Artists 2025
BERNIE HRYTZAK • Wood Artist • 22911 Eastlawn Rd, Chatham
BRENDA HENRY • Dragonfly Stained Glass • 1028 James St., Wallaceburg
FRANÇOIS GRENIER • Ceramic Artist • 549 Lacroix St., Chatham
GALE STEADMAN • Driftwood Artist • 18685 Erie Shore Road, Blenheim
ISABELLE MILOT • Pottery Artist • 549 Lacroix St., Chatham
LAURIE LANGFORD • Assemblage & Collage Artist • 549 Lacroix St. Chatham
LORIE THIBAULT • Ink Sketch Artist • 10676 Lakeview Drive, Chatham, ON
MIKE ONDROVCIK • Assemblage Artist • 549 Lacroix St. Chatham
PENELOPE DUCHESNE • Painter • 130 Park St., Chatham
RUTH REEB • Painter • 43 Stonegate Walk, Chatham
SHELLEY WEBSTER • Shelley’s Earth Art • 43 Stonegate Walk, Chatham
Participating Venues 2025
Art And Heirloom Shoppe
ARTspace
Chatham Cultural Centre • Studio Two
Thames Art Gallery (TAG)
The Studio Art Gallery
Turns & Tales
Bernie Hrytzak
Wood Artist
22911 Eastlawn Rd, Chatham
Bernie Hrytzak is a wood artist from Chatham, Ont. who uses a wood lathe in his creations to spin pieces into art such as vases, whimsical music instruments or whimsicall characters. His endevours include development of the processes necessary to create original designs in wood.
He has ben following his passions since 2006 when he purchased a larger lathe and joined the Thames Valley Woodturners Guild in London, Ont.
Bernie also belongs to the American Association of Woodturners, a club of 16,000 members with which he has won many awards.
Brenda Henry
Dragonfly Stained Glass
1028 James St., Wallaceburg
Brenda Henry is the owner of Dragonfly Stained Glass and resides in Wallaceburg. She is an International and award winning stained glass artist and is also a resident artist at The Studio Art Gallery in Dresden.
She is known locally for the design and creation of the permanent installation at the Wallaceburg & District Museum, honouring the 105 year history of the Wallaceburg Glass Factory and the people who worked there.
Brenda works out of her studio where she specializes in creating stained glass art for home and business and has been commissioned for personal pieces that have significant importance to many.
She teaches classes, sharing her knowledge and passion of the art with her students and enjoys the creativity and pride they show in their finished project.
François Grenier
Ceramic Artist
549 Lacroix St., Chatham
François Grenier is a ceramic artist living and working in Chatham, ON. His current works focuses on large low-fire, hand-built vessels with complex textured surfaces. He uses clay as a canvas to create forms which play with tension in their lines and balance while pushing the textures enveloping them to their maximum visual possibility. In the past two years, he has been exploring acrylic and watercolour geometric abstractionism and transfers those studies onto his vessels. His vessels and sculptures have dry, matte surfaces that put depth and tactile experiences to the forefront.
Isabelle Milot
Pottery Artist
549 Lacroix St., Chatham
Isabelle Milot has been working with clay for over a decade and continues to enjoy the versatility this medium affords the maker. From functional ware to Japanese raku technique and coloured porcelain slip casting, Isabelle loves exploring various approaches and never ceases to be amazed by the range and inspiration clay provides.
Laurie Langford
Assemblage & Collage
549 Lacroix St, Chatham
Laurie Rayner Langford is a thought-provoking Canadian assemblage artist based in Chatham, Ontario.
With a unique blend of subversive humor and mixed media, her installations challenge contemporary gender expectations and provoke meaningful debate. Through her shadow boxes, collages, and printmaking, Langford reinterprets themes of sexuality, domesticity, and history, often drawing inspiration from iconic artists and writers.
Her work invites viewers to confront uncomfortable truths, transforming familiar narratives into a compelling commentary on "pop culture innocence gone horribly wrong" (Vanderwall, 2011).
Lorie Thibault
Ink Sketch Artist
10676 Lakeview Drive, Chatham
Lorie was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. She began her art career as a student at the University of Western Ontario. She transferred to the University of Waterloo where she obtained an Honour Bachelor of Fine Arts (studio specialization) and then went on to continue her education at the University of Windsor where she obtained a Bachelor of Education and her Ontario Teaching Certificate.
Lorie taught art and history in Chatham-Kent for several years until she began her family.
She has been an active member in the art community in
Chatham- Kent for many years. Lorie has been an exhibiting member at ARTspace since it opened in 2008 and continues to be an exhibiting member to this day. She has had several solo exhibitions at ARTspace and has participated in many of the community arts initiatives. Lorie has been in several of the juried art exhibitions in Chatham-Kent as well as in the Leamington area. There are collections of her work across Ontario as well as in the UK.
Lorie continues to practice her craft, working mainly in pen and ink from her studio in Chatham-Kent.
Mike Ondrovcik
Assemblage Artist
My art is a reflection of my life experiences , an ongoing exploration of the world through my eyes. Working across a diverse range of media, I aim to create three dimensional works that evoke a spectrum of emotions, questions, and reflections. Each piece is a response to personal moments, memories, and the complexities of human existence , offering viewers an opportunity to engage with the past, present, and future of both themselves and the world around them. By using varied materials and forms I seek to break the boundaries, challenging the conventional and inviting new ways of seeing. My intention is not to provide fixed answers but to spark thought and dialogue - allowing each artwork to as open-ended and multifaceted as the as the experiences that inform it. The diversity of of my practise is a testament to the complexity of life, where every texture, shape, and structure is a layer of meaning waiting to be uncovered.
Penelope Duchesne
Painter
130 Park St., Chatham
Penelope is French Canadian born and raised in Montreal.She graduated as a Fashion Designer and moved to Chatham-kent in 1995.Penelope passion for flowers, architecture and food reflects in her work. Her love of life, nature and beauties come alive with each painting she created… Her art work is a careful testimony of the precious life cycle that revolves around her and its fragility. Penelope works with Acrylic and paint on large canvas. She is self taught and is constantly working to improve her techniques. She paints from the picture she takes in her gardens and from her visuals observations of her subject from growing and taking care of them. In the future Penelope plans on painting more of the florals but also hoping to start offering limited prints editions to broader audiences.
Ruth Reeb
Painter
43 Stonegate Walk, Chatham
Ruth attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in the early70’s. Her first solo Exhibit was in Stratford, Ontario at a small private gallery while still attending art school. Continuing to take various workshops, lessons, and the involvement with arts organizations, have all contributed to honing her technique, sharpening skills and perfecting a personal style. Participating in juried shows in Toronto, Niagara, London and Windsor has resulted in sales In Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany.
Form and Colour, a whimsical style, with a dose of spontaneity are consistent themes throughout my work. The love of nature in all it’s unpredictability, yet so refreshing continues to be the inspiration that my work is built around, creating pieces that will hopefully invite the onlooker to see things differently. At present, I am using dyes, acrylic/ mixed media in a somewhat abstract application to portray the subject and movement within. Still learning, forever changing, growth is inevitable.
Shelley Webster
Shelley’s Earth Art