Teacher's
Profiles
"The
artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
Emile Zola
Margie
Boden
Attended OCAD and attained first class honours. Her area of expertise
includes throwing and constructing large forms and sculptural pieces. Her
avant-garde approach is reflected in her teaching.
Marguerite Broten
Studied pottery at St. Albert Arts and Crafts, Alberta and
Claycrafters in Pointe Clair, Quebec. She has been teaching adults and children
since 1980. Marguerite served on the Board of Directors of the OAS for a number
of years, including being the president.
Leslie
Cochrane
Leslie was educated at O.C.A. and York
University were she graduated Fine Arts Honours. The recipient of many awards,
her work is in numerous private and corporate collections. Her paintings are
published by Posters International and are shown in Art Impressions magazine.
Sally Glanville
Sally is a widely traveled artist who studied 3 yrs. At Columbus College
of Art & Design and has a B.F.A. from Ohio State Univ. She studied printmaking
at Open Studio in Toronto. Sally exhibits in numerous galleries and has
received many awards & grants.
Cheryl Hailstone
Graduate of OCAD’s Fine Arts
program. Cheryl is an experienced artist. She believes that good drawing skills
are the basis of a good painting. Her own specialty is commissioned portraiture.
Olga Koupichinski
Olga is studying Fine Arts
and Art History at U of T in Mississauga & Sheridan College. Olga has been
interested in art from an early age and she herself attended art classes at the
OAS as a youngster. She is back to pass on the skills she has been working
toward since art is her chosen career field.
Yousha Liu
Yousha Liu -
MFA degree at Georgia Southern University in 2001 and a BFA degree at China
Academy of Art in 1982. She has taught studio art at Iowa State Univ., Georgia
Southern Univ. in USA and Zhejiang Academy of Painting in China. Yousha has had
numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally. Her work has been collected
by private and public collectors worldwide.
Bruce
Outridge
Bruce brings his expertise
to the Oakville Art Society’s children’s and adults class programs. Specializing
in custom illustration for the transportation industry as well as the creator of
the comic strip ‘The Pride Junkie’ Bruce operates his own illustration company
in Burlington, Ontario. He has studied in various courses within Ontario
including Sheridan College, individual art courses, and the Halton Board of
Education.
Lillian
Piekut
Lillian is a recent
graduate from Sheridan's BAA Illustration Program. She has been practicing her
craft since she was a child and allows those around her to express themselves in
their own work. She was recently working for a small toy company, Happy Worker,
as an illustrator and commercial artist.
Monika Schaefer
Has been potting since 1998 making a wide range of adorable whimsical items for
home and garden. She has given workshops on pottery and private lessons in her
studio and enjoys sharing her ideas and techniques with others. Monika’s
work is in private collections in , U.S. and Europe.
Rhonda
Thibodeau
Is a graduate of Sheridan
College’s School of Crafts and Design. She is currently a full time potter in
the Burlington area.
Her work experience includes teaching adults and children the pottery making
process.
Cindy Underhill
Began her studies in
watercolour at Sheridan College in 1988 and continued studying with several
teachers at the OAS, the BAC as well as well-known Canadian artists. Cindy
enjoys experimenting in different painting styles but prefers impressionism,
which is reflected in her paintings.
John
Wood
Is a
graduate of Canterbury College of Art, England. He is the
recipient of several design and illustration awards and has exhibited his work
internationally. He was the founding co-ordinator of Sheridan College's highly
reputable Illustration Program in Oakville and Brampton. In 1991 he authored
The Handbook of Illustration, which was published in New York and
distributed worldwide.
Baoxing
Zhang
Baoxing began his training at the age of 6 with his well
known artist father and with various private teachers, he later studied at art
universities and colleges in Beijing. During this time he and some friends
organized and ran the Student Art Association of Peking University. He is a
member of Sumi-e Artists of Canada.