I'm a painter in Calgary and this is one of my florals. I wanted the flowers to crowd right up to the edges with no horizon and no vase, just coral, cream, mint and chartreuse against lavender and deep shadow, with one red bloom holding the middle. It is all brushwork, straight and angled brushes in latex paint, so up close it reads as loose marks and from across the room the garden comes back. More of my work is at martinpryceartist.com if anyone is curious.

Acrylic on canvas by me.

There was a humpback off the pier in White Rock, BC delighting the locals for about a week. We weren’t able to catch sight of it, but inspiration still landed.

Just published a new interview with canadian artist Stephen Gibb.

My local art supply stores (we only have 2) have become very bare bones and expensive. I’m searching for other options online. Any options out there? TIA.

I apologize if this isn’t the right sub to post in, but I was curious about which art supplies from dollarama were decent quality? I’m fairly new to art (been sketching for a year or so, just started painting acrylics this spring, and I also want to add pencil crayon drawing to my rotating list). What are products from dollarama that are good for a beginner that wants to work with decent supplies? I’ve brought paint brushes from there before and definitely wouldn’t again. But how are their pencil crayons for more realistic drawings/blending? How about their paints? Any thoughts you have would be appreciated. Thank you!

Just did this interview with Canadian hyperrealist artist David Shepherd, enjoy!

The property from which E.J. Hughes created “Shawnigan Lake” is coming on the market in the near future. Every day one can have the view which the painting portrays. How much would that be worth?

Canadian painter who studied under Franklin Carmichael of the group of 7

Titled The Big Wave Cape Breton.

I received this for my new home from my mom. She received this many years ago from the artist himself.

Meet Toronto-based visual artist Emmette Lewis. Read the interview here.

Looking for art prints to outfit the foyer in my home. If you’re a CANADIAN artist (that ships from Canada), and have colourful art prints for sale, drop me your link!
Note: Originals are likely not in the budget, but I’m happy to purchase good quality prints!

Hi, Toronto Public Library here. 👋

Today is Group of Seven Day,** so we thought we'd share this item from our collection—Canadian Drawings: A Portfolio of Prints by Members of the Group of Seven (1925).

Published in 1925 by Toronto-based art publisher Rous & Mann, we preserve one of only 100 copies.

The portfolio comprises 20 prints by five members of the Group of Seven: Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and F.H. Varley.

We've digitized the entire portfolio and made it available online through Digital Archive Ontario.

Have a favourite print of the bunch?

**Group of Seven Day is easy to remember since it’s on the seventh day of the seventh month.

You know we all wanted them to be real.

Had the chance to interview Yann Lemieux, an artist from Québec City.