Nepean Visual Arts Centre

Ted Duncan
Watercolour Level 1 & 2
Oil and Acrylics Level 1 & 2
Education and Experience:
15-year practicing artist with Concordia Sir George Williams Studio in painting, drawing and graphics.
Highlights:
Atrium solo exhibits
Canadian Society Painters in Watercolour
Exhibitions: Galerie de la Ville (Dollard, Montreal), Marchant Gallery (Lancaster, Ontario), Peel Regional Gallery (Brampton, Ontario)

Patrick Fraser
Cartooning – Beginner & Intermediate, ages 7-12
Education and Experience:
Graphic Design, George Brown College 1988-90;
Desktop Publishing Program, Algonquin College 1993-94;
Graphic Designer, Corel Corporation 1996-2004;
Interactive Multimedia program, Algonquin College 2004-05;
Instructor, Wallack’s Art Store, Ottawa - Introduction and Safety of Airbrush Techniques.

Liz Hoffmann
Pottery Wheel – Improve Your Technique
Wheel and Handbuilding Combo
Education and Experience:
Studio potter since 1976. Graduated from the Fine Crafts Program at Algonquin College in 1976.
Highlights:
Member of the Ottawa Guild of Potters

Doris Lamontagne
Basic Digital – Indoor and Out
Experience and Education:
MDes in Design Planning and Interaction Design, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA), BFA in Visual Communication, Université Laval  and University of Edmonton, DEC in Fine Arts, Cegep de Ste-Foy. Design Instructor for NSCAD University, Carnegie Mellon University and the Arts Institute of Pittsburgh.
Highlights:
worked in advertising and marketing then applied skills to the fields of education, way-finding, corporate/government design, health care and finally user interaction/cognitive design.
worked in publications using up to 5 languages and involved in many international design projects.
won many awards in design and photography and obtained recognition for patents while working in high tech
exhibited work in galleries throughout Ottawa, Canada and the U.S.

Katherine McNenly
Traditional Oil Techniques
Education and Experience:
BFA York University, Toronto 1986,
Studied with John Angel at the National Portrait Academy in Toronto 1983-89,
Attended Atelier Cecil Graves in Florence Italy 1990,
Workshop with Micheal Grimaldi at the Grand Central Art Academy in New York 2007.
Highlights:
Have been involved in numerous group and solo shows. Currently a finalist in the Kingston National
Portrait Competition. Member of the Mill St. Gallery in Almonte and Visual Arts Ontario

Yvette Nugent
Acrylic and Mixed Media
Experience and Education:
Participated in various art classes at NVAC (Mixed Media), Algonquin (Print making), and other workshops organized by OMMA; Interior Design Diploma, with over 20 years experience working in Facilities Management.
Yvette enjoys Mixed Media for its experimental qualities which allows for freedom of expression. Some of the topics covered in class: creating textures, image transfers, stamping, monoprinting, collage etc.
Highlights:
Member of Ottawa Mixed Media Artists (OMMA) since its inception. Volunteering on the Executive of OMMA.
Participated in group shows organized by OMMA at Gloucester Gallery, Britannia Gallery, Carlen Gallery, The Green Door, The Table, Rasputin and Nepean Visual Arts Centre.
Various artworks voted into Juried Shows.
Received Award of Excellence for “Une douillette pour demoiselle”.

Tricia Wilmot Savoie
artistsincanada.com/savoie
Oil/Acrylic Level 1-3
Outdoors and In Studio
Education and Experience:
John Abbot College, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Tanya Axiula's instruction, Oils
Barbara Simmons' instruction, Watercolors
Loyalist College and St. Lawrence College, various workshops and courses
Highlights:
Painting almost everyday, plein air painting, work on over 100 paintings per year, love color and light.

Karl Schutt
Silver Jewellry Beginner
Education and Experience:
Karl Schutt, born in Pembroke and trained in the Fine Arts at the Universities of Manitoba and in Art History at the University of British Columbia, retired in January 1999 from a 29-year career as a secondary school art instructor. Over the years he has studied the jewellery arts here and abroad. In the 80's he completed American and British gemmological training and has been faceting precious gems since the late 1970's. Additionally, Karl works in watercolours, pastels, three-dimensional metals, and stone sculpture. Karl continues to teach adults in visual arts and jewellery arts.
Highlights:
“It is from the Renaissance artist that I find my inspiration. This inspiration has lead me to work in precious metals, in sterling silver and precious gems, cutting cabochon, faceting all kinds of transparent gem material, and in combining a variety of techniques in the creating of small objects to be worn as jewellery or looked at as sculpture.”

Kerry Stothers
Drawing: Introduction
Painting: Oil/Acrylics, Level I and Level II
Education and Experience:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Calgary. Primarily a portrait painter Ms. Stothers has exhibited her work throughout Alberta, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Chelsea. In addition to teaching painting and drawing classes at the Nepean Visual Arts Centre, Ms. Stothers operates “Portraits by Kerry”, a small business accepting commissioned portraits, paintings and drawings.
She also paints wall murals for commercial and residential clients, and she does contract artwork for museum display companies and television and movie production companies. Ms. Sothers’ museum work consists primarily of painting and sculptured objects as well as a variety of faux techniques, and can be seen in museums throughout North America, including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington and the New Founder’s Hall in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Highlights:
Memberships: Ottawa Council of the Arts, Entrepreneurship group for small businesses.
Portrait exhibitions every summer and before Christmas
Works on display with Nepean Visual Arts Centre and with the Nepean Fine Arts League

Kerri Weller
Botanical Illustration
Education and Experience:
AOCA, Ontario College of Art - BSc AMM
University of Toronto
Highlights:
A Medical Illustrator and Graphic Designer by profession, career highlights include ten years as an Exhibits Graphic Designer/Illustrator with the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. A workshop with celebrity botanical artist, Canada’s Pamela Stagg spurred her interest in botanical art. Today, Kerri’s work is included in the prestigious 2010 International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania.