These Calgary artists create their own original portraiture capturing likenesses and interpreting the essence of the subject. Many of the artists listed may be approached to create portraits on commission. Their work might include family, friends, pets, or just an interesting face.
Karl-Heinz Durynek has followed his passion for fine art for the past 40 years as a student, painter and admirer of all art mediums. As a self taught artist, Karl has found the presentation with watercolours to be a perfect fit for the expression... (more)
Heather Dawn Kemp is an Alberta artist with a passion to create through a variety of medium including oil painting, mixed media, sculpture, invented materials. She received her Diploma of Fine Arts with Distinction from Alberta College of Art and... (more)
Jean is the author of "Expressive Portraits: Creative Methods for Painting People". She has been painting for over twenty years, balancing her strong teaching abilities, and writing with her continuing aspiration to convey her ideas in visual form... (more)
Commissioned work and art classes available
On Faculty with the Alberta University of the Arts, in the School of Communication Design. Two decades of working as an Art Director/Assistant Art Director/Graphic Design for Hollywood film + Television, including Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated... (more)
I am an artist based in Calgary, Alberta. I specialize in custom pet and human portraits and also sell prints of my wildlife art. I work in coloured pencil and graphite.
Illustration, fine art, storyboards
Landscapes, Seascapes, Spacescapes, Surrealism, Mood, Serenity,and Fantasy
Pet portrait and wildlife artist from Calgary, Ab. Specializing in coloured pencils, pastels, graphite, acrylic and pyrography