S2 EP15 - Interview with Ella Mazur
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Ella Mazur creates art traditionally with pen and ink, as well as digitally on her iPad, often combining the two. Her work is continually inspired by the great diversity of our planet, creatures and plants that inhabit it, by the ocean, the forests, the mysteries of the stars in the sky. With just a little bit of ink, Ella can tell stories about those things, and she hopes that they will make people pause and wonder, let you escape into an impossible world, or awaken your curiosity.
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SE02 EP14 - Interview with Robin Crofut-Brittingham
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Originally from Western Massachusetts, Robin Crofut-Brittingham work is inspired by mythology, science fiction, and current events, and examines human relationships with the natural world. She works primarily with watercolor and gouache on paper from her studio in Montreal. She has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and Canada.
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S02 EP13 - Interview with Katrina Elena
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Katrina Elena is a self-taught oil painter from Toronto, Ontario. She is continuously inspired by the natural world, currently the endless power of water. Katrina is known for her realistic depictions of seascapes through the process of observation, photographing, and translating those memories onto canvas. She sets out to capture organic movements and transient moments in her work to create space for the viewer to connect with a recognizable yet ephemeral subject matter.
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S02 EP12 - Interview with Brianne Burnell
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Brianne Burnell is a mixed media artist from Toronto, Canada. Her work is intuitive and explorative, more interested in the process of combining colors and shapes than executing a specific image. She combines torn hand-painted paper with acrylic and other media in a distinct uplifting color palette. In this process, she finds calm and softness, and this serene feeling is passed on to the viewer.
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S02 EP 11 - Interview with Heather Fraser
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Toronto-based artist Heather Fraser grew up in a small town in Ottawa. She worked in the financial industry and also completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at OCAD U, which included a year sabbatical studying art in Florence, Italy. Heather now paints full time. Her subject of choice has historically been the figure, but her recent body of work focuses on food and explores our sensual experience of food, including pomegranates, oranges, lemons, and tomatoes, burgers, ice cream, pancakes, and donuts.
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SE 02 EP 10 - Interview with Nadia Lassman
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Nadia Lassman is an international artist with showings in Toronto, New York, Miami, and Scottsdale, and her work has appeared in Vogue, House & Garden, World of Interiors, and House of Coco magazines. Lassman's work reflects the happiness she feels, the beauty of nature, and her joy in traveling. Her contemporary take on Impressionism is created by adding depth to her romantic pieces with tactile, textured effects, which she achieves through the application of layers of pigments, sand, and gels.
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SE 2 EP 9 - Interview with Sierra Barber
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Sierra Barber is a Toronto-based Indigenous artist of Upper Mohawk/mixed ancestry. She graduated from OCAD University with a BFA in 2015, majoring in Sculpture & Installation with a minor in Indigenous Visual Culture Program. Sierra has been exploring the characteristics of wax as a medium for a decade, developing a process that allows full control over the material. She creates small meditative works where beads of hot wax are precisely applied and built up in layers to create intricate patterns.
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SE2 EP8 - Interview with Darlene Winfield
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Art for award-winning Canadian artist Darlene Winfield is a way to communicate without words, a universal language she enjoys. Her style is representational while at times leaning into semi-abstract. Darlene resided abroad for many years. She was constantly sketching and dreaming of oil painting during that time. With the opportunity to finally oil paint large scale, Darlene immersed herself into her life as a full-time painter. Her work has been showcased at various locations and art galleries in Ontario.
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SE2 EP7 - Interview with Cherie Harte
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Toronto-based artist Cherie Harte is best known for her experimentation. Her use of symbolism, as well as hidden and fractured images, draw the onlooker into multilayered portals of storytelling. Cherie also draws on her background in psychology, yoga, and reiki to delve into the human psyche through the lens of growth.
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SE 2 EP 6 - Interview with Mais Al-Sheikhly
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Mais Al-Sheikhly began her career as an artist after having immigrated to Canada as a teenager from Iraq. The traumatic experience left her struggling to find the words to understand the world around her and she turned to art to create what she couldn’t express. With over a decade of experience, Mais has presented exhibitions locally & internationally and she continues to bring her ability to take traditional culture and concepts to create works that are abstract and imaginative in new and intriguing ways
info_outlineToronto-based artist Heather Fraser grew up in North Gower, a small town in the Ottawa Valley. After completing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, worked in the financial industry. During that time, she also completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at OCAD University, which included a year sabbatical studying art in Florence, Italy. She graduated with distinction in 2013 with a degree in Drawing and Painting. Heather now paints full time, while also juggling two young daughters. Although Heather’s subject of choice has historically been the figure, her recent body of work focuses on food. Her paintings explore our sensual experience of food, including pomegranates, oranges, lemons, and tomatoes, as well as burgers, ice cream, pancakes, and many, many donuts.
Learn more about the artist: https://www.heatherfraserart.com/
Learn more about the podcast and podcast guest: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/