Sara Sniderhan has her feet planted firmly and capably in her role as a figurative painter and is committed to what it means to be an artist.  As the co-founder of a not-for-profit art school (Kensington Art Academy), a sessional professor at OCADU, a curator and more, Sniderhan gives her everything to her art and to community.  The new works in Sniderhan's A Room of Her Own were created over the last two years as her family's new homestead, buildings and all, were conceived, designed and constructed, too.

Rendered in beautifully composed settings, the people and their places in the new paintings are cause for pause as one sees beyond the subject to the shared reality of being.  Equal weight is given to the soul of the sitter as to the soul of the painting itself.

I wanted the women in these works to be breathing in their environments - to be wholly there in every sense.
 
- Sara Sniderhan, 2015


Sniderhan's voice as an artist is well shaped and respected.  Born in 1976, she studied classical drawing and oil painting, in Toronto and Florence, Italy with Michael John Angel.  Sniderhan has been awarded by the Portrait Society of America, the Toronto and Ontario Arts Councils and additional artful achievements include her self-portrait Algonquin Bride (2012) being shortlisted for The Kingston Prize in 2013.

Sara Sniderhan lives with her husband, Peter Mitchell and their two children, Jackson and Isobel in the rolling hills of Mulmur, Ontario where she paints in a room of her own.

Please contact the gallery for all purchase and press queries.  The new works range from $300 - $5400.  Sniderhan's artist statement, CV and exhibition catalogue are available as PDFs.  Please click here to view additional works from the collection.  Also available during the course of the exhibition are hard and soft copies of the lovely first publication by Curiosity House Books - The Village and I: 10 Life Stories featuring works by both Sniderhan and Mitchell.

New works have arrived this month from Sean Yelland, Joe Rosenthal (R.C.A.) and Ryan Price.  With double the exhibition space of our former location our new home at 24 Hazelton Avenue means that there more walls and more art for all to enjoy.  Whether during a solo exhibition, or in between, the works to the walls are fresh and always include the unexpected alongside the blue-chip.

George Daicopoulos' newly launched Buy an artist a drink, smartly illustrated by Jesse Lown is now available.  The copies at the gallery are signed by both the author and the artist.  We also have a superb new catalogue out of The Clark on Sybil Andrews -- Machine Age Modernism: Prints from the Daniel Cowin Collection and several copies of A. K. Prakash's latest title on Canadian Impressionism -- Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery.

As with all issues of Ingram Art News the images and key words are all links to learn and see more.  You can also catch up on all past issues in our archives here.  We extend a happy hello and warm welcome to all new friends to the gallery, including those we met earlier this month in the most artful community of Creemore.

Make a mark on your calendar to visit the gallery this month.  We look forward to welcoming you.