Members

Audrey is an Artist in Niagara Falls and enjoys working with a variety of mediums including acrylics, watercolours and pastels. She loves subject matters from vintage cars to portraits and images inspired from her travels. Audrey is the current President of the Parkway Artists’ Guild and a member of the Niagara Plein Air Artists.
Email: audrey.t.barclay@gmail.com

While his main focus is painting aircraft in both monochrome and colour, acrylic painter Robert Brion paints "just about anything that appeals to me at any given time." He enjoys transferring whimsical pencil doodles onto canvas, laying primary colours and colours straight from the tube on a light green background. These works reflect the influences of Native West Coast and Inuit styles. While he resides in Fort Erie with his wife, Gail, Robert's work is influenced by his extensive travels to other countries.

I grew up in a home in which my father and mother nurtured a love for the arts. My father, an art hobbyist himself, guided my early painting efforts. To this day I have a deep love of painting, currently in watercolours. There is a unique and pleasurable challenge in how the brush carries the pigment and water onto the blank paper, and with hope and some degree of skill becomes art! Being a member of the Parkway Artist's Guild as well as Niagara Plein Air Artists has expanded my love of learning and involvement with art and artists.
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5x7 Acrylic from my own reference photo

Judy Darling is a watercolour artist living in Niagara Falls. Judy loves to paint landscapes, wildlife, buildings and florals. Watercolour has become one of her great loves and she is passionate about painting as often as she can. Judy loves to experiment with new techniques and new subjects. Commissions have included dogs, cats, buildings and florals.
email: myartroom3@gmail.com

Carol Anne works with acrylic paints, which she thoroughly enjoys after having worked with oils over the years. She has had opportunities to study with skilled instructors at the Ottawa School of Art and with community artists to help expand her understanding and practice of painting, sketching, portraiture and various art techniques throughout her career in human resources while working in Montreal, Ottawa and in St-Catharines, Ontario where she now resides.

Christine is recently retired after working as a French translator for the past 30 years. She was born in Québec and has lived in Northern Ontario, Toronto, Québec City, Sherbrooke, Cayuga. After retiring in Virgil, she started to pursue what had been the main interest of her youth: drawing and painting. She has been taking courses and exploring watercolour and acrylic painting techniques

Albert Ho has resided in Niagara-on-the-Lake for seven years. He was born in Malaysia, educated in England, and came to Canada as a young man. He worked as an engineer for many years before retiring and moving to NOTL. Initially, he turned to art as a therapeutic activity for grief recovery after losing his wife and then continued to paint because he discovered that he truly enjoyed it. He has been painting for three years and has taken classes in various places with artists such as Anne Reimer, Susan Wintrop, Patricia Haftar, and Julie Ponesse. His years as an engineer have helped him to develop an “artistic eye” with a bent for accuracy as is apparent in his paintings. He has exhibited his artwork at the Pumphouse, has participated in Parkway Artists’ Guild shows, and was part of a recent exhibit Brush Strokes at the Community Centre. Today, he is happy to delve into all types of subject matter and most mediums.

A recently retired interior designer, Valerie extended her love of colour and the inspiration of nature to her paintings throughout the last thirty five years. Her love of natural landscapes is evident in her award-winning acrylic painting, "ISLAND in Algonquin Park".
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While living in England for 13 years, 2 years in the United States and 8 years in Singapore, I attended various art schools and broadened my use of art materials and subjects. All my travels and experiences have had a positive effect on the way I paint today. It is important to “learn as much as you can from others but still have the courage to make it your own.
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As my first love since childhood, sketching and drawing, took a back seat to family life after high school, I found my creative expression in cake decorating and teaching all manner of confectionery arts from my home for many years. I did enjoy an occasional watercolour class but had not picked up brushes and paints for over 20 years when, in 2008, I decided I no longer wanted a dedicated schedule. Attending local classes whenever possible, I am mostly self-taught and enjoy working in watercolour, acrylics and wet-on-wet oils with nature scenes from my wanderings becoming my main inspirations.
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St.Catharines artist Karen Kozarevich has been painting since 1977, is a past member of Mississauga Visual Arts, and a current member of Niagara Parkway Artists Guild. After retiring as an IT security professional in the corporate world, Karen began pursuing art in earnest, and has been actively exhibiting and selling her art in the Niagara region. In 2017, she won ‘Best in Show’ award for her painting, 'John’s Home – Historic McFarland House, NOTL' chosen by a juror, commemorating Canada 150 celebrations in the Niagara Parks ‘Rooted in the Garden’ show.

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Artist, educator and novice astronomer, my enthusiasm for nature and science fuel my artistic endeavours. Earning " best in show" and "honourable mention awards" my vibrant, often large , acrylics capture organic, impressionistic and abstract compositions. Commissions have included landscapes and cottages and farm properties.

Since 1966 I have been a working Visual Artist. While still in high school I enrolled in a correspondence course with Art Instruction Schools keeping me focused on a creative art career. Until computers came along I had a happy career as a layout and paste up artist, painting in my off time. After years of volunteering with the St. Catharines Craft Guild, South Coast Craft Guild, St. Catharines Art Association, Parkway Artist Guild, and craft and art shows in the Niagara region, the dream of having a Gift Shop, Gallery, Studio in Niagara Falls became a reality - Birgie and friends, 4343 Queen St. Niagara Falls opened in June of 2019.

I am enjoying retirement in the Niagara area after a 35-year career in Education. As a teacher and administrator with the North York and Peel Boards of Education, there was never time to pursue creative venues. Once retired and residing as a newcomer in Niagara, new opportunities opened up. Initially, I became a member of the Canadian Doll Artists and enjoyed creating and entering competitions with one of a kind fabric figures.

Some people collect photos and make scrap books chronicling growing up. I have chosen to paint pictures of some memories that are buried and have come to the surface. For instance, Lassie, our collie dog, would sometimes chase one of the cows at the farm we used to visit in the summers. One day a cow stood her ground protecting her calf and Lassie had to back down.

Sue McCabe is a watercolour artist living in St.Catharines. She loves to paint the landscapes, birds and flowers of the Niagara Peninsula. Her other hobbies include cross-stitch, card making, and researching local history.

Tom McQuaig is a resident of St. Catharines and long standing member of the Parkway Artist Guild. Starting out as a watercolorist he now enjoys painting in acrylic as well. While doing house and cottage portraits, he enjoys creating paintings of vacation spots and scenery from around Niagara. For more information you can contact him at tomlois.mcquaig@gmail.com

Janice Opie has touched upon several mediums including, dying silk for fashion clothing, authorship, mosaic pathways, cast waterfalls, and a stint of Thangka painting in a Tibetan monastery. But her passion of fine art has brought her back to watercolours first and acrylics second. She currently teaches at the Niagara Falls Art Gallery and conducts workshops for the City of St. Catharines. For more information, please see her website www.janiceopie.com

The art I create is a soulful and interactive expression of life around me and reflects the subject and feeling of the moment. The process “from soul to hand” is my attempt to express those moments on paper or canvas.
As an artist, my goal is to create a feeling in a painting that reflects an interpretation of moods, emotions and artistic individuality and finally, to rely on the viewer to complete the visual interpretation.
www.cathypetersgallery.com

Anne Reimer has a deep love of fine art. She is inspired by the beauty of local landscapes and florals. Her paintings show a remarkable sense of colour and understanding of nature. She excels in oils and watercolours and has exhibited in many galleries and shows. She is sought after for commissions and for teaching.
email: paintingsbyanne@yahoo.ca
website: paintingsbyanne.godaddysites.com

The love of art was always present since Carmela’s childhood but she had not made it a priority in her youth studies. It eventually devolved into a hobby in the mid 80’s while she was living in Italy as a stay-at-home mom. Artistic inspiration came from the beautiful landscapes of the olive groves and the vibrant colours of the poppy fields.

Contact information: carmrinaldis@hotmail.com Instagram @ziameme65.

Comfortable in a variety of creative endeavors from writing to performance, Josephine has in recent years found freedom in the exploratory nature of mixed media. With an abstract collage of materials and images, she communicates her journey, her insights, and her observations in both personal journals and on canvas. Always pushing to the next level, she has, for eighteen months, been working with the demands of watercolour. Meeting weekly with a group of plein air painters for support and guidance, she is determined to master this tricky medium.

I’ve always had the passion and desire to paint, but never had the time. But now since I’m semi-retired from Real Estate everything has changed. We live in such a beautiful and historic region with so much natural beauty that I want to paint everything. The Niagara region is so blessed with not only the Falls, but an abundance of historic sites, parks and trails, rivers, lakes and beautiful skies and sunsets that not only surround us, but connects us all to life. Having spent time in exotic destinations and photographed and painted there only deepens my desire to learn to paint well. My long term goal is to become proficient enough to give back in a meaningful way through art.

Sonja Sindelar is a self-taught artist with a graduate degree in Laboratory Science. After retiring, she settled in Niagara Falls to follow her passion for painting. She likes to experiment with new techniques, always developing her artwork.

Born in Sevenoaks, England, Anthony J. Smith studied art at the Tonbridge Wells School of Art before being conscripted into R.A.F. Later, he was employed as a technical illustrator for the Hawker Aircraft Company and became a successful graphic artist. After emigrating to Canada in 1964, Tony formed a progressive Industrial/Technical studio with a photographer and two other artists in Toronto. Upon his retirement in 1998, he moved to the Niagara Region. The ambience of the wineries, Niagara Falls, the escarpment, and the Welland Canal, rekindled both his enthusiasm for painting and his interest in detail.

I've lived and worked across much of Canada primarily in the high tech sector. I've never studied art formally but have been drawing since forever. Pending retirement was the incentive to branch and out and actually "learn" color. From that all the other tools developed. I enjoy pastel, ink, graphite, color pencil or pyrography.and even gouache and acrylic. There was even a brief but unrequited fascination with digital art. Each medium requires a different way of thinking and produces unique results. I love

Diane lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and has used many mediums in her art through her years of painting. She started painting when living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has taken classes in Montreal, Vancouver, Boston, Kitchener, Niagara, The Muskokas, Sicily and Florida. Now retired, Diane turns her creativity to acyclic painting and pottery.

After her retirement Helen decided to dabble in art work.  To awaken her artistic side she took a evening courses at Niagara College and Brock University. She delved into water color pencils, then water colors and pastels.  She likes to paint Canadian scenes from her travels, local scenery and florals that interest and inspire her. To see more of Helen's work, please visit her Facebook page - Helen's Art.

Kimberly recently moved to the Niagara region and is enjoying everything this region has to offer. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design University, Kim studied design and advertising but also maintained her love of fine art and life drawing. Her career began with one of Toronto’s top design studios and led to building her own successful business in Oro-Medonte. While there, her oil, pastel, and acrylic landscapes and abstracts were featured in the Thanksgiving Images Studio Tour. Kim recently joined the Niagara Parks Commission and is excited to become immersed in the artistic community of Niagara.

Molly Yimlei Yep is a Canadian who trained as an architect at McGill University in Montreal. She worked in that profession for over two decades. She later obtained an MBA in Ontario and studied ceramics full-time in England. She is now a fine artist in clay and painting, working in both eastern and western styles from her studio in Niagara-on-the-Lake. She has been Vice-President and is the Past-President of Parkway Artists Guild. She enjoys teaching TaijiFlow to seniors at the NOTL community centre.