All artwork has been generously donated by Artists and from individual private collections to help raise funds for Arts Hub Brockville’s kitchen project.

A Night at the Gallery

The Artists

  • Alison was born in Workington, Cumberland, England and immigrated to Canada in 1971. She has lived in seven Canadian cities and spent three years each in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and Ilo, Peru. Now she presides in Brockville, with her husband. She has received appropriate credit courses in Fine arts, Drafting and Architecture and has a Graphic Design Diploma from Salt Lake Community College, Utah. She has participated in and instructed workshops in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, PEI and Peru.

    She has instructed work shops and taught at the Older Adult centre, the Art Gallery of Sudbury and in local art clubs. While living in P.E.I., she has taught Seniors College in Drawing, Acrylics and Mixed Media in the Fall and Winter classes. She has been an active member of Noranda art club, Quebec, Porcupine art club, Timmins and Sudbury Art club, ON. These clubs are affiliated with Northern Ontario arts association (NOAA). An annual juried show for some 15 Northern Towns and Cities, which travels to most northern locations annually. She was accepted into 20 of these. Also for a short time a member of Thompson Art Club, Manitoba, Ottawa East art club and Salt Lake City art club. She exhibited her work with each club. She has volunteered her art expertise in local schools, Girl Guides, and for the Mentally and Hearing challenged. For the past four years she has organized a Monday paint in class at the Arts Hub in Brockville and is a committee member for Fulford Place annual juried show. Also an active member with Thousand Islands fine Art Association and the Brockville artists' Studio.

    She participating in juried exhibitions and has been accepted into one provincial and two international art exhibitions. She has had many solo shows and two-man shows, plus group shows in the area she lived in throughout the years.

    Her favourite mediums are Printmaking, Collage, Mixed Media and Acrylics. She has received awards from LaCloche, Whitefish Falls, and NOAA juried shows, ON. also from Churchill, MA. and Salt Lake City, USA. She has received Ontario Art and P.E.I. Council Grants. Her art work is in several public and private collections

  • John D Jeffrey is a retired dentist who paints landscapes in oil. He started in his mid forties with Bert Weir as his teacher in Parry Sound and has taken many courses with Andrea Mossop in Brockville. He loves vibrant colours.

    “The River” - oil on board

  • Lisa Free is a Canadian painter from Brockville, Ontario, whose ethereal, minimalist waterscapes capture calm, reflection, and the quiet energy of nature. Inspired by the Thousand Islands and coastlines across Canada, her work has been exhibited widely, including five seasons at the Toronto Artist Project, and she has been represented by well-regarded galleries in the Canadian art industry. Her paintings have been featured in Arabella, Blank Spaces, and Canadian House & Home magazines, with collectors drawn to their serenity and timeless presence.

  • Larry Sherman was an artist with a deep love for the Canadian rural landscape.

    Born and educated in Brockville, Ontario, Larry spent more than four decades maintaining a gallery in Brockville’s commercial district. His first gallery located in Sheridan Mews. After selling his framing shop, Larry relocated to 20 Kincaid Street, where he maintained a studio and gallery to display his artistic talents.

    Larry had a deep love for Canadian landscape. He traveled and painted extensively throughout Ontario, with a special affinity for the Algonquin Park. He also made several lengthy painting trips to Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

    WATER COLOUR - Boat houses originally found at the foot of apple Street, Brockville

  • Brenda found a passion for painting just over 10 years ago and has developed her skills through formal training and

    practice.

    Her love of art and painting is expanding as she explores new styles and techniques, using mainly oil paint

    applied with palette knife and brush. She feels each of her paintings tells a story of something that has resonated

    with her through an experience often of a place she’s visited for the first time. Her adventurous nature lets her discover many different locations throughout our beautiful country which allows her to often paint en plein air.

    She has participated in numerous exhibitions and juried shows throughout the Brockville area and has had the honour of having 2 of her works recognized as the “Peoples Choice Award” in two juried shows.

    In 2020, during the pandemic Brenda, along with a fellow artist organized the ‘Art in the Yard - Pop Up Show and Sale”. This enabled 20+ local artists and artisans to showcase their work in an outdoor environment for all to enjoy.

    “I am blessed to live in a diverse community of talented and supportive artists; this makes me challenge myself to

    continuously explore how I paint and see the world. I am grateful when others appreciate my work and my heart swells knowing that pieces are hanging in their homes, what better reward is that!”

    Brenda’s work can be found in homes across Canada, the US and France.

    Brenda Clarke: Artists Statement

    Painting has opened my eyes to seeing what surrounds me in a new and exciting way. Using the skills I’ve learned,

    exploring with photography and painting en plein air helps me convey what resonates with me. Having the ability

    to travel our beautifully diverse Country gives me the opportunity to share a “snap shot” in paint of my journeys.

    Contact:

    Brenda Clarke

    bclarke20@cogeco.ca

    613-342-1180

    IG brendaclarke_ar

  • I love colour. I love texture. I love trees, rocks, flowers, and all things nature has to offer. I love the different seasons and the way the sun and the wind affect nature. I love the earth colours. My canvases are full of these things. Using oil paints and a painting knife I try to paint the world around me. It is the world as I see it.

  • Ian Coristine was not a typical photographer accepting random assignments. Only one main subject motivated him to get behind his camera - The 1000 Islands. His discovery and love affair with "the River" began during a random flight in 1992. Three years later he found an island, literally one in a thousand, with a unique natural harbour that could protect his plane from marauding storms. During his former career distributing Challenger ultralight aircraft across Canada, Ian learned the craft of air-to-air photography. Living "in the assignment" with his float plane providing a privileged view of an extraordinary place, he began shooting low from above.

    Ian published 7 books, 6 in prints and 1 eBook (no longer available). His six printed books have now sold over 120,000 copies within the 50 km long 1000 Islands corridor. Coristine’s images have been featured in magazines around the world as well as in many other books about the region. His work has been widely credited with positively impacting area tourism, and he has been presented in several one-man exhibitions in galleries and museums of the region.

    He unfortunately passed away peacefully on February 15th 2020 surrounded by his family at home in Brockville, after a brief but intense battle with pancreatic and liver cancer.

    Some limited editions of his books are still available to purchase on line and at some local gift stores, along with other products. Prints and canvas of his beautiful photography are also available for custom order at 1000IslandsPhotoArt.com.

    The 1000 Islands will forever live through his stunning imagery.

  • Line Donnelly likes to paint, it brings her own little world to where there is no limits just plain having fun, like when you were a kid. She paints mostly in acrylic but any media

    is always fun to try out. Water is her main interest but she will dabble at anything. Lately she is having fun with thick acrylic totally a different way to paint, but very interesting. Direct and strait to the point, long winded talk is not part of her life. Line wished that everyone could work at whatever they dreamed off and that everyone could do good for each others. Her way of painting please some people and that make her happy to see the smile on their face as they leave with her painting or with some

    art of my fellow artists. Enjoy

  • Pam Warren McKinnon, a fourth generation Brockvillian, has sold over 1,500 original paintings 
    and her work can be found in corporate and private collections around the world. In the year 2000
    she was elected into the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and received her certificate 
    from Adrienne Clarkson, Canada's Governor General. In 2009 the members of the Ottawa
    Watercolour Society made her an Honorary Fellow. Now retired, this professional artist painted full time for 30 years.
    Education 
    Fine Arts Certificate, with distinction, 2001
    Diploma's in Counselling , Gerontology and 
    three years of Social Work study at Ryerson.
    Awards
    Marianne Van Silfhout Gallery, St. Lawrence College Alumni
    - Annual St Lawrence College Christmas Card competition, First Place, 2024, 2023
    - Annual Alumni Juried Exhibition-Second Place 2023 .
    -12th Annual Juried Exhibition- Honourable Mention 2019
    -10th Annual Juried Exhibition-First Prize, November 2017.
    -9th Annual Juried Show, -Second Prize, October 2016.
    -7th Annual Juried Exhibition-Third Prize, 2014
    -6th Annual Juried Exhibition-Third Prize, 2013
    -White Flag Gallery
    -Honourable Mention, August 2014
    -Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, members exhibition, 
    -Honorable Mention, 2011. 
    -People's Choice Award, 2011. 
    -Ottawa Watercolour Society
    -Jurors award 2000
    -Presidents award 2003
    -People's Choice award 2004
    -Jurors award 2005
    -Wallacks $500.award 2007-Morton Baslow award 2008
    -Best in Show 2009
    -Best in Show and two Juror's awards 2011
    -Parks Canada ,Purchase award 2009
    -Ottawa Bluesfest, Poster Competition Winner 2001
    -New York State University, Gibson Gallery, Best in Show, 2002
    Juried Art Exhibits 
    Nepean Foyer Gallery; Rideau Valley Art Festival; National Capital Fine Arts Festival; Canadian
    Watercolour Society Exhibitions; Philip K. Wood Gallery;Ottawa Watercolour Society Exhibitions;
    Merrickville Fine Art Festival; New York State University, Gibson Gallery; Cube Gallery, Ottawa;
    Colours on the Bay, Rockland; Ottawa Art Expo; John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto; Pelham Art
    Festival; Buckhorn Fine Art Festival 2013; St. Lawrence College Alumni Exhibitions; White Flag Gallery, Brockville,Before the Summer Show 2018 and 2019.
    Business and Corporate collections
    Aron Burke Dental office; Boardwalk Dental Centre; Canadian Watercolour Society, permanent
    collection; Export Development Corporation; Falcon Securities; New York State University 
    permanent collection; Brockville General Hospital; Proctor and Gamble, 
    St. Lawrence Lodge and Burnbrae Farms.
    Memberships 
    -Fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society
    -Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, elected signature member
    -St. Lawrence College Fine Arts Alumni 
    - Brockville Artist’s Studio 
    Contact Information
    Pam Warren McKinnon 
    96 Water Street East. Brockville, Ontario, K6V 1A5
    613-341-8892, pamela@truespeed.ca , www.pammckinnonart.com

  • Eda’s paintings create a sense of place at a particular moment in time. The use of vivid and vibrant colours with quick brush work brings the viewer into a place that can be uniquely their own.

    Eda has always been a painter. As a young person attending school, art class was her favourite place. Studying Graphic Design imbedded a visual vocabulary and design-sense on which to build.

    Now, fast forward a few years, Eda spends most of her time in her home studio near the banks of the mighty St Lawrence River where she is inspired by her surroundings each day. Working mainly with oil paint, she creates landscapes which clearly have a loose and painterly feel.

    Her work has been acquired by collectors across Canada, USA and Europe. She is represented by Blue Crow Gallery in Toronto and Cloud Gallery in Orillia.

    Website: edabrown.com

    Studio Location: Brockville, ON

  • My subject matter is eclectic, often abstracted; my process, intuitive. The paintings lead my continuing quest through exciting new forms of expression. I endeavour to capture the spirit of the beauty of our Canadian landscape. . I invite the viewer to step into a world of simple but strong abstract shapes and beautiful colours, and to respond by finding a personal meaning. That response seems to bring the fulfillment or completion of my creation. The images invite the viewer to enter and negotiate the implied spaces, to study what is seen or imagined, to write their own story.

    I am so fortunate to live on a working farm in Eastern Ontario, where I am surrounded by beautiful and ever changing landscapes.

    I have been painting since the 1980s, and full time since 1999. I studied art at St. Lawrence College in Brockville Ontario, and also through many teachers and workshops through the years.

    I also have a large collection of art books of many kinds. I have taught several workshops, often exploring portrait work.

    Memberships, Fellowships, Awards

    I am an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists, the Society of Canadian Artists, and a fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. I have four times been invited to exhibit at the Bienalle in Florence Italy, and I did exhibit there in 2009.

    I have won awards for my work, including with Ottawa Watercolour Society, Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, Ottawa Mixed Media Artists, and at The Artist Project in Toronto.

    I co-founded and participated in the South Dundas Artists Guild. Since that time I have actively participated in many other groups: St Lawrence College Alumni Association, Thousand Islands Fine Arts Association, Brockville Artists Studio, Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, Ottawa Art Association, Ottawa Water Colour Society, Ottawa Mixed Media Association, Art Association of the Visual Arts Eastern Ontario, and Eastern and Central Ontario Artists Association. I was also a member of the Ottawa Artists Cooperative, GalleriArt, for its lifetime.

    Exhibitions

    My work has been exhibited at many galleries and shows. A list of some of these:

    Galleries: Ottawa Art Gallery, Leonardo Gallery, Wellington Street Art Gallery, Denison Gallery, PI Creative Art, Karger Gallery, cube Gallery, Brockville (several)

    Shows: Toronto Art Expo, Ottawa Art Expo, Toronto Artist Project, Toronto Outdoor Show

    Contact:

    eabarkley@gmail.com

    613.535.2013

    www.annebarkley.ca

  • Sylvia is a skilled free motion quilter who teaches quilting and dressmaking at her home studio and Taylors Sewing Center in Brockville.

    Her piece “Christmas Pin Wheels” showcases her commitment to quilting. She also creates custom quilts for clients seeking personalized designs or commemorative pieces.

  • Bob is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and the Society of Canadian Artists. He has been recognized with several society awards at juried shows across Canada.

    He offers painting workshops at Arts Hub Brockville for beginner to intermediate painters.

    “Jenny’s Window” from a local collection was painted several years ago and remains a good example of his work in watercolour.

  • Dawn Code (1930-2012)

    An experimental artist and juried member of the International Society of Experimental Artists. A founding member and past President of the Brockville Artists' Studio, past member of Visual Arts Ontario, Ottawa Watercolour Society and East Central Ontario Art Association.

    Recipient of the Founder's Award at Ottawa Watercolour Society. Her works are displayed in private and corporate collections in Canada, the USA and Australia and have been accepted in many juried shows throughout Ontario and through the ISEA juried show in the US.

    All medium have been used including watercolour, inks, acrylics, metallics, interference colours and collage. Nature's assistance is incorporated by solar drying and/or freezing of some pieces. Sand, stone and weeds, and household items are often incorporated in works. No two paintings are alike because the work is experimental.

  • Working with acrylics on canvas, I paint the natural environment that surrounds me in Eastern Ontario where I live.

    My paintings reflect my fascination with the interaction between light, colour, pattern in water and landscape. Because of the many layers of design in the transparency of water, the possibilities are endless. I work to capture these mesmerizing qualities with bold colour and solid design.

    My work is an ongoing process of discovery – starting with the observation of some aspect of the natural world that I work to bring to life through my personal interpretation and style.

    I have been painting for most of my life, while working full time as a social worker. When I retired in 2015, I then began to paint full time after downsizing to a rural home near Perth, Ontario. I built a studio in the woods and began to explore painting in an in-depth way.

    Recent Accomplishments:

    • Best in Show – for “Into the Light” at The BIG Show 2025, Tett Centre, Kingston Ontario.

    • Peoples’ Choice Award - 2024 Fulford Place Art Show- Ontario Heritage Trust

    • Rose Baker Award for Best Painting in Acrylic or Watercolour at the ECOAA 64th Juried Exhibition 2022 for my painting Black Creek.

    • Honourable mention for “Beaver Pond” at the National Open Juried Exhibition of The Federation of Canadian Artists, 2021.

    • Honourable mention for my painting of “Long Beach, Vancouver Island”. Window Art Gallery juried show, Kingston, ON, 2019.

    • Award of Excellence in Fine Arts and Fine Crafts MERA (MacDonald's Corners Elphin Recreation and Arts) - runner up in the 2019 and 2023 Award of Excellence for a body of work for persons living in Lanark County.

    Membership:

    • Ontario Society of Artists - Elected member- active

    • Federation of Canadian Artists – Elected Active member

    • Society of Canadian Artists – Elected member-active

    • Rideau Lakes Artist Association

    • Eastern Central Ontario Art Association

    • Manotick Artist Association

    • West End Studio Tour in Ottawa - 15 years, past.

    I am currently represented by

    • Gallery Raymond, Kingston, Ontario

    • Studio 87, Perth, Ontario

  • Henry Vyfvinkel was a young Dutch immigrant to Canada. Originally settling in Brockville, Ontario.

    He moved to Mariatown to take construction work on the Seaway. It was there that he met his future wife Juney.

    Henry and Juney settled in Brockville, Ontario where Henry was a pillar of the local arts community. Besides his own watercolour painting practice, he established the fine arts teaching program that continues to this day at St Lawrence College in Brockville.

    Henry passed away in 2014.

  • Hugh Gardiner is a Brockville native who began his interest in visual arts by attending Art classes at Thousand Islands Secondary School and evening courses at the Brockville campus of St. Lawrence College with local artist Henry Vyfvinkel.

    At Queen's University, Hughtook painting as an elective while studying for a Bachelor of Arts in History and continued to take Art courses from the Kingston campus of St. Lawrence College.

    Hugh held summer jobs as a graphic designer for a silk screen business, and later had a part time business in sign painting and graphic design.

    More recently, Hugh has taken courses with the Brockville SLC summer Art program and workshops offered by local artist Bob Shackles through the Arts Hub Brockville.

    Hugh Gardiner

  • Alex Fleuriau Chateau has been an avid crafter for the past 30 years.

    As a professional singer, his love of the fibre arts (knitting, crochet, Tunisian crochet and cross stitching) started out as a way to pass the time during hours of opera and concert rehearsals.

  • James Allan Smart (1858-1942)

    Hardware Merchant and Politician.

    Born at Brockville, Ontario on 6 June 1858, the eldest son of James Smart (founder of Smarts Manufacturing) he was a contemporary and friend of Robert Henry Lindsay having met Lindsay when he worked for the James Smart Manufacturing Company painting machinery.
    In June 1883, he married Eliza Francis Jones (1859-1924) at Prescott, Ontario and they had seven children.
    Smart died in Montreal in 1942. He was 83 years old.

  • Robert Henry Lindsay (1868-1938)

    Robert Henry Lindsay was born in Prescott in 1868. His family moved to Brockville when he was a young boy and he remained a resident until his death in 1938.

    Lindsay’s professional artistic endeavours began when he worked for the James Smart Manufacturing Company painting machinery. While employed there he became a student of the noted Canadian artist Percy Woodcock, who was the principal instructor at the Brockville Art School. Lindsay eventually succeeded Woodcock at the school and began in earnest his painting career.

    In 1895 Lindsay opened an art studio on Main Street, later 38 King St. West. The business not only sold art, but also offered framing, painting restoration and many other art-related services. In 1911 Lindsay became a member of the prestigious Arts Club of Montreal. Also in that year he became the art instructor at Brockville Collegiate Institute. He also taught at St. Alban’s Boys School.

    Lindsay was particularly known for his landscapes of the area.

  • “The Remains of Wishes” combines doilies and dandelion seeds to reflect on fragility, memory, and the beauty of what lingers after time has passed.
    Andrea Wolfe is a local artist who brings energy and love to everything she creates. Through bold colours and flowing forms, she tells stories that connect memory, nature, and the beauty found in everyday life.

  • I have lived in the Brockville area since 1994 but only since retirement have I focused on painting. I have had an interest in drawing and water colour painting most of my life but in the last three years I've concentrated on painting in oils. I have attended workshops at Arts Hub Brockville and appreciate the importance of supporting the local arts scene, My inspiration is the beauty that surrounds me living on the St Lawrence River. Frequently my subjects are the Islands and river scapes of the Thousand Islands. I have been in two juried art shows at the Friends of

    Fulford Place Art Show and Sale (2024/25).

  • I am a native of Brockville, ON and received my formal art training at Ottawa School of Art, but am for the most part self taught. I have enjoyed applying different types of paint to substrate for 45 years. I use multi-media to create layers of paint, inks and wax to create my vision. I try to capture the beauty and tranquility of our river. My happiest moments are made while depicting flowing water, local islands and water reflections.

  • From Monique van Someren

    Monique is a Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts (The Netherlands) graduate and has always had a passion for painting, drawing, and photography. Her creative journey has spanned several decades, resulting in a vast collection of works that bring her immense joy and fulfillment.

    Working from her studio inside Arts Hub Brockville, she creates art that celebrates the beauty of nature and the charm of everyday objects that often go unnoticed. She hopes her creations inspire viewers to take a moment to appreciate the wonders of the natural world and the little treasures that surround us.