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These Portrait artists paint a wide variety of artwork ranging from native art to cowboy art, horse portraits to human portraits. You might just find that perfect piece of western artwork you have been looking for whether it be an original painting, a limited edition giclee or a bronze sculpture! Canada has many talented artists, I hope you enjoy the many we have listed here in our art gallery. Stay tuned as Art In Canada will be creating more artists websites in the near future focusing on artists in each province. The artists listed in this art gallery do exceptional work in watercolors, oil paintings, acrylic paintings, pastel art, pencil art, charcoal, bronze sculpture, pottery, and much more! Several artists offer art workshops and art lessons!

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Rosemary Lucy Cosentino

Carol Nelson Meleshko

Sharon Strand Sigfuson

Barbara Simpson

Diana Cumberland Stupniski

Carl Joseph Shinkaruk

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Ellen Cowie

Ellen treasures the varied gifts in her life, and her strength as an individual reflects in her art. She paints people, places and animals from her heart, yet with an astute sense of reality, so that each painting is a loving representation of the world as seen through her eyes. Ellen's originals and limited edition prints have found their way into collections in England, Switzerland, the United States, and across Canada.

Bobbi Dunlop

Decades of pursuing the language of brushstrokes has channeled Bobbi Dunlop's unique inner vision, experience and life wisdom into an avenue for expressing her truest reactions on canvas. Bobbi Dunlop considers herself a 'professional observer of life'; applying paint to canvas as the vehicle through which she most naturally communicates her observations and feelings.

Bobbi Dunlop: "The masters have set the bar for all artists who follow in their wake and will continue to do so. This is the standard to which I will always measure myself and continue to aspire. A lifelong pursuit and one which will never cease to give me purpose and great satisfaction."

Malcolm Gatt

Canadian artist Malcolm Gatt was born in London, England, where he attended The Sir John Cass School of Art and the Croydon College School of Art and Design. He has exhibited in the UK and in British Columbia and Ontario in Canada.

After many years of painting still life he now concentrates on figurative work, which is mainly allegorical. A change in subject matter has also brought about a change in medium, from acrylic to oil.

Malcolm's paintings can be found in public and private collections in the UK, USA, Canada, Norway, New Zealand and Switzerland.

Michelle Grant

Born in Calgary, Michelle was exposed to horses through the Calgary Stampede, Spruce Meadows and her own experiences riding in the Alberta foothills.
Being a certified horse nut, most of Michelle's work centers on her love for horses, however her work also includes portraits of people and wildlife.
Simply put, she likes to "go places and do things" and then loves to paint the images that she finds inspiring from the event. "Going places and doing things" typically includes horseback riding, fishing, hiking, and attending rodeos, brandings, horse races and show jumping events.

Patricia Guzmán

I love to paint animals such as horses, dogs and wild ones; but not only animals, also portraits of different type of people, of different culture.
I think there is always something to learn about painting; to me books are my best teachers because they don't influence my vision that much. They teach me about technique, about painters' lifes, etc., but they don't tell me how a thing must be because we all see life and painting in a different way, what I think and feel cannot be tought. As a painter I believe to seek for the truth, to paint themes that have something special, that makes me shake, not for money or not to produce as an assembly line.

Sonia Farquharson

My paintings have appeared in the Hamilton Spectator and various local newspapers in Toronto. I now focus on multicultural type drawings that emphasize my African Heritage and racial unity.

I hope my paintings will, some how help people to come together and fight against discrimination in our society.

I was asked to participate in the 1st Annual Black History Month Art Exhibition for the Canadian Human Rights Commission and I've continued with this exhibition for the past 9 years.

The mediums I like to work with are, Coloured Pencils, Conte, Chalk Pastels and Acrylic.

Lori Fitzgerald

Alberta artist Lori Fitzgerald invites you to visit her new Website: www.ldfitzgerald.com

Her illustrations, paintings and sculpture all reflect the influences of a life in the southern Alberta environment.

Whether they are portraits of people, animals, architecture, landscapes, and airplanes or even illustrating on abandoned furniture, Lori’s work reflects the place, the people and the world around her.

Maureen Flinn

From the little town of Dapp came the big-time artist, Maureen Flinn. Maureen Flinn has painted many landscapes, still life, people, and animal portraits.

Maureen is committed to continue studying and finding new inspiration through her studies of many up-coming workshops and travels through Canada and the USA. She is also a member of ACACA- the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association and a member of the Westlock Community Art Club.

Adeline Halvorson

Adeline spends most of her time researching and creating the paintings she markets to a growing group of collectors.
She enjoys the variety of diverse subjects - floral, still life, dogs, or a childhood scene, and most often, her favorite equine subject matter.
Years of riding and grooming horses has given Halvorson a knowledge of anatomy and muscle movement that her painting skills bring to life on the canvas. The shapes and movement of muscle, variety and texture of harness and trappings, as well as the horse and its interaction with its human counterparts provide endless artistic inspiration for one who grew up with a love for one of the world's most beautiful animals.

Angie Hill

Angie Hill works in watercolour, oils, and acrylics.
Angie has a keen eye for detail and has studied anatomy extensively, and is most prolific with her portraiture and figurative work. She has been commissioned to paint over 100 portraits, mostly of children, in a loose but skillful, and accurate watercolor collage format, which is completely her own technique.
Angie has won many awards for her artwork, and has completed many challenging commercial pieces in the past, which have brought recognition to this unique and talented artist.

Valerie Hinz

Valerie Hinz (b. 1956) Valerie lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and has been a professional artist, working in television since 1979. In 2000, she left her job with the CTV affiliate to paint full time. One of her earlier commercial exhibitions was with the U.S. Arabian National Horse Show in Louisville, KY. There, she took a tour of Churchill Downs, where she viewed an exhibit of the works by the American Academy of Equine Art for the first time. She eagerly submitted work to future AAEA shows, where within two years, she gratefully accepted the 1992 Gordon Barton Memorial Award for Best in Show. Valerie attributes the AAEA for giving her the start she needed in the equine art world. The publicity received from her wins through the AAEA juried exhibitions helped her to become visible to the galleries that represent her today.

Kevin Jenne

A huge appeal to his work lies in his impressionistic style and the variety of his subject matters. His inspirations are derived from his many expeditions (France, Hong Kong, Singapore…) The core of this work is based on his love of his adopted city Montreal where he presently works and lives, with its European inspired architecture and also its vast artistic elements (Cirque du Soleil, Montreal Jazz Festival, and many Dance companies). It’s a city with an infectious “joie de vivre”, with a tapestry of cultures all living together - enjoying life, food and wine – “colours of life”. In Jenné's paintings the figures are essential; they interact telling stories through their body language, becoming symbols representing his life. The figures are painted without facial features creating the illusion of ambiguity and timelessness. His paintings are infused with an inner glow and luminosity that gives each piece a life of its own. He uses intense colours to elicit an emotional response and stir passion in those who view his work.

Denyse Klette

Portrait and mural artist, Denyse Klette, has an amazing ability to capture life's many pleasures in her paintings. She transports us to time of wild abandon, quiet contemplation, belly laughs, and smiles. To witness her creations is to get lost in lighthearted brush strokes and a love of all that life has to offer. Her Portraits, whether of a whimsical toothless child or a CEO of a major corporation, capture the essence of that individual. She tries whenever possible to spend time with the subjects of her portraits and observe how they interact with family, friends, and the world around them. She then transforms the emotions and personality of the individuals into canvas keepsakes to be treasured for years to come. Her talent is not restricted to canvas portraits. You could walk into her murals and join the world that she has created. One of her most coveted murals entitled "So Much To Discover", painted in 1993, is still pleasing pedestrians, drivers, and travelers from all around. It stands proudly at the top of the Broadway bridge in Saskatoon.

Shannon Lawlor

Having spent the formative years involved with horses on many levels, this in turn has evolved into the ability as an artist, to capture her subject matter as it appears in reality. Infinite moments of real life experiences are seized in her own unique interpretation using primary acrylics, oil and graphite. Brush mileage and continuously honing her skills and techniques contribute to the ongoing passion of striving always to reach new and greater heights of professional achievement. Furthermore, the study of reality and subject matter lends itself to the structure, depth and detail found in her pieces. The great appreciation she has for her subject matter is evident in each of her carefully rendered pieces. Having had the opportunity to spend time with some of the top artists of today, also contributes to the body of work she is now creating.

Doug Levitt

Doug Levitt has devoted himself full-time to fine art, oil paintings and graphite drawings being his preferred mediums. His historical works seek to preserve moments from the native North American Indian way of life and to explore themes of the West. These graphite drawings and oil paintings reflect Doug's passion for authentic detail as well as drama and texture. Doug's contemporary works, comprising mainly portraiture in oils, are compelling human studies characterized by skillful evocation of light and shadow, texture and detail.
His paintings are gaining wide attention for an artist still young in his career. Top collectors have bought his works and his paintings are in collections as far away as Australia. He has received invitations to attend several prominent exhibitions in Canada and the United States in 2004.

Thomas Love

Tom paints a very broad spectrum of subject matter and often chooses to include the human form in order to provide a focus of interest. Subjects are often set in common place and are rendered realistically without being photographic or photo-realistic. The themes of his paintings are often romantic and are chosen to evoke strong emotion in the viewer and to provoke a strong identification with the subject.
Exploring various subject matter has resulted in such accomplishments as a corporate calendar, an international magazine cover and recognition, three times, by The Artist's Magazine for submissions to its annual, international art competition.

Debbie Lund

Beautiful original family and equestrian portraits from Canadian Federation Artist, Debbie Lund.
Customized and personal portraits of your horse, pet and family.
"My style is new and is ever evolving and still seeking and experimenting as to where it desires to go, but my main passion is to portray those moments of true emotion. My passion is my horses and my children, and their inner beauty and spirituality is what I strive to portray and bring out. My goal as an artist is to be able to capture that "one" moment that is so briefly there then gone again. It is that moment that is the most intense and most precious and the "one" that is never forgotten. Isn't that what life is all about? Those little moments along the way?"

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