Ottawa Multi-Media Artist Anthony Tremmaglia Isn’t “Hard to Find” at OAG

 Photo credit: Ottawa Art Gallery The Ottawa Art Gallery continues their commitment of displaying and promoting local art with the opening of their latest special exhibit Anthony Tremmaglia: Hard to Find. Tremmaglia is an Ottawa-based educator, illustrator and all-round artist whose work has been recognized around the world. Known primarily

Piecing Together the Abstract

 Photos by Alex Mazur. Have you ever let your mind wander while watching passing clouds floating through the sky? Suddenly those white wisps look like a sailboat, or that fluffy cloud looks unmistakably like a cuddly bunny. This psychological phenomenon is called pareidolia, an instance where the mind recognizes familiar

Kat Jetté Showcases Work at Oz Kafe

 All photos by Samantha Lapierre Local artist Kat Jetté will be showing her magical abstraction paintings in Elgin Street's Oz Kafe until March 13th. The show, titled HighLights, is an exhibit of Jetté's most recent works. All paintings are for sale. We chatted with Jetté back in September about her

Kat Jetté’s Local Abstraction

 Northern Whisper, 2015, acrylic on wood, 36" x 36" Image courtesy of Kat Jetté. Ottawa Life had the chance to catch up with Kat Jetté, an abstract painter who has been a working artist for over 15 years in Ottawa. We talked about abstract painting, local artists and Jetté’s thoughts

Nepean Fine Arts League Spring Show and Sale: Buying Local Art

 By Melody Duncan Forty years ago, I bought my first painting at a local art show. It was the first of many. Today, I am one of the 124 area artists who belong to that same association. The Nepean Fine Arts League is now 51 years old, still going strong