WOW- SUCH TALENT IN THE RICHMOND HILL ART AND STUDIO TOUR 2019

Last weekend was a whirlwind of visits to so many amazing artists in the Richmond Hill area.
Such a variety of works displayed. What can I say about the talent? It would not be enough.


SATURDAY OCTOBER 19, 2019

For me this was a walking tour. I live down from the Centre of the City of Richmond Hill.
So I started with the artists displaying at the RH Centre for the Performing Arts ( RHCPA)

Trudy Maresch was my first stop. I wanted to buy some jewelry from her. Three pairs of beautiful ear rings.

Trudy Maresch

Some artists were busy so I did not chat with them but did view their works.

Josephine Sherman- Visual Artist & Teacher.
Josephine Sherman

Wonderful array of delightful work by Wendy Cho.
Wendy Cho

Vera Samarakina was receptive to my interest in her knitting that kept her busy during the show. her water colour, ink and acrylic art work was very beautiful.
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Shoshana Lock was showing her fine art work in oil, acrylic, ink and mixed media. I love that picture in blue at the top right corner. The colours!!
Shoshana lock

So needing to see so many artists, not much time to chat.

  On to the Heritage House display.

Always interested in Heritage sites, I snapped a photo of Dr. Langstaff's home. Since I am a graduate of Langstaff Secondary School it seemed a fitting thing to do.

Caterina Liberatore does her art form in pastel, oil and acrylic.
Caterina Liberatore

Rubina Panjwani was busy selling some jewelry to a satisfied customer.
Rubina Panjwani

At the back of the Heritage Centre was some interesting wood items. Firstly I needed to see the antique piece in one of the rooms.

I love antiques!

Kade Bolger is a  Woodturner. He lives and works in Whitby.

Kade Bolger

 I love wood so I could not resist a little purchase.

An unique bowl for my home.

So a stroll along Church back to Yonge Street to visit the United Church site.

  Mary Espinosa showcasing a piece of her art.
Mary Espinosa Art

Christine Chin-Fook a virtual artist beside her work.
Christine Chin-Fook

Sylva Sroujian was all smiles showing her art.
Sylva Sroujian

Danica Tanaskovic who does fused glass was busy with a visitor.
Danica Tanaskovic

So more of a stroll along Church to the Elgin Barrow Arena. Although an active hockey morning, the community room was busy with Art.

 Olena Lopatina does a variety of subjects in Oil. The water Lily picture is so vibrant.

Olena Lopatina

 Spouse Vladimir had many interesting pieces as well.

Vladimir Lopatin

 Brooke Friendly shows off some work.

Brooke Friendly

A friend was showing the work of Terri Mittelmann. Fused Glass Art. Love the Judaica images.

Terri Mittelman

Manizhe was so proud of her work.

Manizhe Sabet Sarvestany

Karen was invited from Orangeville to be at the show.
Beautiful jewelry but also a quilter belonging to the Dufferin Piecemakers Quilting Guild.

Dufferin Piece Makers.

Karen's work can be found at the following link.

Karen Hunter

Naghmeh Armada was busy wrapping up a sale of her beautiful art cushions.

Naghmeh Ahmadi

Two other artists being showcased were.

Manuela Moldovan with her jewelry and oils.
Manuela Moldovan


Andrej Krystoforski had his oil works.

Andrej Krystoforski

What wonderful work and talent observed in my day.
So walking back home inspired by all the beautiful displays, I stopped in at The Knitter's Attic a
Wool,yarn and craft supplies store on Yonge Street. I bought a bag of a variety of blue, purple, orange and fun yarn to use with my ongoing projects.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 20 2019

No more walking. Time to drive to several locations.

Started the day with Andrea End at her home.

 Andrea demonstrating the technique of linocut printing.

 An enthusiastic mother and son were very interested in her teaching. As can be seen behind her there are several prints from the one design. I stood and watched her at work.

Meanwhile her gouache landscape art work was Divine. This painting almost seems alive and flowing doesn't it?

Andrea End

She is also on Face book. facebook@Andrea.End Artist.

Next door to Andrea was Valentine loppe. He does work in oil and acrylic.

Studying as an architect in Russia, art was a core subject.

Valentine loppe

Lots of colour and interesting subjects.

I had a good chat with his wife who is a writer. She published a book on Canada in Russian. Since she translates, she hopes to have an English version some day. They love their home in Canada.

Driving up Bathurst I visited a location with three artists.

Sharon Kirsh opened her home to two other participants.

Beautiful Cold Wax Abstracts. Fine Art.

Sharon was a super cooperative model. Positioned between two of her beautiful works.

Sharon Kirsh

Mary Jane Klausz a wonderful potter showing her work. Appealing pottery for any room.

Mary Jane Klausz

Karen Pasieka of Subtle Details. Using polymer clay Karen creates some of the most whimsical and unique designs. I loved her work.

 A fun Christmas tree.

This alphabet work is not done justice by this photo. The amount of work and ideas presented is so joyful. She usually does a name not the whole alphabet. So anyone looking for a different way to showcase your child's name then Karen is the artist for you.

Karen Pasieka

My last stop was to Wendy Emery's house. A glass artist, she had a variety of pieces.

Wendy Emery

I bought some items from her.

I would have visited more but had to return home.Seeing 28 of 43 artists over two days was good.
Some artists I missed I had seen their work at the Centre for the Performing Arts Open House September 15th and the Culture Days at the Richmond Hill Library September 28th.

As a member of the Richmond Hill Arts Council, I found it so important to meet as many artists at this event as possible.

What was my take away?? There is so much artistic talent in our community. I will gladly promote these artists as often as possible.
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