Canadian artist Ravinder Ruprai works mainly in acrylics on canvas. Her paintings invite the viewer into binary worlds where layers of pattern and texture, drawn from her East Indian heritage, combine with nature, the body, and the landscape. Her use of colour is rich, bold, and dramatic. Ravinders' paintings often use her own internal struggles as a starting point with the aspiration of 'mapping' out solutions. She firmly believes that it is through the arts that we gain profound insights into the human condition. Learn more about the artist. Learn more about the podcast.

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S2 EP 27 - Interview with Ravinder Ruprai

The works of Toronto-based artist Allison Rietta are strongly influenced by spirituality, nature, and architecture. Primarily abstract, her work has led her to explore sacred—or mystic geometry—tapping into the magic of imagination and the subconscious mind. Textures, colours, and the relationship between shapes and forms is what guides her intuition most.  Learn more about the artist. Learn more about the podcast.

S2 EP 26 - Interview with Allison Rietta

Born into a somewhat nomadic family, Kari grew up in the Caribbean where she was exposed to many different avenues of creativity. Before graduating from the Ontario College of Art (1991) in Toronto, she spent her final year in the renowned Florence program, which has continued to inform her encaustic practice. Having recently returned to Toronto from another year abroad, one of both global significance and personal resonance, her work has shifted once again to examine the human condition through animal portraiture with equal parts intensity and empathy. Learn more about Kari Learn more about the podcast

S2 EP25 - Interview with Kari Serrao

US-based artist Cami Levin is best known for her original, mixed media art, which is created primarily with paint, clay, resin, and found objects depicting a vision of nature which includes symbols of hope, love, happiness, and stories of life. Her work begs the viewer to look time and again, always finding something new and has been described as art within art.  Her art has been exhibited in numerous group and solo shows and is included in private collections around the world.  Learn more about the artist  Learn more about the podcast

S02 EP24 - Interview with Cami Levin

Sara Mozafari is a Canadian-Iranian artist. Her current practice's primary focus is to recognize space, displacement, and memory, in diverse aspects of human identity and social relations. She received Honors Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies from the University of Toronto and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Media, and Design from OCAD University in 2021. She is currently a Director of Thirding Studio Gallery located in Markham, Ontario.  Learn more about the artist: https://www.saramozafari.ca Learn more about the podcast: ​https://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

S02 Ep23 - Interview with Sara Mozafari

Anastasia Fedorova is an award-winning Ukrainian Canadian painter. She creates beautiful multilayer oil paintings using the traditional Italian technique impasto. All of her multilayer oil paintings have a thick and rich texture. The main subjects of Anastasia’s oil paintings are conceptualized landscape, cityscape, and floral pieces. She usually starts her work from nature doing her Plein-airs outside in nature because the direct experience is very important to her. Anastasia won numerous International art awards and has a long history of solo and group exhibitions. Learn more about the artist: https://www.fedorova.ca/ Learn more about the podcast: https://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

S2 EP 22 - Interview with Anastasia Fedorova

Anastessia Bettas is a Toronto based, Canadian visual artist and an expert in the use of encaustic paint. Anastessia’s encaustic abstract pieces connect the urban developing world with the world of art. She uses grid to portray urban sprawl, loss of open space, and imaginary territories. Her work can be admired in various commercial and public galleries throughout Canada and the USA. Learn more about the artist: https://www.anastessiabettas.com/ Learn more about the podcast: https://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

S2 EP21 - Interview with Anastessia Bettas

Amanda Wand is a Toronto-based abstract intuitive painter that uses painting to process her lived experiences and emotions. She does not plan her pieces, instead, she allows her vulnerability to lead the way. As a prolific painter, this process creates multiple authentic works representing the full spectrum of human emotion. Every piece is an extension of her subconscious and they all hold certain energy and message. Her work is influenced by how people treat others and themselves. It explores concepts of connectivity, identity, and self-worth. Learn more about the artist: https://www.mandoandtheworld.com/abouttheartist. Learn more about the podcast and podcast host: https://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.

S2 EP20 - Interview with Amanda Wand

Emilie Darlington is a freelance illustrator, painter, and muralist specializing in work that expresses connections with nature. Most often working with big blooms and bright colours, Emilie’s botanical murals can be found throughout Canada. Emilie’s botanical and abstract series are aimed at creating a targeted sensation for viewers, whether it be by scale, distortion, or immersion. These qualities are intended to evoke a shared experience for viewers and are tailored for each piece to induce a desired emotional response or mental state. The use of vibrant color communicates strong, positive energy, and a secondary layer of patterning is added when filling in color using dots. Learn more about the artist: https://www.artworkbyemilie.com/ Learn more about the podcast and podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

S2 EP 19 - Interview with Emilie Darlington

Grace Croughan is a Japanese-Canadian artist who works in acrylic and pastels. She especially loves to build up textures for her signature style in acrylics and is really enjoying creating her Mountain Dream Series of paintings. For Grace, color and light are the keys to creating and sharing her emotions and vision of the scene. She hopes to move the viewer with this expression in pastels and acrylics and share with others what she is so passionate about. Grace is an elected member of the Colour & Form Society, a signature member of Pastel Artists of Canada with Master Pastelist status, an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America, and a member of the Richmond Hill Group of Artists. Learn more about the artist: https://www.gracecroughan.com/ Learn more about the podcast: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/  

S2 EP18 - Interview with Grace Croughan

Manaz Raiszadeh is an American artist and explorer who has been exploring and discovering our world and herself through art. Referring to herself as an "intuitional abstract painter," the genesis of her artistic inspiration comes from her parent's tale and her Afghani cultural background. Manaz often depicts houses and villages in her compositions, as she believes that "we can all relate to the place where we are from". She creates her works using acrylics, pastels, and collages on canvas or wood. Learn more about the artist: https://www.mostamanaz.com/ Learn more about the podcast and the podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/  

S2 EP17 - Interview with Manaz Raiszadeh

Kim VanDerHoek is an American contemporary fine artist who creates vibrant, textural oil paintings of landscapes and urban scenes in her Southern California studio. She learned to paint by painting en Plein Air because it combined her love of being outside, creating art, and studying from life. Kim feels that through Plein Air painting she has gained a better understanding of the effects of light and atmosphere. She aims to translate those effects into her studio paintings. Currently, she is working on a series of studio paintings documenting iconic bridges across the U.S. Learn more about the artist: https://kimvanderhoek.com/ Learn more about the podcast and the podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

S2 EP 16 - Interview with Kim VanDerHoek

Ella Mazur creates art traditionally with pen and ink, as well as digitally on her iPad, often combining the two. When she was a child, was always looking for magic in the world around her. Now she makes her own. Her work is continually inspired by the great diversity of our planet, by the graceful and bizarre creatures and plants that inhabit it, by the endless depths of the ocean waves, the enchantment of the forests, the mysteries of the stars in the sky. With just a little bit of ink, Ella can tell stories about all of these things, and she hopes that they will make people pause and wonder, remind of a special person or moment, let you escape into an impossible world, or awaken your curiosity. Learn more about the artist: https://www.ecmazur.com/ Learn more about the podcast and the podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/  

S2 EP15 - Interview with Ella Mazur

Originally from Western Massachusetts, Robin Crofut-Brittingham work is inspired by mythology, science fiction, and current events, and examines human relationships with the natural world. She works primarily with watercolor and gouache on paper from her studio in Montreal. She was the recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Award from the San Francisco Foundation and a Martha Boschen Porter Award through the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Novella, Frankie, My Modern Met, Hi Fructose, and on Booooooom, among others, and has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and Canada. Learn more about the artist: https://robincb.com/. Learn more about the podcast and podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.  

SE02 EP14 - Interview with Robin Crofut-Brittingham

Katrina Elena is a self-taught oil painter from Toronto, Ontario. She is continuously inspired by the natural world, currently the endless power of water. Katrina is known for her realistic depictions of seascapes through the process of observation, photographing, and translating those memories onto canvas. She sets out to capture organic movements and transient moments in her work to create space for the viewer to connect with a recognizable yet ephemeral subject matter. Katrina’s paintings can be found in private and collections across Canada, the United States, and internationally. Learn more about the artist:https://www.katrina-elena.com/. Learn more about the podcast and podcast host: http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.   

S02 EP13 - Interview with Katrina Elena

Welcome to Curator on the Go Podcast - a show for artists and art professionals who are ready to build a thriving art career and business while doing something they are passionate about. If you are ready to set goals, find your artistic voice, brand, and niche, understand how to price and sell your products and services, and change your life – you are in the right place! This podcast will also appeal to anyone who loves art and interested to learn more about the business side of the art world. Art and entrepreneurship are the two key things any community must have! My goal is to provide the environment that supports both and that will later help fund local art projects.

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