Our Instructors
Wendy Bannerman
Art Instructor - Watercolour
Wendy is an award winning watercolour painter who shares her joy of the medium through teaching workshops and lessons at various art centres in Ontario. Her work is on display in private collections in Canada and the US. Her favourite subjects include random small details found in nature, wildlife, and the wonderful landscapes of Canada. Wendy’s classes include lots of demonstrations, and you are encouraged to work on what interests you most.
Nancy Buckingham
Art Instructor - Watercolour
Nancy Buckingham has been teaching art for over 20 years. Her style is representational with attention to detail, depicting everything from landscapes to abstracts. Her welcoming classes cover perspective, composition, and everything in between. Every class Nancy teaches includes a demonstration of various techniques.
Nancy received her first art training in oils from the world renowned Italian artist Albert Chiarandini in 1978. Work in a variety of media followed, but none captured her heart like the fluid and transient nature of watercolour. She has studied with many teachers including Master Artist June Thomson whose knowledge and talents have become the backbone of her teachings. Affiliations also include The Guild of Portrait Painters.
Jacqueline Crawley
Art Instructor - Oil/Acrylic and Mixed Media
Jacqueline Crawley has been teaching art for over 15 yrs. She teaches drawing, painting and sculpture. Jacqueline has a fine art degree from the University of Guelph, enrichment courses in art history and theatre design at the University of Toronto, and architectural structure and illustration from Ryerson. She has worked as an editorial illustrator, architectural draftsman, exhibit detailer and art teacher. She brings to her teaching a strong interest in all art and artistic expression. Her goal as an art instructor is to encourage personal artistic growth.
To view Jacqueline's work please visit: jacquelinecrawley.comjacquelinecrawley.com or her teaching webpage: artinstructor.net
Catharine de Montmorency
Art Instructor - Oil/Acrylic and Plein Air
Catharine is an accomplished “Plein Air” artist and studio art teacher in oils and acrylics. After a career of fourteen years with the Toronto School Board in adult education , she now divides her time between teaching art, travel, and painting on location. She is a member of the Ontario Plein Air Society and has shown her works in several shows and galleries in the Toronto area, and at The Loop in Dwight, Ontario.
Inspired by the courage of the members of the Group of Seven to paint out in the wild and bring to canvas the strong beauty of Canada, she sets out travelling our great land and sometimes hiking and canoeing to find the locations for her Plein Air experience. Back in her studio with the fresh painting study on her easel, and assisted by vivid memories, photographs and sketches, she creates larger studio paintings which capture our enduring Canadian wilderness.
Catharine teaches at FCAG in Oils and Acrylics and leads the challenging Plein Air course.
Catharine de Montmorency
Art Instructor - Oil/Acrylic and Plein Air
Catharine is an accomplished “Plein Air” artist and studio art teacher in oils and acrylics. After a career of fourteen years with the Toronto School Board in adult education , she now divides her time between teaching art, travel, and painting on location. She is a member of the Ontario Plein Air Society and has shown her works in several shows and galleries in the Toronto area, and at The Loop in Dwight, Ontario.
Inspired by the courage of the members of the Group of Seven to paint out in the wild and bring to canvas the strong beauty of Canada, she sets out travelling our great land and sometimes hiking and canoeing to find the locations for her Plein Air experience. Back in her studio with the fresh painting study on her easel, and assisted by vivid memories, photographs and sketches, she creates larger studio paintings which capture our enduring Canadian wilderness.
Catharine teaches at FCAG in Oils and Acrylics and leads the challenging Plein Air course.
Robert Reynolds
Robert Reynolds is a longtime member of FCAG and a former elementary and secondary school educator. In his classes he attempts to use learning strategies to develop painting confidence and skills. Over the years Robert has had the opportunity to work with many talented FCAG instructors and colleagues to develop his unique style using acrylics. He is an enthusiastic painter who paints almost daily.
Lucia Taddio
Children's Art Instructor
Marta Kolotylo
Watercolour Art Instructor
Suresh Hanoman
Drawing Class Art Instructor
