Artists' Biographies
Donna Powers - Garner
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Donna was always very artistically inclined from the early age of five. She always enjoyed drawing and painting in her spare time throughout her elementary and secondary schooling. She took art from Jane Freeman during her secondary education at Lambton Central Collegiate Vocational Institute in Petrolia, Ontario. She graduated from Humber College in Rexdale, Ontario in 1976 from the Registered Practical Nursing program. In 2003 she graduated from the University of Western Ontario/ Kings College, London Ontario from the Grief and Bereavement Studies.In her 20’s and 30’s Donna travelled to many different countries and had the opportunity to see the...
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Anne Bush
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Anne discovered her artistic abilities later in life.Her passion for painting animals is her favourite subject. She prefers to paint animals mostly in acrylics. Other subjects include portraiture and florals.She is a member of Circle of Artists since 2004 and also Sarnia Artists Workshop where she has participated in many SAW group shows over the years.
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Irvin Hawkes
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“I am particularly attracted to the rural scenery, the old barns, equipment and farm houses that are being abandoned with the change in farming from the 100 acre farms of my youth to the 1000 plus acre farms without fences or buildings or tree lines. To drive through some Mennonite or Amish countryside is a drive of memories. Age has limited my mobility, so I do a lot of roadside driving and viewing for a scene that attracts me to photograph and paint it. Painting has pleasantly replaced See More...
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Jack Keefe
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Jack was born in the small northern Ontario town of South Porcupine, and grew up in Sarnia, where he lives with his wife Toni. Together they have 3 sons, 3 daughters in law, and 3 grandchildren.
In the year of 2000 he was See More...
Pam Wong Biography
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Pam has enjoyed a successful career as an artist since 1989. A love of the Natural World and an enjoyment of solitude bring a sense of mystery and wonder to her work. It has been said that you get a sense of Pam’s spirituality in her paintings. Watercolour has been Pam’s preferred medium, however she has ventured into acrylic works in the past few years with some success. Favourite times are spent outdoors where the elements See More...
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