Art in the Garden
Eastern Ontario has a wealth of creative and exceptionally talented artists and artisans, bringing unique art and architecture to your gardens. Here are some of our favourites.
Cloud Hidden Workshop Pete and Bonnie Claude design and handcraft unique birdhouses, feeders and other decorative items from recycled barn wood, antique ceiling tile and more giving them that desired timeworn shabby chic look. Their work can be seen on the Westport and Area Studio Tours in May and October. They can be contacted at: petecloudhidden@sympatico.ca
Garden Spirits Add dimension to your garden! Dutch-born Tineke brings to Perth, Ontario a unique art-form from Holland. Tineke displays at several art shows and also hosts her own studio showing in spring and at Christmas, Tineke is also now offering workshops where you can create your own “garden spirti” and have fun doing it. The nature of her art is truly unique to this area. Go to Garden Spirits - Perth to see more wonderful examples of Tineke’s work.
Marilynne Gowan Arts are defined by multi-media sculpture and decorative art, wood, wire, papier mache, clay and curious “bits and pieces”. “All of my works are a combination of sculpture, and creative original designs and portray the joy I find in working with a variety of materials. Besides furniture art pieces, my work encompasses a variety of subjects and forms”. To view more of Marilynne’s work go to her webpage at Marilynne Gowan Arts.
Pine Spirit Studio Ray Scott finds his spirits in wood. While most of his work is designed for indoors, his pieces can also be weather-proofed with spar varnish and displayed outside in gardens and on walls. You can find Ray on the spring Dandelion Gardens Studio Tour and Fall Colours Tours in the Westport area or contact him at 613-273-6712.
Rue Royale Using inspirations of century old stone carvings, Doug MacDonald recreates architectural garden sculptures in cast stone. His inspirations come from various historic landmarks throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Doug can be found on many area studio tours. He can be contacted at 613-359-6499 or rroyale@kos.net. His studio at 1606 County Road 2 in Phillipsville is open May to November 10 - 5. To see more of Doug’s work go to the page for Rue Royale.
Sundance Studio Mother Nature is always the inspiration for Carmen Allen’s work whether it’s a three-dimensional stained glass panel or a delightful copper frog sharing his lily pad. Carmen can be found at Studio 5 on the Westport area studio tours and as host of the Sundance Studio Tour Labour Day weekend. She can be reached at 613-268-2171 or Carmen.allen@sympatico.ca. To see more examples of Carmen’s beautiful work go to the Sundance Studio page on this website.
Teresa Mallen Teresa’s finds her art in the garden. A coloured pencil artist Teresa works from her home studio in rural Ottawa, Ontario Canada. To view her work and learn more about Teresa’s classes and workshops go to www.teresamallenstudio.com or contact her at Teresa@teresamallenstudio.com
(We’re always looking to profile new garden artisans so if you know of anyone who should be included just give me a call at 613-273-6772 or drop me an email at shsim@rideau.net Sheila Sim - The Garden Coach.)
