2010 Artist Members
Howard Clark Glenn Elliott Elisabeth Feryn Nancy Groenestege Caroline Horley Lucinda Jones Gloria Kagawa Anna Koot David Leaney Jack MacAulay James MacDougall Irene Miller Darlean Morris Wendy O'Brien Valerie O'Flynn Wendy Orr Kathi Posliff Cairenn L.A. Russelo Michelle Salter Erik Sansom Evelyn Scott Victoria Shannon Leslie Sorochan Bonnie Steinman Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick Glenn Elliott
Glenn Elliott is a sculptor who works in clay, mixed media and welded metal. Many of his pieces are figurative. In his latest body of work, he created 3-dimensional tattoo pieces, some with religious overtones. Elliott enjoys creating works with an interactive component and many of his sculptures are kinetic. Elliott was born in 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas, as both a military brat and a preacher's kid. His family moved within the rural south approximately every two years and he subsequently attended a total of eighteen different schools before finishing high school. Elliott attended Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, then spent four years in the United States Air Force serving in Okinawa and North Africa.
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Since establishing herself as a professional photographer in 1984, Elisabeth Feryn has seen vast technological development in the world of photography. She first began working with digital media in 2000 and purchased her first professional digital SLR camera in early 2005; she now uses her film cameras on rare occasion and has replaced her wet darkroom with a digital one. It is from a place of wonder that Feryn initially chose photography as a career and it is this sense of awe and astonishment which carries her forward into the digital realm.
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Feryn continues to work as a freelance commercial photographer while at the same time generating her own personal photographic projects. Elisabeth is currently working from her studio in New Hamburg, Ontario. Growing up in a rural setting, Elisabeth Feryn inherently developed an agricultural perspective on life: nature could be taken for granted. Since then, she has discovered the delicate balance of the natural world and its unending capacity to rejuvenate a tired and disgruntled soul. Much like a painter constructs onto canvas his unique interpretations of the world, a photographer, in similar fashion, captures—then alters through post-production—a reality which reflects her own visions. Filtered through the eyes of her own experiences, and with a little help from Photoshop, Feryn has manipulated the images of nature to suit herself.
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Nancy Groenestege was born in 1974 and grew up on a farm just outside of Stratford, Ontario. Her artistic talent was recognized in her early youth and she received numerous of awards for her artwork. At the age of 16, she began working at a local sign shop and, in 1995, she purchased the business. She continues to own and operate it as a graphic designer and fine artist. Groenestege studied Advertising Art at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, and graduated in 1996. Groenestege currently lives in Stratford with her husband and three beautiful daughters.  Nancy Groenestege.jpg Gloria Kagawa
Gloria Kagawa is a traditional printmaker, painter, and mixed media artist. However, her activities have also included photography and digital media which began in earnest in 1996 when she launched one of the few artists' sites on the internet (www.gloriakagawa.com). In the Spring of 2009 she exhibited her first manipulated digital photos in the Gallery 96 group show entitled "Industrial Strength".  Gloria Kagawa Kathi Posliff
Kathi Posliff was born in Stratford, Ontario. In 1972 she graduated from the Special Arts Program at H.B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario. It was a great introduction to a wide variety of media and she has continued to make and show artwork ever since. She later took classes at The Three Schools of Art in Toronto and in 1984 and 1985 was a participant in the Winter Cycle of the Banff Centre's Fibre Program where she learned papermaking. In 1980 she joined Gallery 96, now an artists' run centre in Stratford. She has exhibited work in many shows in the Stratford area, both group and solo, as well as in Banff, the Cartwright Street Gallery in Vancouver, Plug-In Gallery in Winnipeg, and most recently Applause Fine Audio and Art in Toronto. Three of her pieces have been published as covers for books of short stories. The artwork is usually figurative with an autobiographical reference and sometimes includes a sculptural element. In 1977 she started to work at the Stratford Festival as a seamstress, and later worked in different areas including dyeing, costume painting, and currently costume decorating and bijoux. She has been the recipient of three Guthrie Awards over the years. She has also worked at a number of theatres across this country and in the U.S. One of the more fun projects was being a part of the team doing dyeing and costume painting for the Toronto and L.A. productions of The Lion King. The work in theatre seems to compliment the art work, and vice-versa.  Kathi Posliff  Kathi Posliff  Kathi Posliff  Kathi Posliff  Kathi Posliff Anna Koot
My husband and I, and our 4 children, run a dairy farm outside of St. Marys, Ontario. I am a watercolour and mixed-media artist. I enjoy all forms of art media from acrylic to pen & ink, to oil and pastel.  Anna Koot  Anna Koot  Anna Koot  Anna Koot  Anna Koot  Anna Koot For more about Henry and Harriet or Beaver Tales, please visit www.morethanwordsbooks.ca
Darlean Morris
Art transcends what you do,and represents who you are.
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Wendy O’Brien was born in 1951 in Montreal, Quebec. Raised in Toronto, Ontario, she graduated in 1972 from Sheridan College and went on to design costumes and scenery for theatres in both Ontario and Quebec. Her other roles included cutter, seamstress and scenic painter. O’Brien also worked at the Festival Theatre of Canada for a number of years.  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien  Wendy O'Brien Valerie O'Flynn
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I began drawing at an early age. My subject matter has ranged from portraits of people that are important to me to, most recently, landscapes that reflect my interest in the local countryside. The landscapes are often of open spaces that imbue a sense of solitude. These images allow me an escape from a busy and often chaotic career.
I work with a variety of media such as watercolour, acrylic, casein and graphite. Frequently I am drawn to the quality of light and textures that are present in the image. Presently I am continuing with acrylic and casein landscape painting. I am also beginning to experiment with tile and mosaic design.  Wendy Orr  Wendy Orr  Wendy Orr  Wendy Orr Michelle Salter
I am a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in encaustic painting, mixed-media drawing and sculpture. 2010 is the centenary of the first completely abstract image - a watercolour by Wassily Kandinsky. This milestone has lately inspired my artistic direction. My drawings were the beginning of this exporation and I have continued this with my latest body of work of encaustic paintings. I have always been interested in environmental issues and my sculptures voice my concerns. They mix found objects from the computer and electronic industries (such as networking wire, floppy discs and VHS tape) with Home Arts (such as knitting, crochet, origami or sewing). This work also comments on issues such as gender stereotyping, the short life span of today’s technology, consumerism and the loss of personal and family memories. Michelle Salter is a resident of Stratford, Ontario. She is a graduate from the University of Waterloo with a B.A. in Fine Arts, Studio. Salter is a member of a number of artists' groups including Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, in Toronto; Gallery 96, an artist-run centre in Stratford, Ontario; and the Crit Group in Kitchener, Ontario. She has received numerous awards as well as a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Her artwork has shown in numerous commercial and public galleries across the province. 
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Erik Sansom was born and raised in Stratford, Ontario, and continues to find its cultural vivacity both invigorating and inspiring. He is often found walking for miles around the city, lost in a creative daze. During the 1980's, Sansom studied Animation at Sheridan College, but quickly realized that gag cartoons were his true strength and passion. Since 1990, his cartoons have appeared in newspapers and magazines across North America. Recently, Sansom's focus has shifted towards book illustration and digital photography. Sansom has been an active member of Stratford's Gallery 96 since 2004.
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Bonnie Steinman
Bonnie Steinman works predominately as a watercolourist and a clay sculptor. In each medium, she explores organic themes and the interconnection of life forms. Objects found naturally—such as fossils, rocks, skeletons, dried plants, etc.—have inspired many works. Currently, the opportunity to produce digitally manipulated work inspired by her original art has posed a new avenue of creativity. Steinman’s newest body of work in digital prints is based on her series of clay sculptures called ‘Skin’. Born and raised in Tavistock, Ontario, Bonnie Steinman has had an ongoing education in art beginning at the H. B. Beal Secondary School for the Arts in London, Ontario. This lifelong thirst for learning continued in Banff, Alberta, and at the University of Guelph, and was fostered by respected artist mentors and through her own experimentation. Steinman has been a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour since 1984. She was an early member of Gallery 96, joining in the 1970s. Her work can be found in collections across Canada and the United States, as well as in the Royal Collection in Great Britain. She now resides in Stratford.  Bonnie Steinman Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick
Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick’s career has successfully spanned a number of artistic disciplines. Her photographic work has been shown in Toronto, Stratford, and Ottawa, Ontario, as well as Rochester, New York. She was an amanuensis to her late brother, the inspiring poet John C. Walker, who was a quadriplegic and mute. Walker-Fitzpatrick toured Europe, the Mid East and Canada as a magician and dancer. She is a drama and movement artist and teacher, specializing in anti-war, social justice and environmental themes. She has been the recipient of the YMCA Canada Peace Medal, the Du Maurier Search For Stars award, the Ontario Arts Council award, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Guthrie Award, and the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award.
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