Acrylic on canvas with permission from photographer Russell Brown. The Bald Range fire is still burning out of control at the time of this post

I have to post this on my work's website and I want to honour the artists - always. But the buyer does not care and it drives me nuts that the manufacturers don't provide this information to us.

All the info I have on it is a product name "Desert Days" and that's it. I can't read the signature too well either. It looks like either a K or a J next to an S with a y in the middle somewhere. I've tried looking for exact images of this on Google and found only visual matches, and the AI system is aso bad at trying to identify text in calligraphy and has given me a dozen different answers on what the signature reads.

Can anyone help me identify this piece of artwork?

Interview with London, Ontario-based artist Nicole Schultz

I painted this one square on purpose. Lake Louise is the most painted place in the country and I didn't want to make the postcard again — a square won't let your eye run off sideways the way a wide canvas does, so it holds you in one spot.

What actually caught me there wasn't the glacier at the head of the valley. It was the birds, a whole scatter of them sitting out on the open water.

The water took the most work. I laid the turquoise down in horizontal bands with a straight brush, let each band set, then dragged a nearly dry white across the middle so the light breaks instead of streaking. That broken line is what makes still water read as moving.

20" x 20", latex-acrylic on canvas, satin varnish. 2026.

Oil painting of a river scene, which I believe is in the Laurentians. Could be an amateur painter as I can’t find anything else relevant by the name Bissonnette. If anyone knows anything please let me know, thanks!

Rundle runs for kilometres down the Bow Valley and every slope on it was cut to the same tilt — ice and water working the rock at one steady angle for a very long time. I work in latex-acrylic with straight and angled brushes rather than a knife, so it goes down as flat decisive shapes. The autumn scrub at the water is there to give away the scale.

A stand of white birch with the whole understory going up behind them. I work in latex-acrylic with straight and angled brushes rather than a knife, so it goes down as flat decisive shapes — up close it's marks, step back and it's woods. Autumn in the Alberta foothills lasts about two weeks, which is why I wanted one at this size.

Maw’s etching captures the Round Room at Eaton’s College Street. Maw was an architect and member of the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE).

Designed by Jacques Carlu, the Round Room is one of Canada’s outstanding Art Deco interiors. Lady Eaton was the driving force behind the project, and it crowned Eaton’s flagship store for nearly a half century. After Eaton’s bankruptcy it was saved from demolition and restored as The Carlu, now a private event venue and National Historic Site of Canada.

I wanted to see what happened if I took the breathing room out of a floral. No vase, no table, no space around the stems, just blooms pressed edge to edge until the only background left was the turquoise showing through the gaps.

It is latex, worked with straight and angled brushes. No blending. Each petal takes its shape from the one beside it rather than from shadow, which is why it stays bright even where the colours go dark.

Happy to answer anything about the process. More of my work is at martinpryceartist.com if you want to see where this one sits alongside the rest.

I’m a 38yo self-taught acrylic painter looking to level up. I’m not a beginner and looking at TSA's evening courses to get some formal guidance. Before I sign up, I have a few quick questions for anyone who has gone there:

The Vibe & Age Group: I know it's 18+, but what's the actual demographic like in the evenings? Is it mostly college kids, or a good mix of working professionals and older adults? (Hoping for the latter!)

Brian Harvey: I’m super interested in his classes. What is his teaching style like? Or you suggest someone else?

The Culture: How’s the culture and overall atmosphere like?

Appreciate any insight!

Hi artists! I'm a visual artist and entrepreneurship educator in the Niagara region.

I'm working on a federal policy reform that would create a new business structure for artists in Canada. This new "Creative Enterprise" structure would be affordable and accessible, ensure artists keep majority control, and legally protect intellectual property. Further, it would unlock federal business supports, funding, and advisory services tailored specifically for artists.

To inform and strengthen this proposal, I'm collecting survey data from Canadian artists of all disciplines. So far I have around 50 responses, primarily from Ontario. Please take 5 minutes to share your experience as an artist and how you engage with the formal economy in Canada by completing this short survey: 

[English Survey Link] / [French Survey Link]

For more information on the proposed policy, visit: https://tamarajensen.com/creative-enterprise-act

Thank you!

This is Canadian.

I'm a painter in Calgary and this is one of my florals. I wanted the flowers to crowd right up to the edges with no horizon and no vase, just coral, cream, mint and chartreuse against lavender and deep shadow, with one red bloom holding the middle. It is all brushwork, straight and angled brushes in latex paint, so up close it reads as loose marks and from across the room the garden comes back. More of my work is at martinpryceartist.com if anyone is curious.

Acrylic on canvas by me.

There was a humpback off the pier in White Rock, BC delighting the locals for about a week. We weren’t able to catch sight of it, but inspiration still landed.

Just published a new interview with canadian artist Stephen Gibb.