Arts on the Trail is Back in 2023!!!
PLEASE BE AWARE: This event is not run by the City of Elliot Lake. Any questions should be sent to the Elliot Lake Arts Club.
WELCOME BACK!
to Arts On The Trail, now in it's 12th year. The Elliot Lake Arts Club is proud to be organizing the event this year-after all, we organized the very first Deer Trail Studio Tour in 1993!
We are pleased to present 43 very talented artists this year. The tour is a chance to talk to the artists, learn their creative process, and maybe even take home a special piece that catches you eye. The Arts Club's goal is to promote appreciation of art in our community, so please enjoy the tour!
Passports
Pick up your passport at any of the locations, get it stamped, answer a few questions and you will be entered into multiple draws to win some great prizes!
Young Artists
We are please to present an exhibition of work by some of Elliot Lake's talented young artists. Check it out at Collins Hall!
Food
Various food vendors will be available at multiple locations. The vendors and their location are listed below:
-Sarah's Food Truck (Mt. Dufour Ski Chalet)
-Ban Pom Thai Cuisine (Collins Hall)
-Ren Centre Cafe - Food by Jane MacDonald (Renaissance Centre)
MORE INFO.
For more info. check out the Arts on the Trail brochure at the link below or go to www.elliotlakeartsclub.ca
Artists
Below is a list of each participating artist with a Bio for each as well as an example of their work. More examples can be found by clicking here.
3 Potters |
Victoria Ciezadlo, Tanis Tucker, Kristen Kulmala Location: Collins Hall Medium: Pottery Introducing their ‘Three Friends’ pottery collection: the perfect trio of potters and their beautiful, functional art. With each of them bringing their own unique styles to the table, you’re sure to find something special and one-of-a-kind. Get your hands on this exclusive pottery collection today!
Victoria Ciezadlo: ciezadlo.victoria@gmail.com 705-923-3267 Kristen Kulmala: kristenrutland@hotmail.com 705-691-0492 https://www.sporeceramics.com/ Tanis Tucker: Cortan94@aol.com
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Amy Williams |
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Medium: Painting As a landscape artist based in Northern Ontario, Amy Williams makes an effort to bring recognizable scenes and places into new light, in a bold, colourful, and beautiful way.
www.artbyamywilliams.com 705-257-8373 |
Brittany MacLean |
Brittany MacLean
Location: Collins Hall
MEDIUM: Painting, mixed media, illustration
Brittany MacLean is a visual artist that works in watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media. Her current work includes; nature illustrations on sheet music & book pages, intricate abstract illustrations, watercolour, and mixed media collage.
https://brittanyjoyceart.square.site
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Conrad Bobiwash |
Conrad Bobiwash
Location: Holy Trinity United Church
Medium: Watermedia (Painting) & Sculpture
Conrad Bobiwash is an Indigenous artist and designer. His works are sold throughout North America. He is a regular at the premiere show, Art Santa Fe and Indian Market.
conradbobiwash@yahoo.com 705-975-3956 |
Cornelia Svela |
Cornelia Svela
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Painting
“I’m inspired by the beauty of our local landscape that constantly restores our spirits. This inspiration is shared in my artwork, for all to enjoy.”
Cornelia Svela
http://corneliasvela.com/
csvela87@gmail.com 726-979-7347 |
Danilynn Redgrift-Berthelot |
Danilynn Redgrift-Berthelot
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Photography
“I cannot remember a time when I did not have a camera with me. I have always loved the outdoors, walking, hiking and exploring. Bringing my camera along feels as natural as the life and scenery I photograph.
Photography is my passion. I see the world’s natural beauty through a different “lens”, as a series of shots to be captured, framed, and shared. I love doing close-up macro photography, landscapes, reflections, old cars, barns, and buildings, bringing them to life by capturing them from different angles and perspectives.”
https://www.dlrphotography.ca/wp/
danilynn@dlrphotography.ca 705-521-2282 |
Diane Stewart |
Diane Stewart
Location: Hampton Inn (Maple Room)
Medium: Fabric Compositions
Using pieces of fabric instead of brush strokes, Diane Stewart builds unique landscapes that are amazing in detail, pattern, colour, and texture.
https://www.dianestewartartist.com/
shafleystewart@gmail.com 705-356-5198 |
Doug Clute |
Doug Clute
Location: Holy Trinity United Church
Medium: Wood
Doug Clute handcrafts traditional hardwood walking sticks and canes. The shafts are typically turned on a lathe and the handles are shaped by hand. All walking sticks are finished with a brass ferrule and carbide steel tip.
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Elizabeth Creith |
Elizabeth Creith
Location: Mount Dufour Ski Hill
Medium: Painting, Paper Engineering, Bookmaking
Elizabeth Creith designs and makes pop-ups and books featuring her art and poetry She also paints in watercolours.
Her memoire, “Shepherd in Residence”, is based on her CBC radio feature.
elizabeth-creith@aol.com 705-842-3817 |
Gail Skingley |
Gail Skingley
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Fibre/Fabric
Gail Skingley has been weaving for many years. Inspired by a desire to challenge herself, she enjoys trying new fibres, complex pattern and non-traditional colour combinations to create unique & useful items.
705-461-9922 |
Gwendlyn Goulet |
Gwendlyn Goulet
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Jewellery
Gwen Goulet creates unique, handmade jewellery and ornamental pieces in a variety of materials using techniques such as metalsmithing, metal clay, wire weaving, and upcycling.
https://gwendlyngoulet.ca
gwentreed@yahoo.com 705-849-8170 |
Isabell Hacock |
Isabell Hacock
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Painting, Acrylic
Isabell Hacock is a recent Seneca College art graduate who enjoys creating unique works of art with gouache and acrylic mediums. When given the option, she enjoys creating monochromatic still lifes.
iamhacock@gmail. com 437-353-9991 |
Jean Grady |
Jean Grady
Location: Hampton Inn (Maple Room)
Medium: Painting, Acrylic
Jean Grady captures the rugged allure of the big open skies, lakes, and trees of the Northern Ontario landscape with a distinctive impressionistic style. Jean is a retired teacher whose passion for painting began at an early age and was kindled through a blend of workshops and university courses. She is mesmerized by the intricate patterns of light and shadow in the woods and the sky’s reflections on the surface of the water. Jean paints from personal connections and experiences, often framing her paintings from her perspective in a kayak, giving the viewer a chance to feel like they, too, are on the water. She prefers acrylics for the freedom to maintain a fresh style with vivid colours and a broad value range, enabling her to create art that is joyful, full of bold harmonies and detailed with a whimsical touch of magic. Her goal is to touch on subjects and experiences that bring forth a memory or a feeling, connecting the viewer with the image. Jean hopes her paintings give people a feeling of joy and peace.
jgrady@rogers.com 519-657-9380 |
Jeff Dixon |
Jeff Dixon
Location: Hampton Inn (Maple Room)
Medium: Photography and Drawing
Jeff Dixon photographs the beautiful landscape and nightscape scenes of Northern Ontario.
His rock art is created using rocks found on the shores of Lake Superior combined with pencil drawings and metal leaf.
https://www.jeffdixonvisualartist.com/
jeffvisualart@gmail.com 705-255-3930 |
JoAnne Nicholls |
JoAnne Nicholls
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Wood, Metal
JOANNE NICHOLLS creates laser-cut 3D contour maps of local lakes, and other engraved and metal-embossed wood and glass items.
https://colibricreations.ca/
joannich@outlook.com 705-849-5534 |
Johanna Westby |
Johanna Westby
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Painting
Johanna Westby’s work uses bold contrasts and vivid colour to incite movement. Colour is the most important consideration, as it has the ability to express the familiarity and natural beauty of the land in northern Ontario.
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John Speers |
John Speers
Location: Mount Dufour Ski Hill
Medium: Wood
John Speers has been carving for approximately 10 years. His work is all hand painted. He carves in basswood for most carvings
Facebook: Carvings by John speersjohnrobert@hotmail. com 705-254-7649 |
Jola Klim |
Jola Klim
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Ceramic Art/Pottery, Painting, Ceramic Jewellery
Jola Klim’s art is about layers, textures, and colours, which shows her vision of the world around her. She creates pottery vessels, ceramic jewellery, and paints in oil and acrylic. The main subject is always the soul of a woman – nature, and hope for the future.
www.jolaklim.ca
jolaklim@gmail.com 416-561-6821 |
Joseph Brann |
Joseph Brann
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Photography
Joseph Brann’s camera lens brings nature’s intricate details to life, capturing the often-overlooked beauty and grandeur of our region’s landscapes. His art evokes wonder with awe-inspiring images that captivates viewers.
http://www.josephbrann.ca/
jbrannphotos@gmail.com 705-848-5017 |
Julie Chmilnitzky |
Julie Chmilnitzky
Location: Hampton Inn (Maple Room)
Medium: Painting
Julie splits her time between landscapes and abstract paintings, both in acrylic and oils. She wants the viewers to interpret what they see.
FB: juliechalmersart 705-261-2323 |
Julie Merk |
Julie Merk
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Painting
Julie Merk grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, spending summers chasing frogs and picking blueberries. After 32 years of teaching in Elliot Lake, she enjoys holding children’s painting workshops for budding artists. Through watercolour, she uses bold vibrant hues often choosing children as her subject because they are close to her heart.
merk.julie@gmail.com 705-849-7842 |
Kate Robbeson |
Kate Robbeson Location: Renaissance Seniors Centre
Medium: Jewellery
Kate Robbeson creates jewellery using copper, silver, gold, and gems.
705-848-8146 |
Keith Lightizer |
Keith Lightizer - Kissed by a Hammer
Location: Hampton Inn (Maple Room)
Medium: Jewellery
Keith started Kissed by a Hammer with his wife, Barbara, in 2016. He is inspired by the beauty and culture of Northern Ontario. He works in copper, silver, and gemstones and has developed original techniques using enamel to bring colour and texture to his designs
https://kissedbyahammer.com
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Len Hannigan |
Len Hannigan
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Wood/Stone
Born and raised in beautiful Elliot Lake, Len Hannigan’s work focuses on open and closed segmented turnings, and tea candle holders turned from locally harvested woods accented with sodalite stone inlays
sky_ny_rd1@hotmail.com 705-461-1564 |
Lidia Silvestrova |
Lidia Silvestrova
Location: Holy Trinity United Church
Medium: Painting
Lidia Silvestrova hand-paints wooden eggs and matroshka dolls in the traditional East European style- with themes of nature, Christmas, and Easter holidays.
lidiasilvestrova@hotmail.com 705-946-3676 |
Lillian Asquith |
Lillian Asquith
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Painting
Lillian Asquith was born in Sarajevo, and came to Canada in 1964. She studied watercolour with Tom Lynch, Frank Webb, Margaret Roseman, and Brian Ateo. Now living in Elliot Lake, she teaches watercolour, oils, pastel, and acrylics. Her work has gained wide recognition- paintings may be found in public, and private collections in Canada, the US, and Europe. A Bronze Signature member of the prestigious Toronto Watercolour Society, Lillian is a popular instructor who has conducted workshops and classes throughout Ontario.
laa5334@gmail.com 705-578-2735 |
Lisa MacDonald-Waite |
Lisa MacDonald-Waite
Location: Renaissance Seniors Centre
Medium: Fur/Leather, Jewellery
Lisa MacDonald-Waite creates teddies, bunnies, and other friends from Granda’s old fur coat. She also makes mitts, mocassins, hats, and headbands from old furs and leathers. She hand-forges old copper wiring jewellery with handmade fused glass gems.
http://www.furbearandfriends.ca/
furbearandfriends@sympatico.ca 705-842-3441 |
Lise Portelance |
Lise Portelance
Location: Royal Canadian Legion
Medium: Weaving
Lise Portelance weaves colourful traditional blankets known as “catalognes”. She works with modern fibres, and makes the catalognes in a variety of sizes that are machine washable and dryable.
porteliseleo@xplornet.ca 705-843-2789 |
Mathew Burke |
Mathew Burke
Location: Holy Trinity United Church
Medium: Jewellery
Mathew Burke makes a variety of unique jewellery pieces combining his passion for chainmail. Each piece is a truly a one-of-a-kind creation.
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Melanie Springbett |
Melanie Springbett
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Painting, Oil
Melanie Springbett paints anything that moves her. She regularly accepts commissions for custom portraits of pets and loved ones. She loves to capture the essence and personality of her subjects, and her patrons are often visibly moved by the finished product. She keeps these comments and reactions close to her heart and is motivated to keep on creating beautiful art for people.
https://www.melaniespringbett.com/
Melspringbett@gmail.com
705-943-2592 |
Michelle Roy |
Michelle Roy
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Painting
Michelle Roy uses oil and acrylic paints to capture the beauty and vibrancy of our Northern Ontario landscapes and florals. Nature, and painting it, is the most amazing therapy.
maeroy@shaw.ca 705-297-1746 |
Mike Mullins & Doug Soulière |
Mike Mullins & Doug Soulière
Location: Renaissance Seniors Centre
Medium: Wood
Friends since coming to Elliot Lake in the 50’s, Doug and Mike have joined to exhibit their passion for turning local wood. Each piece is a work of joy.
miketmullins@hotmail.com 705-848-7262 |
Patricia Baker |
Patricia Baker
Location: Holy Trinity United Church
Medium: Painting, Fibre (leather)
Patricia Baker has drawn and painted since the age of five. She has participated in the Sylvan Circle Tour and Arts at the Dock. Art is her passion.
https://rainmakerscreativeworks.ca
baker.spiritriver@shaw.ca 705-777-3095 |
Paul Oak |
Paul Oak (Algoma Sloyd)
Location: Hampton Inn (Maple Room)
Medium: Wood
Paul Oak created useful objects from ethically sourced greenwood found in the Algoma region. Sloyd refers to the Swedish folk-art tradition of making practical, attractive household objects using only basic hand tools. All of his products are handmade with axe and knife and traditional techniques.
https://algomasloyd.com/
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Sheila Currie |
Sheila Currie
Location: Renaissance Seniors Centre
Medium: Painting, Watercolour
Sheila illustrates a watercolour celebration of subjects through learned elements and principles of art which reflect her inward response to the outside world. Family, world travel, M.Ed. in Curriculum Design, 35 years of teaching, and a love for life and nature have contributed to her dynamic expression through watercolour.
https://www.watercoloursbysheila.com/
watercoloursbysheila@gmail.com 705-943-3599 |
Stacey Reaman |
Stacey Reaman
Location: Holy Trinity United Church
Medium: Fabric/Fibre
Stacey Reaman crafts works of art in all types of macramé including macra-weaving and macramé tapestry. Each creation is designed and knotted with love. |
Sue Shaw |
Sue Shaw (Castle Rock Studios)
Location: Mount Dufour Ski Hill
Medium: Pottery
Sue Shaw is a local potter that likes to create functional pieces. Her goal is to bring art to everyday objects. She enjoys the variations and experimentation aspect of pottery.
suzieqshaw@hotmail.ca 705-256-9955 |
Susan Coventry |
Susan R. Coventry
Location: Renaissance Seniors Centre
Medium: Photography, Handstamped/Watercolour Cards
Susan R. Coventry, a nature and landscape photographer, has a passion for capturing nature’s beauty and wonder wherever she travels.
Herdingdog@hotmail.com 705-943-3274 |
Theresa Minten |
Theresa Minten
Location: Collins Hall
Medium: Painting
Theresa Minten tries to capture the everchanging colours and light of the landscapes and objects around her with acrylic paint and mixed media.
theresaminten@gmail.com 705-862-1569 |
Tina Brocklebank |
Tina Brocklebank
Location: Mount Dufour Ski Hill
Medium: Acrylic Pouring
Tina Brocklebank recycles vinyl records by creating clocks with an acrylic pouring technique. She also makes acrylic-poured vases.
tbrocklebank@yahoo.ca 705-849-0864 |
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