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SUMMARY:Francis Martin
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nTattoo Demo on Mother’s Day \nAt Paint Ontario\, I will demonstrate the tattooing process using practice skin.  The process is exactly the same as tattooing on a real person\, the same machines\, techniques and attention to detail\, but instead of human skin\, I will work on a latex practice skin.  As I work\, the tattoo needle leaves marks in the material\, allowing the design to gradually take shape. Visitors will be able to watch the process step by step and see how a tattoo is built from the first lines to the finished image.  This demonstration offers a close look at the craftsmanship\, precision and artistry behind tattooing. I will answer questions and talk about the process as I work. I have been tattooing professionally for seven years and enjoy sharing the art and techique with others
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/francis-martin/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Gord Sadlier -Visual Acrostic
DESCRIPTION:Gord Sadlier is a multi medium creator from Norwood Ontario who has worked in the visual/design arts for over 45 years. He has created projects using watercolour paint\, wood\, graphic design and pen. He has been a leader with Backroad Collective and Camexicanus\, teaching classes in visual art to over 100 Canadian and Mexican students since 2016. His latest project is a Visual Acrostic book\, using detailed pen drawings to identify letters that form words and a phrase – creating a puzzle challenge through art that engages the participant. \nVisual Acrostic Demonstration: \nUsing his Visual Acrostic book puzzle as a guide\, participants throughout the session will contribute to a jumbo size visual acrostic image that will create the phrase “We Paint Ontario”. Using various mediums\, participants will choose a letter and create image(s) that correspond with the letter to create a collective image representing the creativity of this festival and the province!
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/gord-sadlier/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Zoo of Instruments
DESCRIPTION:May 9th & 10th – On the grounds  \n\n\n\nSkool of Rock! – Ever been to a zoo of musical instruments? Come drop by out outdoor jam studio to try dozens of different instruments! This is a hands on\, make sounds\, be a rockstar experience for all ages. Complete with costumes\, face painting\, temporary tattoos and make your own band merch (buttons & posters!). Take all of that artistic inspiration from the Paint Ontario Gallery and make it into some creative noise! \n  \nBackroad Collective SW Ontario has been working in the Grand Bend area for 5 years. In partnership with the Grand Bend Art Centre\, we offer summer camp and school year programs for kids and youth throughout the region. \n  \nWe are made up of collective communities and throughout the year we have various exchange opportunities for students to form relationships\, learn together and create unique experiences in our communities.  \n  \nCheck our www.camexicanus.ca or visit us at Paint Ontario for more information about our summer camps.  
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/backroad-collective-zoo-of-instruments/
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Skateboard Demo at the Skate Park
DESCRIPTION:Skateboard demonstrations and you can try it out too!\nMay 9 & 10 from at the Grand Bend Skatepark\nYouth 4 to 25\n\n\nPaint Ontario is a great event for artists and collectors to gather\, but also an amazing community space for youth to connect! We’ll be hosting a skateboard demo day during Paint Ontario.  \n\nA helmet is recommended but no experience is required! We’ll provide all youth with boards and padding for their first time. Come out to meet our local coaches and check out some NEW skate obstacles that have been donated by Home Hardware for our summer camps!\n\nTry out a board and check out the Skool o’ Skate youth skateboarding lessons being held in Grand Bend this summer\nSupported by the Grand Bend Art Centre
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/skateboard-demo-at-the-skate-park/
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Kristyn Watterworth & Ed Platero
DESCRIPTION:Digital Painting \nI am a painter who works to bring a little more brightness into each passing day. I’ve been painting diligently from the age of 12 and obtained my BFA from York University. I love traveling as it allows me to gather inspiration for my paintings. I have taught hundreds of students in my former studio in Bayfield which gave me thousands of ideas about how to do things differently.  With all of the different challenges students brought to paint\, there was constant new learning and discoveries that were made.  That is why I love mixing up styles\, genres and subject matter.  There are so many ways to make things come alive and i love to explore so many of them.   Currently I am trying to focus on my animals\, abstract series\, and a bit of Virtual Reality thrown in. \nMy largest collection was developed for the educational tech firm Desire 2 Learn and includes over 100 large scale artworks. I’m always interested in new art adventures. I have painted a Volkswagen Beetle on the NYC rooftop of the Arlo hotel\, done giant murals in Brooklyn\, London and Waterloo\, and I painted a 3D World for a music video for Avant-Folk Group Mappe Of. \nSee my newest works and see what I’m up to on my Instagram
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/kry-art-studio-kristyn-ed-waterworth/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Koen Martin
DESCRIPTION:Clay Mask Demo \nMakeup Artist • SFX • Sculpture • Fine Art \nKoen Martin is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting and sculpture. He began honing his craft in early adolescence by completing over 65 commissioned pet portraits before the age of fifteen. Koen spent five years at BealArt\, studying theory\, art history\, and diverse studio practices. In his final year\, he presented a body of work exploring robot iconography and the reclamation of nature through decay—contrasting childhood fascination with technology against darker\, reflective themes. Several works were recognized by Beal faculty and community members. Koen later attended Vancouver Film School\, expanding his practice through creature design\, sculpture\, and painting\, graduating with the highest achieving grade. He now integrates these disciplines in pursuit of a career in the visual arts. \nIn this demo\, I’ll be sculpting an original character mask/bust using Monster Clay. I’ll walk through my process from blocking in primary forms to refining details and surface texture\, while explaining my choice of tools\, such as loop tools\, rakes\, and how I use them to shape and define the piece. Throughout\, I’ll share insight into my techniques and creative decision-making.
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/koen-martin/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Denise Antaya
DESCRIPTION:Oil Painting Demonstration – \nThe everyday themes in Denise Antaya’s oil paintings combine her love of nature and her fascination with light and how it transforms an often overlooked scene. Her subjects range from season to season but almost always represent the natural environment untouched by man.\nHer process starts with an underpainting\, called a brunaille. Once she determines that everything is where it needs to be\, she adds colour. Her plein air paintings work hand in hand with her studio work\, showing the nuance of colour that photos can’t capture.\nThe landscape is a never ending source of inspiration for Antaya\, one that will never end with its ever changing moods and complications. It’s a lifetime endeavour she hopes to never master! \nPaint Ontario Grand Prize – 2016\, 2022\, 2024.\nBest Landscape IGOR – 2017\nAlmenara Art Prize – Honourable Mention – Spain\nSalmagundi Club – D. Wu & Elsie Ject-Ket Memorial Award – 2022
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/denise-antaya/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Demonstration Sponsors
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URL:https://paintontario.com/event/thank-you-sponsors/
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SUMMARY:R. Jean Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Painting Demonstration – Jean begins her paintings in an abstract way to establish composition\, line\, shape and colour. then brings her work to completion by working in layers through a loose expressionist style. She is constantly adding and editing as she creates the painting. \nJean\, originally from PEI\, moved back to Ontario from North Vancouver\, BC\, in 2015. Her work has been exhibited at Paint Ontario since 2017. Jean was awarded the Paint Ontario Grand Prize in 2018 and Sponsor Choice awards in 2020\, 2021 and the Mayor’s Choice Award in 2022. \nPainting was not a priority while she attended classes at Beal and Western. Her main interests were sculpture and printmaking. Through these practices she learned the principles of design which can be applied to all art forms. \nLater her interest in painting began to develop into a more intuitive and expressionist style. “I believe my art needs to go farther than trying to produce a photo-likeness of a subject. I try to capture the essence of my subjects. This involves experimenting\, taking risks\, changing styles and evolving to find my own way of expressing and challenging myself.” \nGrand Bend artist Jean Taylor describes herself as a “tree painter.” Trees are the subject of most of her work but she continues to experiment in other areas and mediums.
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/jean-taylor/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Jim Dawe
DESCRIPTION:Wood & Metal Sculptor \n\n\nAs a child growing up and living along the shores of the Great Lakes\, I spent many hours beach-combing driftwood and rocks looking at the beauty in each piece. Later in life becoming a metal worker allowed me to bring these all together to create one of a kind pieces of art. There is beauty in nature and sometimes it just needs to be put together. \nAs a child growing up and living along the shores of the Great Lakes\, I spent many hours beach-combing driftwood and rocks looking at the beauty in each piece. Later in life becoming a metal worker allowed me to bring these all together to create one of a kind pieces of art. There is beauty in nature and sometimes it just needs to be put together. \nI like to create mixed media art that doesn’t place restrictions on you. There is something about wood and steel that seems to lend them a kind of soul.
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/jim-dawe/
LOCATION:Venue Grounds\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Elaine Guitar Van Loo
DESCRIPTION:Landscape Painting Demonstration \nBio: Elaine and Layne discovered Paint Ontario in 2018 as exhibitors and were so impressed with the entire experience that they have returned every year since as both exhibitors and demonstrators. Among other accolades won at Paint Ontario\, Layne’s acrylic won 2019’s Wildlife Choice Award and Elaine won First Place in our portrait category another year. We are so honoured to have these two artists as an integral part of our show year after year. They both impress gallery audiences with their demonstrations. \nLearn more about the work of these two talented artists: \nView Elaine’s portfolio here.
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/elaine-guitar-van-loo-landscape-painting/
LOCATION:Art Centre Shoppe\, 16 Municipal Dr.\, Grand Bend
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Marion Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Mixed Media Demonstration \nOriginally from Kent County\, Marion Anderson now makes her home and studio in New Dundee. She studied Visual Arts at Windsor University later completing a Masters of Education at University Western Ontario\, London. \nHer diverse portfolio shows expertise in a wide range of mediums including clay sculpture\, watercolour\, acrylic and oil painting as well as the ease with which she moves from florals to landscapes in subject matter. This fluidity is due to the artist’s thirty plus years as a Visual Arts teacher/department head. \nAnderson’s unique mixed media technique is constantly evolving over time. She works in series\, completing a suite of paintings to express a concept or idea. Heavily textured\, each piece is rendered in a limited palette\, suggesting a unique visual experience for the viewer’s interpretation. One exploration simply leads to another! \nPlease join Marion Anderson on Saturday afternoon\, May 3rd\, for a large canvas acrylic landscape painting demonstration. Marion will start with texturing a canvas\, then move on to the underpainting. The progress on this intuitive style of landscape painting is fun to watch. Using a limited palette\, she works up her composition\, being guided by what happens when the painting and the textures talk to one another. Grab a seat and join the us for this highly educational and entertaining few hours. \nhttps://aldercreekstudio.ca/
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/marion-anderson-painter-mixed-media/
LOCATION:Main Gallery Show Floor\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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SUMMARY:Jen Van Herten- Jen V Glass Design
DESCRIPTION:Glass Artist – \nJen has spent her life exploring various facets of the arts and embraces them as part of who she is. As a youth she spent much of her time playing musical instruments and learning traditional crafts from her grandparents (and anyone else who would teach her). From the time she was a young adult she has travelled to dance throughout the United States and Canada with Forest City Morris and Sword\, and also sings in the Wassail! choir\, focusing on traditional Christmas songs from over a century ago. She dabbled in photography before learning how to make stained glass\, which led her to attend Sheridan College for their Craft and Design program. There\, she fell in love with glass and ceramics\, in their many forms\, and specialized her studies in flameworked and kiln cast glass. \nShe has since worked with and learned from various glass and ceramic artists\, suppliers and teachers. Her own studio was recently established at her home\, where she can often be found for long hours at a time. \nJen is passionate and enthusiastic about spreading the joy of the arts\, and as such she is a past volunteer for Glass Art Association of Canada\, past representative of Fusion: the Ontario Clay and Glass association\, as well as the London Stained Glass Guild. After Jen moved to the South Huron region\, she was invited to be a part of Art aRound Town\, of which she is a current member. \nShe is excited to be a part of the South Huron Arts Centre as she truly believes in bringing community together through the arts. \nJen V Glass Design
URL:https://paintontario.com/event/jen-noakes-glass-artist/
LOCATION:Venue Grounds\, 20 Municipal Dr\, Grand Bend\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Demonstrations
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