Artist in Residence

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  Susan Mein

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Departments, The Current Issue

  November 21, 2011

  A self-taught artist who began painting at an early age, Susan’s slightly naïve style adds extra charm to her nostalgic interpretations of rural life, which include scenes from here in the hills.

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  John Ashbourne: Green Man Series

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Autumn 2011, Back Issues, Departments

  September 9, 2011

  Despite its seemingly pagan symbolism, the image of a human face (usually male) emerging from leaves and branches was a theme widely used by stone masons in their architectural ornamentation of Christian churches from the 11th to the 16th centuries, and again during a revival in the 19th century. The mysterious Green Man has resisted…

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  Pam Purves

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Summer 2011

  June 16, 2011

  Like all impressionistic art, soft-focus photography takes the obvious out of commonplace objects and draws attention to more fundamental elements.

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  Kame and Kettle Artists

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Spring 2011

  March 23, 2011

  Kame & Kettle artists includes Sue Ecclestone, Do Hamilton, Emilia Perri, Mia Thornhill, Mary Wood, Jane Richmond, Linda Jenetti, Andrea Trace and Darlene Hassall. This longstanding coalition of Dufferin artists is currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a show of new and retrospective works, in a variety of media and subject matter, at Dufferin County…

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  Christopher Goodhand

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Winter 2010

  November 20, 2010

  “Thinking of myself as an artist has always seemed strange, even uncomfortable,” says Caledon woodturner Christopher Goodhand. “Where possible I try to incorporate ‘nature’s imperfections’ (knots, bark inclusion, decay, etc) into my work.”

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  Hugh Russel

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Autumn 2010, Back Issues, Departments

  September 13, 2010

  Mulmur sculptor Hugh Russel’s work combines a keen knowledge of anatomy and movement, an emotional empathy with his subject, an often sly sense of humour, and a penchant above all for storytelling.

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  Hallie Watson

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Summer 2010

  June 15, 2010

  Over a thirty-year career, along with her interest in the natural world, Hallie Watson has focussed on domestic subjects, those quotidian objects that “hold significant small places” in our lives and offer “a pocket of quiet calm in the whirlwind of time zooming forward.”

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  Jim Stewart

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Spring 2010

  March 21, 2010

  Caledon artist Jim Stewart has been creating figurative and abstract paintings since the early 1970s.

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  Roslyn Levin

  By In The Hills

  Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Winter 2009

  November 15, 2009

  Sumi-e is a form of rapid and spontaneous ink painting, in which the brush is felt to be an extension of the artist’s spirit and energy. Shelburne artist Roslyn Levin has been painting in this Japanese brushstroke style for nearly 30 years, primarily wildlife subjects, and this year she was the recipient of two international…