Meet the Artists 2010: Anna Krak-Kepka

Anna Krak is a full-time Visual Artist and Art Educator. She is primarily known for her unique and rare talent with color. Her paintings are full of the enchantment of the world of dream and magic.

Anna grew up in an open minded, intellectual family. Since her early years she was introduced to the artistic heritage of other countries, which instilled in her an interest in and love for arts. Initially Anna studied at the Faculty of Interior Design and later she decided to study painting. In 1987 Anna received her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. After graduation she continued her artistic education in Rome, Italy. She also completed studies in Pedagogic Profile and Computer Graphic Design at University of Toronto.

Her art is a biographical exploration of her life. Extensive travel to Europe, Mexico and California are among the bedrock influences in her artistic life. However, she is especially captivated by Canadian nature, landscape scenery and heritage.

Anna Krak is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Her works can be found in Art Galleries, private art collections and Public Places in Canada, USA, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Holland. In addition to her work in the field of fine arts and art education, Anna runs a decorative arts studio “Interior Creative Environment” which was established in 1996 in Toronto. Presently she runs an affiliate in Brockville doing Wall Décor Murals, Faux Finishes and Custom Hand Painting.

The Dance in the Grand Canyon

Oil and acrylic

Morning in Tuscany

Acrylic

Adoration
Acrylic

Meet the Artists 2010: Robert Orr

New works by wood carver, Robert Orr

Meet the Artists 2010: Lance Besharah

Lance Besharah is a turner of vessels who has been working with wood on the lathe for more than 40 years. He creates wooden vessels from domestic and exotic woods and is constantly trying to create a variety of forms that are pleasing to the eye while at the same time allowing the unique features of the wood to emerge.

In his other life, Lance is a music teacher and a tech teacher at Thousand Islands Secondary School in Brockville.

New Works

Meet the Artists 2009: Celia Kainz

Celia Kainz has been a painter and gardener for most of her life. On her 10th birthday she was given a box of watercolours and a few brushes. Vibrant colour appealed to her even then. At a much earlier time, she would follow her father around the many gardens he designed helping him to water the plants. And so, gardens and paintings became an important part of her life. Today, she can't be sure what comes first: the painting or whether the plants in the garden determine the colour and form of the paintings. Celia is the founder of the Art Colony Studio Tours that began on the 1000 Islands Parkway, as well as the New Year's Eve Concerts in Brockville.

Celia has lived in the 1000 Islands area for the past 26 years and moved to Brockville in 2001. No one was surprised when she instigated ART In The City, a studio tour in Brockville! Kainz's paintings, acrylic on canvas, capture images in time and space in brilliant colour.

You may contact Celia here

Here is Celia in her studio with just a few of the paintings that will be for sale during the "Art in the City" studio tour on Father's day weekend in June.

Meet the Artists 2009: Christel-Elvira Klocke

Christel-Elvira Klocke has exhibited her work internationally. She is a prize-winning Master Goldsmith and jewellery designer. Christel will be showing her one-of-a-kind jewellery at The Wedgewood Resort in downtown Brockville.

Meet the Artists 2009: Christina McCarthy

Christina McCarthy uses strong classical shapes to create her durable, high-fired stoneware

Meet the Artists 2009: Linda Brady

Linda Brady is an artist who loves to capture the quiet freighters as they slip by silent sailboats on the St. Lawrence River.