7th Annual Art in the Valley Artists

These are the fifteen artists coming together for the 7th Annual Art in the Valley this October in Kimberley, Ontario. They live and work throughout Grey Highlands and the Beaver Valley, as well as a few guest artists from Grey County, and what unites them is a deep connection to the land, the seasons, and the stories this region holds.

Working across oil, watercolour, acrylic, ceramics, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, each artist brings something distinct to the exhibition. Click through to get to know them — their work, their process, and what drew them to this year's theme of Making Space for Art.

Current Artists

  • Brian Sickle

    An illustrator and series-based artist from Kimberley, Ontario exploring our responsibility toward both wild and domestic animals

  • Carol Sebert

    Oil & watercolour painter, her work captures the energy of the objects or settings she studies

  • Carolyn West

    explores recurring concepts from the artist’s perspective explore hidden meanings and imagery when viewing typically ordinary botanical subjects.

  • Caryn Joy Colman

    Painter drawn to our environment and the value people place on our natural resources and economy

  • Chari Cohen

    Ceramic Artist who creates work that reflects the wonders found in nature

  • Cindy Norton

    A painter and sculptor whose work explores identity and cultural history.

  • David Marshak

    explores light and shadow, focusing on a level of realism that stops short of photo-realism, instead embracing what some call hyper realism.

  • Frances Beatty

    Photographer exploring memory and identity through self-portraits & portraits

  • Kate Esplen

    A painter and sculptor with internationally exhibited work in private and public collections.

  • Kathleen Heithorn-Althoff

    A photographer inspired by nature and sailing, capturing the beauty of flowers and the world through decades of experience and exploration.

  • Lynne Brewer French

    painter and poet whose work in oils and words deeply inform and enrich one another.

  • Melanie Earle

    explores story telling - (a feminist perspective) of fairly tales told by women / cross cultural mythological figures

  • Peter French

    artist who focuses on drawing, painting, and writing, creating poetic and fresh interpretations of nature.

  • Raymond Macdonald

    Disrupted realistic, painter and sculptor

  • Tanya Zaryski

    A painter, glassblower, and mixed-media sculptor whose work draws on rural life and nature to tell stories through diverse materials