Join us once a month for a demo from a visiting artist and sign up for the full day Sunday workshop to learn how to apply the techniques to your own artwork.
Artist Demonstration/Artist Talks take place on Monday evenings from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
There is no charge to our members for Artist Demo evenings
In Person Demo Evenings and Workshops
DEMONSTRATION – Oil and Cold Wax
Monday, September 14 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
This is a unique approach to loose, abstracted landscapes using a palette knife to set out big shapes and emphasize texture.
DEMONSTRATION – Portrait from Photo in Oil on Copper
Monday, October 5 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Join us this evening for an oil painting on copper. Sadko will use a photographic reference to show us his process.
Sadko Hadzihasanovic’s artistic practice primarily revolves around portraiture, exploring themes of identity, culture, and social implications. He works with mixed media and collage, often incorporating references to popular culture. Hadzihasanovic’s notable stylistic approach involves a dedication to figurative painting, an interest in the ordinary man, and an affinity for experimentation with new technologies.
Instagram: @sadkohadzihasanovic
WORKSHOP – Oil and Cold Wax
Sunday, October 25 from 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Karen will demonstrate one of her mediums, oil paint with cold wax on birch panel at the RHGA meeting September 14th.
This is a unique approach to loose, abstracted landscapes using a palette knife to set out big shapes and emphasize texture.
Material Fee: $20 (oil paint, palette, knife, those things that someone who does not use oil paint needs) Please specify at time of registration
Note: Karen will supply the cold wax. Birch Panel to be purchased ahead of time. Size and Material list to follow.
DEMONSTRATION – Large Florals
Monday, November 9 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Michele Van Maurik – Biography
Michele Van Maurik is an award-winning artist from Oakville whose dramatic light filled paintings are quickly gaining international recognition. She has been called” a genius of light” and her paintings have garnered the attention of the Arts, Sciences and Lettres Academy of Paris, which awarded her the gold medal for excellence in painting. Selected to represent Canada as part of the Canadian delegation, Van Maurik was invited to show her painting, “Sunflower/Tournesol” by the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts held at the Louvre in Paris in December 2013 and continued to show her work there for 4 consecutive years. The attention to detail, colour mastery and luminescence in her work have made her larger-than-life floral paintings highly sought after by discerning art collectors. Van Maurik strives to create works which uplift and inspire. For her, it’s all in the details…. looking at something magnified creates a whole different point of view of something we see all the time, but rarely notice. In addition to painting Florals, Michele enjoys painting a variety of subjects: Plein air landscapes, still life and portraits of people and animals. Michele has taught workshops for numerous art schools and organizations such as The Studios of Key West in Florida, Maggiolly art studio in Orangeville, Don Valley Art Club and Southampton arts to name a few. Her paintings have recently been featured in ARABELLA MAGAZINE as an artist to collect (winter 2018) AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR and INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE
Michele’s paintings can be seen hanging in private collections throughout Canada, Paris, Amsterdam, London, California and Key West Florida.