Miles Wallace

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.A, B.Ed., O.C.T. The local art community has flourished over the years while I have grown up in Hamilton. I am very fortunate to now have the opportunity to be working within that community alongside so many talented people. My proficiencies as an artist include acrylic and oil painting, as well […]

Mike Cope

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.A. Mike loves encouraging people to draw and be creative! Cartooning is an engaging and accessible art form that allows artists (kids, teens & adults) to not only communicate their ideas, but also generate true emotional responses in their audience—whether its joy & laughter or more challenging feelings. Cartooning is also […]

Michelle Teitsma

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Originally trained in classical animation as well as airbrush techniques, Michelle is a spark plug in the studio, bringing a strong foundation of drawing and painting skills along with experience in a wide range of media. Working in oils, acrylics, and watercolour, her artwork is collected both nationally and abroad. Unafraid […]

Margaret Best

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.Ed. Margaret was born and raised in South Africa. Surrounded by an abundance of indigenous and cultivated plant life, it’s only to be expected that botanical subjects would find their way into her work soon after she started painting as a young child under the tutorage of Betty Clur. After graduating […]

Linda Lee Blakney

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > M.B.A., M.A. As a result of living in various cities across Canada, I have had the privilege of being exposed to diverse urban populations and environments. This has fostered my inquisitiveness to explore the cultural aspects of these places and their inhabitants. An early career in medical imaging taught me the […]

Lena Montecalvo

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > DVSA Lena Montecalvo is a self-taught watercolour artist who began painting shortly after her artist mother’s death in 2013. Diving in headfirst and now hundreds of paintings later, Lena is an instructor both privately and with Dundas Valley School of Art. She sells her own unique line of original works, prints […]

Lee Munn

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > DVSA A landscape style artist from Hamilton ON, Lee’s formal art education began at the age of 16 and continued through his late teens when he studied Fine Arts at DVSA and Arts & Graphic Design at George Brown and Sheridan College. Lee is a firm believer in painting in his […]

Laura Bromwich

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > Hons. B.A., D.T.A.T.I Since receiving an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from McMaster University in 2011, Laura has pursued a career in printmaking which includes an art practice and teaching as a faculty instructor at Dundas Valley School of Art. Laura researches, utilizes and teaches non-toxic printmaking as a part of […]

Katherine MacDonald

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.F.A. Katherine MacDonald has been a figurative painter since receiving her B.F.A. from Mount Allison University. Her work deals with the intimate nature of seeing, grounded in the artist’s vision of the world around her. She uses a range of drawing and painting media – oil, watercolour, chalk, pencil – and […]

John Novak

INSTRUCTOR View Classes > B.A. History (McMaster University, 1993) A resident of Brantford ON, John is renowned for his carving artistry in several forms – wood, bark, soapstone and wire sculpture. He has competed with his wood carvings for many years at both the local and international level. Also an accomplished photographer, he is passionate […]