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Art Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 41 - Barbara ReadeBarbara Reade lives right beside Lake Ontario in the heart of downtown Burlington. The windows of her my studio space look out on a sweeping vista of sky, water and all the urban elements that make up her vibrant neighbourhood. Barbara’s palette is often influenced by the colours that she sees with a mix of natural hues, highly saturated pigments and the weathered stone neutrals of the local architecture.When describing her work, describes a powerful interplay between wildness and precision that draws her to abstraction, much like the mix of the natural and urban landscape in...2022-08-3129 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 40 - ANNIVERSARY EditionHappy 1st Anniversary!!!It’s hard to believe that the podcast is a year old. What started as an idea has evolved into great conversations with artists from across Canada and around the globe. The podcast has now been downloaded in over 26 countries and continues to grow. Thank you to all the artists and individuals who have continued to support the podcast each week. My gratitude is overflowing. So for this special Anniversary edition, we have turned the tables. I have invited back my first guest, Lydia Swanson to sit in the host chair and int...2022-08-2431 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 39 - Nicole KaganNicole Kagan is a multi-faceted visual artist born in Johannesburg, South Africa and based in Toronto, Canada. Deeply inspired by the natural world as a reflection of the interior human experience, her works are layered and lush, thoughtful and evocative. In her making practice, Nicole thrives on the freeing sense of experimentation and alchemy that accompanies working in mixed media — with an increasing interest in meaning-making, and the intersection of movement and stillness. Her works exist as both beautiful images to behold, as well as mindful visual reminders in one's space, symbolizing a range of contemplative themes and concepts. Ni...2022-08-1731 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 38 - Filling The Creative WellSometimes as artists we forget the importance of the creative pause to refill our creative well. Recently I took a mini vacation to just get away from everything, and it got me thinking about the importance of getting out into the world to explore new ideas, find inspiration and just breathe. Here are 5 ideas which I go into on today's episode for how you can begin to refill your own creative well:1.Explore a new part of our city or nearby town2.Try a new local restaurant3.Go for a walk i...2022-08-1007 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 37 - Sarah BrodieSarah Brodie has found a brilliant way to write off all her art and office supply purchases by becoming an art therapist. She went to Canada’s one and only english language graduate studies program: getting her Masters in Art Therapy from Concordia University in 2005. She beefed up her studies with post-graduate specialization in child development and psychoanalysis at another one of a kind Institute in Toronto (CICAPP) and founded The Arterie with the only other person who also has those two diplomas, her work wife, Claudia Corradetti. They’ve been lucky to find a few other kindred spirits to p...2022-07-2718 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 36 - Andrew Cheddie SookrahAndrew Cheddie Sookrah is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (Lifetime, Mentor), Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Ontario Society of Artists, and the Portrait Society Of Canada.Andrew was a contestant in the finals of Landscape Artists Of The Year Canada Competition; episodes can be streamed on CBC tv GEM Documentaries. Andrew teaches online at the McMichael Gallery of Canadian Art, The Barrie Arts Club and The Richmond Hill Art School.His body of work includes landscapes and figurative work in abstracted realism, porcelain sculpture...2022-07-2025 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 35 - Andrew ScheglovAndrew Scheglov is a Toronto based figurative painter. Born in Russia and raised in Israel, he currently lives and works in Canada. His education includes a diploma in Classical Animation from Sheridan College in 2005, a year long apprenticeship with Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum in 2007, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2012. Andrew’s recent work oscillates between motifs of intimate queer portraiture in quotidian domestic or outdoor settings, and larger socio-psychological images of crowds in motion, particularly from the late Soviet era, resulting from the collapse of major spiritual systems and...2022-07-1329 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 34 - Kaitlin MasonKaitlin is an award-winning artist who uses multiple layers of coloured pencil to create her trompe-l’oeil fabric drawings. Leaving the wood exposed adds an additional element of organic detail, which is unique to each piece. She enjoys playing with light and shadows, in an attempt to transform an otherwise mundane item, into a sculptural entity. Capturing these fragments of fabric preserves the intricate details of each fabric, which can never be recreated in that specific form again. Each drawing is unique, special, and layered with details to explore! On today’s episode Kaitlin talks about her uniqu...2022-07-0626 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 33 - Pascal NormandAfter a career in television and cinema in the 2000s, Pascal Normand has devoted himself since 2009 to the creation of his pictorial artwork. Independent and self-taught, Pascal has participated in artistic events such as the New Art Festival in Ottawa, the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TAOF) and MTL en Arts in Montreal.In recent years, Pascal’s work has won several important awards: Mayor's Prize at the Couleurs Urbaines symposium in Granby (2018), CCLGBTQ Jury Prize at the MTL en Arts festival (2018), 3rd Grand Prize at the 34th International Gala of Visual Arts in Montreal (2019), Desjardins Public Prize at t...2022-06-2928 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 32 - Tara LeaverOriginally from London, Tara Leaver is an artist and teacher living by the sea in Cornwall, England. After completing a Foundation Diploma in London in her early twenties, her regular art practice took a back seat to travel and various forms of employment, including six years teaching Montessori. She was also dealing with recurring bouts of depression which impacted her creativity for several years.Tara moved to Hove on the south coast as part of her recovery, and resumed painting in 2008, embarking on a period of intensive study and development after discovering the world of online blogs...2022-06-2229 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 31 - Laura PetursonBorn in Windsor, Ontario, Laura Peturson holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. With a practice situated in printmaking, drawing and painting, Laura’s works combine multiple print-based techniques with a handmade aesthetic. Laura lives in Callander, Ontario, and teaches printmaking, painting, and drawing at Nipissing University. Her practice includes traditional printmaking disciplines, as well as large-scale print-based mural works that involve layering woodcut, linocut and papercut prints with wheatpaste over hand-painted imagery. Laura's work has been presented in recent solo exhibitions at Galerie Atelier Circulaire in Montreal, Sta...2022-06-1528 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 30 - Victoria PearceVictoria lives and paints in Hamilton’s James North art district and cottages on the edge of Algonquin Park and enjoys hiking and paddling the natural spaces of Ontario’s north, be it Muskoka, Algonquin, Haliburton, Kawartha, Madawaska or the length of Bruce Trail. The contrast of sky to rocky cliffs, grand pines and idyllic islands make for great inspiration. Her labyrinth style finds much inspiration in the exposed rock of the Canadian Shield, the grand White Pines and wide open skies. Come join her on land or on water.Victoria is a professional artist who works from...2022-06-0828 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 29 - Jorn SchmidtJorn Schmidt grew up in Germany, where he studied Philosophy. Jorn moved to Canada in 2005. His first contact with screen printing was in Berlin, where he tried to support himself during his Ph.D studies. He would sell t-shirts and other things on the weekend at a local flea market. The first t-shirt Jorn ever designed and printed depicted the Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, part of what he now calls The 'Philosophers' series.When Jorn moved to Canada for romantic reasons, he discovered that continuing his studies proved more difficult and lengthier than anticipated. Again, Jorn turned to ma...2022-06-0114 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 28 - Delio DelgadoDelio Delgado is a Dominican-Canadian artist based out of Hamilton, OntarioHe has a BFA in multidisciplinary studies from The National School of Visual Arts in the Dominican Republic. Delio also graduated from the Altos de Chavon, The School of Design which is affiliated with Parson’s The New School of Design in New York City. Delio also has completed Digital Media Production as a Graphic Designer at Mohawk College.Between 1997 and 2021 Delio has exhibited extensively in public and alternative spaces in The Caribbean, Europe, the USA and Canada. Some of the galleries his work has...2022-05-2533 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 27 - Artist-Life BalanceJoin me from my studio as I talk about the Artist - Life balance. After a busy week full of events, podcast recordings and studio engagements, I spent a little time reflecting on how best to manage my time without feeling burnt out. So, what does it take to be a full time artist? How do I find balance between teaching, my art practice, recording a podcast and the daily demands of life. I will share some of my musings and insights into how to establish a regular studio routine, and some of the tips and tricks that work...2022-05-1820 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 26 - Peggy Taylor ReidPeggy Taylor Reid is a photographer using both a traditional and an alternative lens. Her work encompasses constructed photographs, concepts, and the natural world. She holds a BFA from the University of Ottawa and a B.ED from the University of Toronto. She is an educator, and a long-time member of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, and presently is a member and past co-chair of The Red Head Gallery collective. Taylor Reid’s work can be found in private and public collections, most notably the Art Gallery of Peel. She received the N.Y. Photo Curator award for her se...2022-05-1130 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 25 - Cole SwansonCole Swanson is an artist and educator based in Toronto, Ontario. Through a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and materially-focused practice, he explores interspecies dynamics evolving in the anthropocene. Cole has exhibited works in national and international institutions on four continents and is two-time arts fellow through the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute for his research on natural materials, miniature painting, fresco, and earth pigments. With a sustainable and access-oriented approach to creation and dissemination, Cole often engages conservationists, scientists, and social/community partners to integrate advocacy, education, and lived experience into the creative process. His work has been featured in several m...2022-05-0441 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 24 - Heather HortonHeather Horton’s work focuses on internal states, contemplative narratives and often has a personal connection to her own life.Heather was born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She attended McMaster University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Heather then went on to graduate from the well-respected Interpretive Illustration program at Sheridan College.Heather’s work can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. A selection of her paintings is now a part of the permanent collection at the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, as well as part of the...2022-04-2736 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 23 - Sandra TarantinoSandra Tarantino received a Bachelor of Fine Arts through the Ontario College of Art and Design in Drawing and Painting, a BA at York University in Psychology and a Bachelor of Education at Western University. She has actively participated in the artistic community as Co-Founder and Director of C1 art space from 2004-2011, AWOL Gallery and Studios from 1996-2012 as well as being part of the AWOL Collective to present day. She has recently opened a new gallery and ceramic studio, ArtQuarters Gallery, in Toronto where she creates, exhibits, teaches and showcases other Canadian artists with her life partner...2022-04-2033 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 22 - Clarence Porter“My job as an artist is to see and translate my visual and emotional moments into pieces that allow the viewer to see, feel and be in my moments giving the viewer pause to reflect on moments in time that I cherished, frozen in pigments.” - Clarence PorterClarence Porter worked in the Toronto advertising world as an art director/freelance illustrator- a career spanning 40 plus years. Moving to Hamilton Ontario, Clarence pursued working in soft pastels and after receiving an Honourable Mention in the 2006 Pastel Artist Canada “Purely Pastels” Exhibition, he never looked back. Clarence...2022-04-1339 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 21 - Michelle HartonMichelle Harton (b.1983) is an Irish artist who works mainly in acrylic and water soluble drawing materials. She has studied art at Fermanagh College in Northern Ireland, classical portraiture and figure painting and drawing at the private art school and international arts colony Studio Escalier in France, plein air painting with David Mynett in Majorca and is an alumni of the intensive Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton along with many years of self experimentation.Her previous work has included a collection on the folklore and legends of her hometown Cavan and a large solo exhibition based...2022-04-0635 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 20 - I'm Back! ...but where did I go?Hello to all my listeners and thank you for your patience. If you're new here, I had a bit of a hiatus from the world of podcasting. So after a three month break from recording I am finally back. Listen in as I explain what happened, where I have been and why I had to put everything on pause for the past three months.Also, I will give you a sneak peak into a few of my upcoming guests for April & May as well as a bit of the behind the scenes of what it takes to...2022-04-0109 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 19 - Lois SchklarLois Schklar's work has been shown in exhibitions throughout Canada and the United States. Her sculptures are in the Racine Art Museum, the Bronfman Collection, Claridge Investments, Idea Exchange Art Gallery and The Key Corporation. Lois has received grants from the Toronto Arts Council, Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council. Most recently, she received Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grants for I am Here, a 2021 exhibition at Red Head Gallery and Prototypes (Loop 2019), an exploration of sound, narrative, light and audience participation. The latter exhibition was made possible through the generous support of Canada Council’s Explore and Cre...2022-01-1228 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 18 - Kelly O'NeillKelly O’Neill is a sculpture/ installation, multimedia and textile artist who lives in Selwyn, ON. Working with assemblage and text, video and projection, and incorporating traditional textile methods with unconventional materials, Kelly creates objects and experiences that explore the fluidity and impermeability of embodied experience. Kelly’s works with objects and materials that relate to the materiality of our physical beings. Often beginning from a personal experience, she searches for an image, substance or object that moves beyond the personal to the collective. Kelly creates work that dissolves the border between viewer and object and places the vi...2022-01-0529 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 17 - Sharifah MarsdenSharifah Marsden is Anishinaabe (Ojibway) from the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in Ontario. She began painting and doing beadwork when she was about 13 and was taught by her mother, who was also a painter.Sharifah connected with elders in her community and began doing leather work, crafting moccasins and regalia. Then she took courses in Northwest Coast Jewelry at the Native Education College in Vancouver where she became skilled in hand engraved jewellery. She also trained for two years at the Vancouver Metal Arts School for goldsmithing.Sharifah’s jewellery design is based on...2021-12-1530 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 16 - Spark Box StudioSince 2009, Chrissy Poitras and Kyle Topping have been hosting a vibrant community artist residency and printmaking studio in their rural Ontario farmhouse. Spark Box Studio has welcomed over 400 visiting artists from around the world who have come to find time and space away from their routines to focus on a variety of arts ranging from painting and poetry, to music and film.Above all else, they view Spark Box as a resource by artists for artists. It's a place to create, research and grow. A place to learn, develop and explore. However artists, community members and visitors...2021-12-0854 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 15 - Andrew McPhailAndrew McPhail is a Canadian visual artist. He was born in Calgary Alberta in 1961 and studied at York University where he received his MFA in 1987. Living in Toronto in the 1980's and 90's his work focused primarily on drawing, often with pencil crayon on a polyester film called mylar. After moving to Hamilton in 2005, his interest shifted towards three dimensional work and performance. His accumulative, craft oriented work reconfigures ephemeral materials such as Band Aids, Kleenex, pins, sequins and post-its into large sculptures and installations often with a performative element. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and in 2013 was the...2021-12-0126 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 14 - Kim-Lee KhoKim-Lee Kho is a Brampton-based multidisciplinary artist, and longtime designer, exploring personal experience as a gateway to broader human concerns. The bi-ethnic daughter of a scientist and an artist, Kim's process and interests combine both influences, in sometimes unexpected ways.A member of The Red Head Gallery collective since 2018, she presented her second solo show of 2019 there, called Heartspace, a multimedia installation exploring the human heart as anatomical structure, emotional repository and vehicle for metaphor. Kim has participated nationally in exhibitions, residencies, and mentorships; and won awards including grants from the Ontario Arts Council.A...2021-11-2443 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 13 - Joanne PoluchJoanne Poluch is a well-established art consultant in Southern Ontario. She holds an Honours Degree in Art History from the University of Guelph and a Diploma in Art Marketing from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York. Joanne enjoys a quick paced and multi-faceted business which includes working with private and corporate clients to source and sell art. In addition, she currently hosts 2 TV regional arts-based shows in the regions of Waterloo, Wellington and Perth counties.On today’s episode Joanne talks about being an art consultant, working with her clients and her recent move to mento...2021-11-1736 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 12 - Annis KarpenkoAnnis has been the Executive Director of Visual Arts Mississauga since 2014. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Goddard College and a Masters of Education from OISE/University of Toronto. She has had an eclectic work life in small and medium size businesses and not-for-profits. Her early days were in theatre, she was Administrative Director of a summer theatre, and stage manager. She worked in literary arts as editor, proofreader and typesetter, she has worked as an administrator for an opera singer, an entertainment lawyer, a South African wine importer, as a church secretary, a kinder gym instructor...2021-11-1033 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 11 - James FowlerDrawing inspiration from aerial views of cities and maps, James Fowler's acrylic, oil and gouache works on canvas, paper, and wood are playfully geometric and resonate with the digital world, and culture of online information distribution. His non-traditional landscape paintings borrow from cartography and geometric abstraction, and celebrate both urban centres and rural living. James attended York University in Toronto for Film Studies and maintains a full time studio practice as a painter in Toronto. His work has been exhibited in Canada and the United States, and his work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, U...2021-11-0341 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 10 - Keila StrongKeila Strong is a self taught artist from Chicago IL. She is best known for her distinctive abstract portrait style, and her booming use of colour. Favouring acrylics; Keila paints thought provoking pieces, with underlying messages of hope and compassion. Influenced by the Cubist art movement and her Christian faith; Keila makes inner connections and lasting impressions with her viewers. Keila has been active in the arts community; sharing her work in galleries and local art shows since 2016. In August 2021, Keila hosted her first solo art exhibition entitled “Morning”; which was a dream come true. On today’s...2021-10-2731 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 9 - Kim Lee Kho & Kal HoneyKim Lee Kho and Kal Honey are Brampton based artists and long time soul-mates who initially met through their careers as graphic designers. After closing their Graphic Design Business Eye to Eye Design in 2009, they spent a year travelling North America in a camper-van. Upon their return they refocused their life on art and art instructions. Today, both Kim and Kal are established artists with busy art careers. Kim as a multidisciplinary artist and Kal as a collage and graphics artist. Today we will chat with them about art, life and what it is like to be an artist...2021-10-2050 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 8 - Amrita VirdiAmrita Virdi is a painter and a collage artist. She creates abstract expressionist paintings and adds collage to them to create surrealist narratives. She has taught painting, drawing, and sculpture for the past 8 years. She enjoys sharing her process with others and creating spaces for others to create with confidence. During the pandemic she has been exploring the limitless possibilities of digital collage. She is currently teaching digital mediums to students and working on evolving and adapting her own practise.On today’s episode Amrita talks about her residency in India and how it has continued to sh...2021-10-1331 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 7 - Christine MontagueChristine Montague is an award-winning Canadian artist, a portrait painter turned polar bear artist. Her dramatic polar bear portraiture paintings show a bear that is intelligent, powerful and muse to themes of wonder and hope, even under environmental threat. During her time in her Halton Hills studio she created her first polar bear painting in reaction to SARA’s (Species at Risk Act) declaration that the polar bear was now a species at risk. The reaction to this painting helped fuel her further exploring the subject matter of polar bears, northern lights and vanishing sea ice, altering her career path...2021-10-0631 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 6 - Kal HoneyKal Honey began his career as a Graphic designer. Kal Honey was creative and obsessively detail-oriented from an early age aways drawing, building models, doing embroidery and photography. After attending Northern Secondary School’s specialized art program in Toronto, Kal went on to become an award-winning graduate of the Ontario College of Art. After a 20-year graphic design career In 2009, Kal and his life-partner Kim Lee Kho closed up shop to spend a year travelling North America. Kal's work in painting, graphics and collage is informed by his design sensitivity and training, his love of contrasts, and his...2021-09-2925 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 5 - Marie PayneMarie Payne is one of the founders and currently the president of Arts on the Credit - a nonprofit arts organization providing opportunities for local Greater Toronto artists to show and sell their work. Marie has had several past lives including 35 years as a primary public school teacher, 30 plus years as a textile artist focusing on weaving and dying, and was a partner with my husband in a yarn business for several years . Along the way Marie also had a family and now has 2 grandchildren to further inspire. She has a rich life that keeps her busy and is...2021-09-2226 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 4 - Reinhard ReitzensteinREINHARD REITZENSTEIN, the eminent Allegorical Minimalist has inverted trees and immortalized moments in the history of the natural world in bronze since the mid 20th century. His permanent bronze works are situated in public and private gardens across North America and Europe. Although Reinhard’s work is not political, every time Justin Trudeau enters Rideau Hall he is first greeted by a REITZENSTEIN water feature which was commissioned as a permanent work by former Governor General Adrianne Clarkson.Since the turn of the 21st century Reinhard has served as the Head of the Sculpture Program at S...2021-09-1553 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 3 - Williams HuffmanWilliam Huffman is an arts administrator, curator, educator and writer with a history of extensive involvement on both local and international cultural fronts. Currently working between its Toronto and Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut offices, he leads the national and international operations of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative and its not-for-profit arm the Kinngait Arts Foundation. In this capacity, he is a recognized specialist in the issues affecting cultural producers in the Canadian Arctic and has provided expert witness testimony to both the Senate and the House of Commons. In addition to the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, Huffman is...2021-09-0845 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 2 - Lila Lewis IrvingLila Lewis Irving has an MFA in FINE ART from the University of Wisconsin. She has been in numerous exhibitions, including two at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Lila’s work has been widely collected in both national and international collections. Along with her exhibition history, Lila has an extensive teaching career in Ontario and Quebec with over 20 years at the Haliburton School of Art and Design. Lila is a member of the Ontario Society of Artists. On her website, Lila describes her painting, “as an energetic and an intense process which results in emotional and abstracted work which is d...2021-09-0132 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineEpisode 1 - Lydia SwansonLydia Swanson is a collage and mixed media artist who resides in Burlington, Ontario. After a long career in public education, Lydia turned to the arts to express her creativity. Lydia has exhibited in numerous shows, and has served on numerous boards, committees and art associations in both Mississauga and Burlington. Join me today as I chat with Lyida about her involvement in the arts, as well as her incredible use of collage and mixed media to tell visually captivating narratives about her family and love of nature. On today’s episode Lydia talks abo...2021-08-2524 minArt Conversations with Lisa Jayne IrvineWelcome & IntroductionCanadian Visual Artist, Lisa Jayne Irvine shares with you her concept for her new podcast. Through conversations, Lisa plans to explore the many facets of the art world with artists, art professionals and industry specialists. 2021-08-1003 min