These Canadian artists create their own original portraiture capturing likenesses and interpreting the essence of the subject. Many of the artists listed may be approached to create portraits on commission. Their work might include family, friends, pets, or just an interesting face.
Born In Toronto, raised in Northern Ontario, Dave currently resides in his east coast studio in Nova Scotia.
Dave’s teenage years were spent guiding... (more)
I am a Canadian Metis painter who specializes in surreal and abstract acrylic paintings. Detailed, highly unique artwork with an aboriginal flavour. My style developed from a early start in portrait painting when I was a child and evolved into som... (more)
Portraits / paintings and workshops, links to the childrens book illustrations.
A paper artist upcycling newsprint into chigiri-e type collages celebrating natural wonders.
A PAINTER'S LIFE - a web site reflecting thirty years of art making
Figurative work and portraiture done from life using traditional media. Plein air landscapes and seascapes. Primary influences are the humanist artists prior to 1900, and Austrian Modernism.
Raised and residing in the scenic Annapolis Valley of Canada’s Nova Scotia, Jenny has had a strong connection to nature and the animals living in it from an early age. Summers spent exploring the woods, lakes, and shores of Nova Scotia has strengt... (more)
Ausilia is a Romantic / Naturalistic style artist (working primarily in oils). She uses the combinations of light and shadows to create the sometime mysterious feelings that surround her works .
emotional aesthetic ponderings
A children’s entertainer originally in Moncton but settled in Halifax, mixed media and body Art