Jaan Poldaas

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Jaan Poldaas (1948-2018). Poldaas was a painter best known for his hard-edge abstract painting, both in his prolific production and as an advocate for this art form. Since the 1970s Poldaas’ “sophisticated and rigorous...

Joanne Tod

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Joanne Tod. She is a Canadian contemporary artist and teacher whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally for the past thirty years. From the Canada Council Art Bank : “Evolving from an early interest in...

Telford Fenton

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Telford Fenton (1932 – 2004). Fenton was born in Chesley, Ontario in 1932 and exhibited a unique, spontaneous style, employing strong colour and with an energetic sense of improvisation that complimented his discipline in...

Daniel Solomon

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Daniel Solomon. Solomon is (primarily) an abstract painter who uses intense, vibrant colour in his work, combined with complex, pictorial space, inspired by artists such as Jack Bush, from the Painters Eleven. David Bolduc (a...

Tony Calzetta

As we mark that our continuing Artists You Need To Know series has reached the milestone of 100 artists, it is a good time to turn the spotlight on the two artists who are Art Is Hell / AIH Studios with features about them. This week’s Artist You Need To Know is...