get their finishing touches in the studio. She paints with Oil, Cold Wax, and Acrylic. Initial layers are done using transparent colors leaning towards opacity at later stages. Experimenting with color mixing and value ranges is her favorite as is exploring creative avenues using mixed media. Check out her work at www.pameladey.com.
Patricia Earl
Patricia Earl paints to convey the light, colour, and mood of what she sees and feels around her as Mother Nature so generously provides. She doesn’t have to travel far to find subjects that inspire her. The gentle rolling hills, farmlands, forests, and wild flowers that she loves to paint are found in abundance in Ontario’s countryside, on the hiking trails, and in her own backyard. Some of her inspiration comes from her view from the pillion/backseat of their motorcycle as she and husband Jim travel the Ontario countryside or American southwest. Pat enjoys painting with both acrylics and watercolours in her studio and on site / plein air. Watercolour is her preferred medium as she enjoys the freshness and spontaneity of the medium. Whether her painting begins by applying paint with brush or pouring colours directly on the paper, the painting process is fun and magical! Pat enjoys the constant challenge of keeping the white of the paper and uses the transparency of watercolours to make the subject matter glow. Check out her website, www.pearlsart.ca.
Jacqueline England
Jacqueline England resides in the Orangeville, Ontario, Canada area, but was born in Nottingham, England, and immigrated to Canada as a young child. She returned to the U.K. to further her education and while there, she became introduced to the realm of horses, and as a young teen, spent many a day “mucking out”, grooming, riding and showing horses. Upon retiring she turned her first love of owning horses to painting them and under the tutelage of Michael Spillane of the Spillane Studio of Fine Arts, she realized that dream of putting to canvas not only her detail of horses but of the many wildlife and domestic animals that had also captured her interest over the years. Check out her website, Jacqueline England.com.
Eva Folks
Eva Folks is a visual artist who is drawn to the surreal. She has won first place awards and honourable mentions for her work. She has juried art shows and critiqued for art groups. Eva is also an instructor and art blogger and has sold her work to clients worldwide. Check out her website, evafolksart.com.
Kareen Hague
Kareen Hague is an experimental fine artist who works out of her home studio in Markham, Ontario. She describes her work as abstracted realism. She layers her canvas with paper and mediums creating an unexpected textural surface to capture the many layers of colour. She is primarily self-taught and uses both traditional and non-traditional mark making tools to develop the background and layer in the details. Her work is derived from nature including botanicals, trees, land and waterscapes. Check out her website at www.artofabstraction.ca and instragram @artofabstraction.
Angela Lane
Angela Lane is an impressionistic painter creating rich, colourful art in mixed media encaustic (beeswax) that reflect her Happy Place – the joy, beauty and energy experienced in nature. Angela has been presenting her artwork in Canada and the USA since 2019, participating in 75+ exhibitions. Her work is in private and corporate collections in Canada, the Us, Europe and Australia. She is represent by Cloud Gallery in Orillia, Ryan Fine Art Gallery in Port Carling, Blu Dog Gallery in Mississauga, Ontario. Check out her website www.angelalanestudio.com.
Ann Livingstone
Ann Livingstone graduated at 55 with Honours B.A. in Fine Arts from U of T, Erindale Campus/Sheridan College in 2000. Since childhood she has been drawing/painting. When she finds a subject, Ann tends to work in a series but there are always new avenues beckoning. She enjoys painting horses, especially from a different perspective, cats doing or being in different situations, animals generally. She is fond of painting fields of lupins by the sea, another favourite that calls to her. All in all her subjects are something that Ann has seen or half remembered and she endeavours to put them on canvas in her own inimitable way.
Hans Martin
Hans Martin started watercolour painting as a retirement hobby. He learned from Donnah Cameron II as well as from attending workshops offered by the Society of York Region Artists and Arts Society King. His paintings are in private collections across Canada and as far south as Mexico. Hans enjoys painting scenes from his backyard, King Township and his travels. Old houses and barns; lakes, rocks and trees and the occasional flower are his favourite subjects but he has also painted good friends and vegetables! Check out his website: www.hansmartin.art and social media, Facebook: Hans Martin (hans.martin.52035772)
Veronica Meloche
Veronica Meloche graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts from York University in Toronto, Ontario and later received a Masters of Teaching, Visual Arts from Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. She has been teaching Visual Arts in secondary school for twenty years. Veronica likes to paint idealized childhood memories and nostalgia. She creates mostly functional ceramic forms and is intrigued with painterly applications of glaze and the memory of the human touch on the clay. Check out her work on Instagram @veronica_meloche.
Valeria Mravyan
Valeria Mravyan is based in Kleinburg, ON and holds a master’s degree in textile and applied arts. Valeria’s works have been exhibited across the globe including Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Frankfurt. Valeria’s paintings reflect the musical rhythms of the universe. The idea is to capture the abstract feeling of the urban and country nature, its moods influenced by time, by sun, fog, sunsets and rain. These images evoke a universal familiarity; they depict life, drama, comfort and awe without specifically representing any one of these. Everyone knows how it looks, Valeria paints how it feels.
Check out her website at www.valeriamravyan.com.
Rubina Panjwani
Rubina Panjwani works with differed shapes and gauges of wire with semi precious stone and turns them into wearable art. When it comes to creativity, she truly believes that there are no rules; rather, the important thing is to put our heart and soul in the task, and always dreams big. Check her work on Facebook.com/Artbywire.
Ivanka Pipinikova
Ivanka Pipinikova has been an artist since she first started drawing and painting as a child. In school she used to participate in competitions, and won several awards in recognition of her artistic talent.
Many years later, Ivanka found herself rediscovering her love of creating art when she signed up for oil painting classes with Vladimir Ribatchok in 2009. She hasn’t stopped painting since.
She has been taking part in number of Art Shows and her work was chosen to be on display at various juried shows including Willowdale Group of Artists Annual Spring Juried Art shows annually since 2012; SOYRA Aurora Town Hall juried shows. In 2022 she took part in Jack Pine Gallery Juried Art Exhibit and was awarded second place.
She became an Artist member of King City ASK in 2014 and she has been taking part in ASK Studio Tour every year since 2014.
In her work she is inspired by nature landscapes. She is always fascinated by the amazing colors of the seasons, reflections in the water of the various lakes and rivers. Figures of people have also always been a source of inspiration for her. She mainly paints with oils, but she is continuously exploring and experimenting with other mediums. Constantly growing and evolving as an artist, Ivanka aims to create beautiful, impactful art that convey the feeling and mood of a moment in a way that the viewer can become a part of it. You can check out her work on Instagram @ivanka.p.art.
Janet Riches
A Boomer and Her Brush
A fun fact about me is I painted a Claude Monet oil on canvas, flower vase on a table, and brought my original painting to Claude Monet’s homestead in Giverny last spring. I wanted it signed from his homestead where he painted over 40 yrs, so a security guard signed my painting and took me to the room where it was displayed. I got a picture of me holding my flower vase Claude Monet right under his!
Alysha Rocca
Alysha Rocca weaves together the threads of feminism and environmental consciousness, crafting a narrative of resilience and empowerment through recycled materials. Although she does work with many mediums including oil and acrylic paint, she is drawn to the tactile quality of fabrics and fibers. Check out her work at www.oushiesart.com.
Kathleen Rodgers
Kathleen Rodgers retired in 2015 as an elementary school teacher. A summer course at Haliburton School of Design introduced her to hand-dyed fabrics and art quilts. After exploring traditional quilt blocks for years, Kathleen began creating fibre art designs based on colour, shape, and movement for wall hangings, table runners, and journal covers using her hand-dyed fabrics and batiks. As an artist, she has explored various mediums, taught workshops, and sold her work at studio tours and art shows.
Kathleen has supported various organizations and Boards, including the Coldwater Mill, Studio Art Quilters Associates (SAQA), and Arts Society King (ASK). She likes to support artists and artisans by organizing exhibitions and sales opportunities. She is also part of a fibre arts group that creates thematic exhibitions that travel to galleries and museums around Ontario.
You can check out her work on her website, www.kathleenrodgersartisan.ca or Facebook /KathleenRodgersArtisan.
Judy Sherman
“My work is a visual commentary on world circumstances. With a little humour and a gentle nudge, the message is delivered”. After a successful career in graphic design, Judy Sherman travelled to Florence, Italy to study classical painting. In 2006 she received an Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant. Judy was interviewed for Rogers TV, “Colour and Vision”, was published in American Art Collector Magazine and has appeared on City Line, City TV. She has juried shows, conducted workshops, teaches privately and is presently teaching for McMichael Art Gallery. Judy has won awards, is represented in galleries and is collected worldwide. Check out her work on her website, judyshermanart.com.
Sylva Sroujian
Sylva Sroujian lives in Richmond Hill. Despite her background in business, she has pursued her dream of becoming an artist. She has showcased her art in group and solo exhibitions. Sylva paints with cold and wax and oil, and acrylic.Her works have been accepted in many juried shows and she has won several awards. The boundless beauty of nature is the inspiration for her landscape paintings. Her outdoor experiences, such as camping and hiking in locations like Algonquin Park and Lake Superior, provide the motivation for her artwork. Check out her website artbysylva.com or Instagram @artbysylva or Facebook.com/Artbysylva/
Joe Trimmeliti
Joe Trimmeliti graduated from George Brown College in 1974 in Graphic Design. He was a Senior Staff Artist in the Toronto Public Library art department for 15 years. Currently he is self employed in sign making and graphic design. Joe has recently rekindled his love of painting and has been successful in several fine art shows and sales.
Joe’s oil and acrylic paintings are original impressions inspired by his natural surroundings and rich imagination. His landscapes and abstracts are varied and continuously evolving. They have been positively embraced by the art enthusiasts and collectors who have attended his shows. Contact Joe at info@joetrimmeliti.com or view his gallery at https://joetrimmeliti.com/
Lynn Wilson
Lynn Wilson lives and paints colourful, bold and strong energy pieces on mixed media including large canvas (florals, abstracts, streetscapes and intuitive), altered book journals, clay sculpting and hand painting on raw silk, in her home studio in King City. Canvas had always typically been her media of choice, but she discovered Altered Book Journaling and Intuitive painting in 2017. My journal pieces incorporate many mediums including acrylics, metallics, Distressed Oxides, iridescents, inks, graphite, calligraphy and collage. Lynn often uses her intuitive pieces done in her Altered Book Journals, as inspiration to paint images over on to large canvas. Check out her website at www.artbylynnwilson.com.
