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14 economist sun stoufiville tribune saturday july 10 1999 of the world patrick r goodeve of newmarket says his biggest artistic influence was his father an irish immigrant who after the war made his living painting street signs and land scapes in toronto i learned my first skill sets from him and after many painting schools i have foundno better teacher goodeve says r e painting with oil on canvas and board goodeve uses artistic license without the graffiti and says while he does nt really have a reason to paint he admits its a need to paint mat keeps him going goodeve has been painting for 26 years and says the ihighest gratification comes when someone genuinely admires his work my work is essentially my interpretation of the world aboutmev- explosive colours borrt and raised in toronto cynthia pechenick began drawing i and painting in the mid- 60s after graduating from high school she attended the fine arts program at jhumber college her work has been disf played through the north york library board and the sierra summer festival in toronto cynthiahas been paint- ing for more than 30 years and specializes in water- colours and charcoal she has captured her joy of life through her individualistic style of artistic expres sion cynthia is known for her use of explosive colours in flowers and nature scenery unique people and abstract landscapes v sense of excitement sue firkser is a graduate of the school of art in jfohannesburg south africa and lives in markham she is a member of the markham group of artists and an accorri- niedium arid especially for colour sue specializes in florals and landscapes with creative expression in garment and fabric design and photography sue keeps busy with fluid acrylics which allows her to por tray her sense of excitement and personal inner vision she has provided instruction in various media to adults arid children including school groups through trie markham parksand recreation program concerned with the advancement of the arts in educa- tion sue has worked at the mcmichael gauery in kleinburg guiding tours and talking about the group of seven sues work car f 5wbigw4 ffyf tluouglioutoiitaiio meet the artists heres a sneak peak at just a few of the 140 artists who will be showing their works at art in the park 99 eraftalnm since 1975 fred may has designed constructed and installed hundreds of art glass windows for private homes- offices restaurants churches and public spaces fred who lives iri newmarket has also worked with some of torontos leading glass studios he creates fine quality art glass windows made from haridblowriglass and specializes m victorian modern and reproductions of frarulavright its fun to keep the true craftmanship alive may says deborah lynn valerian campo of aurora is a member of the society of york region artists and portrays a strongs interest in the arts developed at an early age she studied at the ontario college of art in the early 80s and holds pri- vate showings and is gallery represented deborahs riiotto is art is the expression of the imagina tion arid shows this in her works on acrylics on canvass or mixed media of water colourpen and inkpastel on paper she is recognized for her distinct abstract daisy and angels a love of god and her family are her inspiration and her strengths are the use of vibrant aggressive bold and dra matic contrasts and colours in a contemporary style canadas nortmam john kaltenhauser was bom in germany in 1949 and cametotorontom 1956 his drawing skills were encouraged at an early age and he was painting oils by age nine although he pursued other career paths he found his way back to art and now devotes his time to painting canadas nortmand as well as florals john is represented by several galleries and his paintings can be found in numerous corporate and private collections in both canada and the united states mm man of steel fred a ostertag is a self- taught artist who works with steel for the past two years he has been creating unique sculptures for the home arid garden some pieces reflect the past some are whirnsical and some are from the world of nature originally most sculptures were rustic arid meant for out- doors but now fred has con centrated on pieces for indoors he pays close atten tion to colour and detail arid uses torch painting to reflect tihie true beauty of steel fresco style works with bid hew decor eha luik of richmondhill specializes in watercolpur and acrylic and has been painting for 26 years bom in estonia eha grew up in a family of artists eha was educated in finland and sweden and attended many art schoolsand trairied in different mediums in toronto c tiyi eha enjoys fresco style but also shows strong interest in watercolour arid leather art fresco is a decorative mediurri because of its old world look arid eha has many large pieces that work well with new and old decor v v