Artists' Biographies

Lynn Tait is an award-winning poet/photographer. Born in Toronto residing in Sarnia her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines and in over 100 North American anthologies. Her photography/photo art has graced the covers of 7 books and appeared in North American Art magazines. Her photography has won numerous prizes and been exhibited at The Gallery in the Grove, the Sarnia Arts Gallery, Cheek Monkey, Zony's Framing, The Story and The Lawrence House. She uses various programs and filters to get painterly-like effects.

I am a lifelong artist with a medical background and I take most of my cues from nature working mostly in watercolor, acrylic and pencil. 

I am a SARNIA native in my 50th year of dentistry. I started acrylic painting in my early sixties. I love bright colours in my paintings and enjoy animal art. 

Her paintings focus on the spontaneity and fluidity that is ALIVE in us all.

Accepted in many juried shows and winning many awards, the works of Regina Gudelis can be found in galleries and private and corporate collections in Canada, USA and Europe.

“My paintings are centered on actual experience and expression of feeling and emotion through gestural vigorous brushwork. This energy draws the viewer in and communicates a message beyond words.”

Using watercolour and acrylics in a vibrant, loosely executed style, Regina produces unique abstract and traditional paintings.

Although she is primarily a self-taught artist, she has studied at the Summit School of Arts (New Jersey) and Lambton College. She continues her art education by participating in numerous workshops given by world-renowned artists.

Her awards include Sarnia Mayors Art Award (1st place in 2005, 3rd place in 2019), WOLFF award (2002 and 2009), Petrolia Victoria Hall (2017 and 2019).

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Debbie Okun Hill is a Canadian poet/blogger/freelance writer who holds memberships with the League of Canadian Poets, The Writers Union of Canada and other literary organizations. For eight years, she was a co-host of Spoken Word, an open mic event held at the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts. She is the recipient of two Ontario Arts Council Writers’ Reserve grants with over 450 poems published in over 165 different literary publications including Descant, Existere, The Literary Review of Canada, Vallum, and The Windsor Review. Tarnished Trophies (Black Moss Press, 2014) is her first full collection of poems. She has...