Creatively Thinking With Carolyn B

Coming from Lebanese roots O'hara Kamis has a uniquely original perspective, and she loves every minute of it.  Especially her groovy lifestyle that she has created over the years on various landscapes she has called home. Using her love of research and detail she throws herself into every new medium she encounters, from shoes to jewelry, to phone cases and apparel. There really is no limits...

Growing up with Artists around her home in Japan Noe absorbed the artist lifestyle of gathering meaning, understanding the objects and relationships have a larger context. She learned early how to become an academic artist. How to use classic materials. She gained the education of Contextual Art at St Martin's College in the United Kingdom. Switching gears into motherhood she returned to basi...

Hunting down driftwood is what Artist Damian Agostini describes himself as doing. When asked what he does he says he wakes up and he goes out and plays. He gets up really early, eager to make his whimsical sculptures of animals and furniture. Made entirely from objects and pieces of wood like driftwood he finds along the lakeshore in Toronto or in Trinidad, his other home. Sharing some candid mome...

Exposed to both American and Canadian landscapes has enriched Erica Hawkes' creative practice in unique ways. Following the flowing hills and rugged coastlines of the west coast has inspired her to create masterful compositions that have combined two distinct styles into one  perspective. Being able to blend and merge the techniques of the Group of Sevens' impressionistic style and the d...

Creating psychological spaces that transcend reality using found objects, fabrics, and basically trash Emily Zou wanders amongst the myriad of mental and physical constructs that litter our landscapes. Both physical and emotionally Emily shares her mental health struggles. How they shape how she lives, and draw the energy within her to reshape what we throw away, she gives a new life. Zou labored...

Being a Canadian Landscape Painter Marie Neys has been fueled by the West Coast and the rolling hills of Alberta. She admits to finding her practical side and her creative side have a unique balancing act going on. One that pulls her every time she needs to be creative. She has an urgency to create in her studio. One that she has transformed into a professional and prodigious space of teaching. In...

Searching out the quiet spaces is what Lori Ryersons' photography is all about. Being a Fine Art Photographer, opportunistic Photographer, or whatever passes by her aperture she says candidly. Lori looks for the obscure and hard to find quiet. Places that are increasingly hard to find in Canada's biggest city Toronto; where she calls home is incredibly noisy. Finding these quiet places i...

Bev Morgan hunts down the vision and excitement she feels when the light flows through her explorations. She is primarily a watercolour Artist finding innovation in nature, on an adventure, or painting en plein air. Bev's passion for teaching resonates with her students because she instills her passion for Art appreciation. She encourages and enjoys the opportunity to inspire others to pick u...

Hugh Gardner joins our show from a unique vantage point. Perched on top of the musical peak of being a Saxaphone player, a Visual Artist, and being involved with the theatre scene in Eastern Ontario. This gives him a rhythmic, visual, and dramatic advantage.  Join me as we take a deep dive in understanding what got him to this very point in his career creatively. Was it the love of music that put...

Describing her background as Scottish bagpipes and high tea Laura Beaton's creative practice fuses distinctly Asian cultural styles with her Canadian heritage to create an authenticity that is uniquely her own. Join me as we take a deep dive on where Laura found her initial inspiration, how it has transformed over the years, and what continues to motivate her creative practice. This combinati...

Join me as we take a deep dive with an Artist who is said to be breaking all the rules of colour. Yaw Tony an Architect, Artist, and Graphic Designer that also has an extensive fashion line. What are his boundaries with colour? Does he have any? What inspires these rich and wild designs of intricate and bizarre stories? They are flooded with intensity of pure hues and symbolism.  Yaw Tony has a un...

Painting thousands of paintings, having public artworks involved in Hollywood productions, and being a frequent lecturer are just a few of the tools Sutherland has used over his three decades of being a Professional Artist in the Toronto area.  Being a prolific Artist is whats his creative practice has become. Kirk Sutherland doesn't know it any other way. It is a meditative state of flow. As...

Being a Canadian new media Artist means Kezleigh's creative process is always changing, and forever floating.   Her unique form of expression sits ready to fly from the layers of inspiration she cuts and molds into works of paneled plastic forms flowing like textured depth. How did her imagination arrive at this creative place? Join me as we uncover her drives, her motivation, and what exactl...

David Brown is an alchemist, from the humblest sense of the word. He uses the furnace of  the imagination to create a quiet loudness from encapsulating some of Canada's urban centres into sensory illusions of time and space. Having an award winning international career in Design and Art for 30+ years Brown graduated fom Ontario College of Art and Design University.  His encaustic paintings of...

Being a self taught Artist Lynden Cowan meticulously creates wild landscapes with highly detailed scenes. Finding solitary amusement as a child Lynden used scrap wood as canvas; making her own paints from dandelions, berries and vegetables. By the grace of teachers gifting her supplies - as kitchen pots were no longer suitable, her talent blossomed.  Growing up in Brampton, Cowan returned to paint...

Edward Moffat a decidedly unique photographer on the local scene. Describes his work as not for everyone, as nearly naked often disturbs the mainstream in ways that are peculiar. He connects with his models and has an understanding. It is what is comfortable to expose, to share, to divulge to the eye.  Being a freelance photographer has had its ups and downs but Moffat has found a niche with his l...

Callie Gray gravitates her creativity into bursts of joyous abstractions rich in energy and spontaneity to make your heart sing. She is an award winning international Artist that has found a spiritual connection in Art that transcends experience into a unique understanding of the world around her. Join me as we take a deep dive into her creative process, her inspirations, her insights, and what tr...

On today's show we have the multidisciplinary Graphic Designer, Photographer and Artist Gordon Moss. With years of experience Moss shares with us what inspired him down this path. How does his love of music play a part in his creativity? Has he found a platform for the two fields to balance each other? How has he seen Graphic Design change over the years? What made him decide to develop his c...

With us on today's Podcast is James Flux a local Artist who claims to be madly in love with the creative spirit. He was involved with the Night and Day Studios, then a director for Beaux Arts Brampton, and now has found his footing in both Vortex paintings, street Art, and scripting thoughts precariously around the city and social media. We will take a deep dive into how this came about short...

Being a Graphic Designer has been an exploratory career for this Creative Professional. Graeme has been a director of a Toronto Art Gallery for over a decade, and has now found his footing internationationally in Mexico. What led him to bringing his innovative business south of the border? In this podcast we dive deep to discover what is behind the fabric of his creative practice. What drives him,...

Speaking with Toronto based Abstract Expressionist Artist Gwen Tooth we take a deep dive into her practice on how she assimilates her travels into techniques in her toolbox; how staying with teachers too long can change your creativity in ways you didn't expect, and how she never thought art school was for her - when ultimately she went later on to three different institutions.  Join Carolyn...

Join Carolyn Botelho as she takes a deep dive with her first Artist on inspiration, perspectives, and what it takes to be truly authentic.  What being true to yourself means; why she likes people not liking her art, and the challenges of finding spaces to show her creativity. Talking with artistic professionals like Claudia Dorey is a real enlightening process because they have allowed me to see t...