Participating Artists | Summer 2025
Carole Lessard
Carole Lessard is a visual artist who paints lighthearted cow portraits. She successfully conveys the spirit and depth of expression of each animal, creating an eye-catching and contemporary image.
Her passion for these bovines are prized by her collectors for their originality and technical accuracy.
Recently her work was featured on the French CBC news television broadcast and the Global Montreal Morning Show.
A native Montrealer, Carole Lessard presently lives in and paints in the Montéregie region of Coteau-du-Lac. Her work has been viewed In Museums, galleries and corporate companies across Canada.
Isabelle Huot
After a 20 year career in graphic design and a BA in that field. I graduated from Centre de Céramique Bonsecours de Montréal in 2013. Since then, I have participated in many exhibits, fairs, and retail shows in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, New Orleans and Tennesse . My pieces are available across Canada and the United States. Also, some pieces are part of the permanent collection of the Lee-Chin Family at The Art Gallery of Burlington in Ontario. In May-June I am in residency at Medalta, Alberta
Marie Pierre Goudreault
Marie-Pierre Goudreault is a passionate abstract painter inspired by nature and its visual poetry. With over 20 years of experience in graphic design, she now dedicates herself to painting, exploring emotions and natural elements through abstract compositions. Her works capture the essence of the natural world witha unique sensitivity, inviting viewers on an inner journey of contemplation.
Awarded several prizes, she has exhibited at renowned events, including the Festival des arts de Mascouche and La Route des Arts. Each painting she signs under the name Goudro reflects her artisticvision: a celebration of beauty, serenity, and wonder.
Audrey Smith
Audrey Smith is a Canadian contemporary figurative artist. Born in Québec, her studio practice is now in Caledon, Ontario.
Audrey’s paintings are recognized for her chaotic line work and energetic, visceral brushstrokes. Layers of paint and charcoal are etched and sanded, giving her work a sense of visual history. The undeniable passion found in the application of her mediums is juxtaposed with a sense of gentle solitude, introspection, silence and nuanced shadow.
Audrey is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists.
Stéphanie Viens
Stephanie was born in Île-Perrot, Qc. To this day she still lives in the city. Over the years she defined her art in her own personal way. In 2016, she won the first place of the art competition of the M.E.A.L, in the free artist category. In 2017, she displayed her first individual exhibition. In 2018, her art is published in the Musée d ’Art et d ’Affaires Métropolitain, the MAAM. A temporary pause made her realize how her artwork was rewarding and important in her life. After her daughter’s birth, she went back to painting and plunged in her art completely.
In 2022, Stephanie won a scholarship and is nominated laureate for the Trace program, a project in her region which rewards emerging artists
Nancy Jane Farnum
Based in Ste-Marthe, Quebec, Nancy is a mixed media artist with a love for texture, patina, and timeless design. Working across painting, sculpture, and furniture refinishing, she creates pieces that blend European-inspired finishes with natural tones and materials. Her abstract textural artwork—often built up on Canadian birch wood panels—features layers of tinted plaster and paint applied with tools like trowels, forks, and brushes. Whether it’s a wall piece or a functional object, each work carries a sense of age and character, adding a touch of timeworn beauty to modern spaces.
Susanne Strater
Although my degrees are in Geography and Math, I have pieced together my art education through a variety of courses and workshops all my life. I live in Beaconsfield and am a member of the Lakeshore Association of Artists. For the last five years, I've been teaching pastel painting at Stewart Hall in Pointe Claire
Allison Robin Smith
Originally from Alberta, Allison discovered her passion for art early on, later refining her skills at Dawson College in Montreal, where she earned a degree in Illustration and Design. Though she planned to return west, Quebec's lakes and mountains drew her in, and she now calls Saint Lazare home.
In rural converted-barn studio, Allison creates semi-abstract landscapes and portraits using loose, watery acrylics. She builds layers of transparency to achieve a luminous, soft effect, evoking a dreamlike state or the sensation of looking through a rain-streaked window. Her work invites viewers into a space of calm and nostalgia, and is held by collectors across Canada and the US.
Kelly McDonald
Kelly McDonald is a photo-based artist living with Parkinson’s disease.
Using a contemplative approach, Kelly explores the numerous changes which have occurred in her body with the progression of the disease. The resulting images of botanicals at various stages of their life cycle, mirror her Parkinson’s journey, and admiration for the floral world.
