Artists' Biographies

Victoria Shaw has enjoyed arts and craftsall of her life. Although time was limited un-til her retirement from Dow ChemicalCanada ULC., it was at this point in life thatshe decided to learn the skills of potterywheel throwing and clay hand building.Over the passed several years, Victoria (orVicki as most would know her by) attendedLambton College in Sarnia to learn ceram-ics basics.Vicki has been married to Bill Shaw for 45+years. She enjoys time with her family and grandchildren. Volunteers with the CaringHearts Children’s Program at St. Joseph’sHospice, Sarnia-Lambton. In addition toher pottery making she loves to travel, pho-tography, watercolour painting, as well...

Anna was born in the city of Dimipro Ukraine. She studied professionally at the Kharkiv College of architecture for 3 months her goal being to teach painting basics to children. 'I paint my paintings with a palette knife and brushes using strong fast stokes with which I can fully express thoughts and feelings".

Nataliya was born in the Ukrainian City Of Dinipro. She was orphaned at birth because of her disability and placed in a special orphanage for disabled children. She was there for the first 12 years of her life. She was then moved to a nursing home where she stayed for the next 18 years of her life. During this time she had a desire to draw and a good teacher helped her start painting by teaching her the art of Petrykivka Art which is Ukrainian Folk Art. Nataliya was determined to perfect her skill as a mouth painter. Her work...

Sheila was born and raised in rural Lambton County, Ontario...her passion is nature and all that is natural – and so her inclination to attempt humble creations of artwork reflecting this. Sheila has always preferred drawing as her chosen form of expression; but works in many media forms to express herself through many genres of art.As a child, her preference was to 'doodle' or draw her time away rather than concentrate on lessons. As a mother, she would draw her children pictures to colour or to tell stories about. When she became a student of the Art Fundamentals Program at...

Natasha Adams is an abstract expressionist, sculptor, and web comix creator from Aamjiwnaang First Nation. She studied art under the tutelage of Kim Yuhasz during her time at SCITS.