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“A Day in the Life” Calgary based oil painter, Ray Swirsky

October 27, 2021 Demian Vernieri

Ray Swirsky is an oil painter extraordinaire! His work is filled with colour and life and typically paints scenes in a realistic style of landscapes or bison and other animals. If you travel around the […]

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“A Day in the Life” with Venezuelan-Canadian artist Lovelia Vera

August 25, 2021 Kyra Ramos

Being born and raised in Venezuela had always had its challenges. Lovelia Vera (mom) was always attracted to art. She would stay up late at night after studying for university and putting my sisters to […]

This portrait of Stu Hart was signed by his son Bret, and is going to a collector in Indiana, U.S.A.
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“A Day in the Life” of Local Realistic Oil Painter Kim Parrent

January 6, 2021 Jessica da Cunha

A born and raised Calgarian, Kim Parrent has lived in Majorca, Spain and Houston, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Calgary with a Major in Art History. Owning […]

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“A Day in the Life” with visual artist & photographer Heather Dawn Kemp

February 3, 2019 Ann Baek

Heather Dawn Kemp is an Alberta artist with a passion to create through a variety of mediums including oil painting, mixed media, sculpture, invented materials and photography. She majored in Ceramics and received her Diploma […]

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“A Day in Life” with painter, photographer, teacher Doro Buch

December 29, 2018 Ann Baek

Doro Buch is just like her art, charming, colourful and brilliant. She moved to Calgary in 2012 from Bremen, Germany and is both social scientist and contemporary visual artist. Her paintings consider dynamic compositions and […]

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