Brush Battle

Desiree Chen

Desiree has been a fun loving amateur for over 40 years, and enjoys working in any media. She creates art for pure joy, and has more time to explore now that she is retired.

Jack Massie

I am largely focused on imaginative paintings that deal with the blossoming relation between internet culture and human interaction. A lot of my paintings interpolate the properties of digital images and videogames, which creates a quality I am always drawn to, seeing the digital world actualized in the real world. I am also fascinated with making something mysterious or separate from our lived experience, because these fun ideas become real when they are materialized as paintings.

Instagram: @jackmassieart

Arathi Mohan

I like doing acrylic painting and color pencil sketches. Of late I developed interest in dot mandala painting as well.

Instagram: @rt_craftsy

Asmaa Alsayed

I am a student at the University of Guelph who is passionate about visual arts. I am involved in many artistic spaces on campus, such as Eat Dirt and the Fan team. I love all mediums, including acrylics, watercolour, prints, and more. I look forward to potentially becoming more networked within the community of Guelph artists.

Instagram: @asmaamakessandwiches

Austyn Tasi

Multi disciplinary artist and current director for Guelph studio Tour. Currently a student at OCADU for sculpture.

Instagram: @austyntasiart

Bari Parsche

Macabre artwork that invokes emotion. Painitngs on canvas, paper, wood, and fabric.

Instagram: @bariparsche
Linktree: BariParsche

Bee fawn

Bee is a visual artist and crafter currently based in Guelph, ON via the UK. They create using a variety of media, focussing primarily on acrylic painting, digital illustration, resin and mural painting. Their work draws upon themes of life and death, aspects of mental health, nature, discomfort, and inspiration from their own feelings and experiences. They identify as queer, are half Syrian, and grew up in the countryside of small-town England, all of which are an inspiration in Bee’s practice.

Instagram: @thenightforestshop @bee_fawn

Carter Caron

I am a third year studio art student at the university of Guelph.i specialize in observational drawing and painting with a focus on life studies. I employ a painterly style in my work and am mostly self-taught.

Instagram: @c_art.er.c

Deb Reimer

I’ve been a lifelong artist who just started painting more professionally in the last 3 years. I paint in acrylics and my is a mix of creative realism and surrealism in bold colours.

Instagram: @d.reimer.fine.art
Website: dreimerfineart.ca

Emily Vander Vlugt

I approach my work as a painter using colour and light to explore ideas before they take form. I use a range of materials from gouache, pencil crayons to mixed media, but prefer acrylics as my primary medium. Although I am professionally known as a goldsmith/ jewellery designer, painting has been at the core of my designs. I have a strong connection to our community with collections based on iconic Guelph architecture and as an executive on the Guelph Studio Tour, and with my painting “No Justice, No Peace”.

Instagram: emilyvictoria_designs
Website: emilyvictoriadesigns.com/aworkofart

Eric Daniels

I graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design University in 2020 from the Drawing and Painting/Expanded Animation program. I am a multi-media artist across digital and analog art forms. I take influence from 15th century renaissance painters like Pieter Bruegel the Elder with a modern twist to include pop cultural references. My primary mediums are oil painting and hand drawn animation.

Instagram: @somethingart47
Website ericdaniels47.wixsite.com/my-site

Jennifer Brighton

I became an artist after suffering a brain injury, first calling my art as my voice when I couldn’t articulate or express properly. I’ve gone on to train with the Milan Art Institute and with Sheridan’s Art Program. I’ve shown my work at the Alton Mill, Headwaters Art Gallery.

Instagram: @jennifer.brighton.art
Website: jenniferbrighton.com

Jennifer Storey

Over the years, I have explored a wide range of media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, and interior design. Currently, I am especially focused on acrylic and watercolour painting. I paint both representationally and abstractly. In 2023, I worked full time on a farm, creating a series of 14 paintings inspired by my experiences there. This project culminated in a solo exhibition, The Fine Art of Farm Art. In 2025, I participated in the Guelph Emerging Artist Mentorship Program, which resulted in a group art exhibition called Common Ground.

Website: ArtofJenniferStorey.com

Kailey Dunauskas

I am a multidisciplinary artist, although recently, I have been working with paint and collage the most. My favorite works are those which I have done in mixed media because of the experimentation that comes from mixing materials. My subject matter is generally animals, plants and landscapes due to commissions, but I have created a handful of abstract pieces as well.

Instagram: @kaildxn
Etsy: KailDxn

Kate Young

I have been drawn to art for as long as I can remember, and my childhood passion has grown into a lifelong practice (and now recently a business). For the past 10 years, my focus has been on creating abstract paintings using acrylics. I am drawn to vivid and bold marks, and rely heavily on palette knives and scrapers to create layers of paint and medium that interact to create rich texture and movement. Rather than working from a fixed plan, I instinctively respond to the painting as it evolves, reaching for colours that speak to me in the moment.

Instagram: @kateyoungfineart
Website: kateyoungart.ca

Kelsey Zhu

I’m primarily a digital painter, but I enjoy painting physically with acrylic on wood or canvas when I can. I enjoy painting landscapes, large scenes, and telling stories.

Instagram: @lead.wort
YouTube: @meowdew
Website: meowdew.neocities.org

Lennon Sykes

Mainly working in acrylic work I focus on Afrofuturistic surreal portraits. Colourful scenes embody themes of queer/trans identity, nature, emotions and more.

Instagram: @Rattlingteeth

Marnie Dallan

Marnie Dallan is an artist and self-published children’s author and illustrator known for joyful, colourful work inspired by the natural world. Her playful imagination brings smiles to audiences of all ages. Marnie’s artwork has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Ontario and is collected throughout Canada. She is the author and illustrator of Everyday Me (2018) and Everyday We: Friendships (2022), and created the colouring book Colour with Me (2023), inviting readers of all ages to engage creatively with her work.

Instagram: @marniedallanart
Website: marniedallan.com

Skylar Everett

I started painting when I was about 11 years old, because I was Inspired by my aunt who is a visual Artist. Throughout high school I would customize people’s calculators, pencil cases and binders for a small commission. Since then I have been selling my work through Instagram and I continue to make pieces just for me and my loved ones.

Instagram: @skypaintsstuff

Wanrapa Suraso

My contemporary work focuses on the abstract, with paintings based on themes such as landscape and modern city, with works emphasizing heavy textures, complexity and depth with many layers.

Instagram: @artbykung
Website: artbykung.com