Artists
For over ten years, the NECTAR Centre has provided studio space for the Mainworks Artists Collective and independent visual artists in Ottawa. Studios are located on the second and third floors of New Edinburgh House, 255 MacKay Street, Ottawa, in New Edinburgh.
John Jarrett
When John retired from a career in education, he enrolled in the Diploma Program at the Ottawa School of Art. On completion of this three year program, he continued his association with the School as a Board member.
Ottawa is John’s home town. He enjoys depicting its older neighbourhoods and its green spaces and rivers. He also spends many happy hours painting in the Gatnieau Hills and the rural areas around the city. Portrait painting and drawing are among his interests. He paints largely in oils.
Luis Guillermo Leigh
Luis was born in Santiago, Chile and came to Canada in his twenties. His love of nature and the Canadian landscape is reflected in his art.
His passion for painting led Luis to take training in drawing, life drawing, portraiture and landscape painting. His retirement as an economist in January 2012, allowed him to devote himself to his second career as an artist with passion and enthusiasm.
His recent works have focused on the Thousand Islands, the Ottawa River and Killarney Park in Ontario. He completed a series of paintings of parks in Alberta, including ones in Kananaskis, Canmore, Banff and Lake Louise.
Luis’s recent exhibitions include the juried, 35th Annual Lacloche Art Show and the “That’s Life Exhibition” in Ottawa. His paintings are in private collections in Canada, US and Chile.
Patrick Biggs
In 2012, after 8 years with the National Alpine Ski Team and representing Canada in two Olympics, Patrick has had a change of pace from the ski slopes to the studio. After studying engineering and studio art at Dartmouth College, Patrick has taken his passion for skiing and combined it with a life long love of art and design. His specialties as an artist focus on a contemporary style, which intermingle the aspects of semi-abstraction and many concepts from the impressionist. He likes to include movement as a crucial element in his paintings and hopes to invoke the human perception and experience.
Additional information about his work can be found at www.patrickbiggsdesign.com
Claudia Gutierrez
With her Artist-in-Residency Award, Claudia will be developing an ambitious suite of new work to be presented in New Edinburgh House. An emerging artist in the Canadian art scene, Claudia works as an abstract painter. Claudia studied Fine Art, specializing in painting and drawing during her diploma at the Ottawa School of Art. Claudia’s work derives influences from her Latin heritage, bringing forth a fresh and contemporary palette and style. www.claudiagutierrez.ca
Rose Hunt
Rose was born in England and has travelled the globe exploring and reflecting what she sees in her art. Rose now lives in Ottawa and is developing a growing series of paintings that depict her travels.
Additional Studio Artists include Pat Fyfe, Suzanna Robertson, Judy Tanguay, and Diana Bates.
