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BarnyardArts Instructors' Bios

Randy Brown attended University of Toronto, graduating with a B.A. in English. He was a freelance writer/photographer in Toronto for years, writing on many topics, and currently teaches English and expressive writing at George Brown College. He has published articles in Canada's Photo Life and other American magazines. In his current business, the Crayon Group, he services clients in graphic design, photography, writing, and printing. He works as a still photographer on local movie shoots and for a number of personal and business clients. He is knowledgeable about camera basics right up to digital technology and printing. His experience lets him simplify complex topics into general principles that everyone can work with.
Photography Courses

 
 

Bill Chandler has been a garden designer and builder for over twenty-five years. He has taught many garden classes.
Gardening Design Course

 
 

Jenny Reid studied Fine Arts at the University of Natal in South Africa. After immigrating to Canada in 1979 she studied watercolour at Central Technical School, and this has been her medium of choice ever since. She finds watercolour an exciting and versatile medium, which is also environmentally friendly. She continues to study with leading artists from Canada and the United States. She is an award winning artist whose work hangs in collections all over the world, including China and Hong Kong. Her work is regularly accepted into juried shows. In 2001 one of her pictures was chosen for the East York Foundation permanent collection. She is a founding and signature member of the Toronto Watercolour Society, and past president of the Don Valley Art Club. She also teaches for the Toronto District School Board.
Watercolour Painting Courses
See some of Jenny's work on her portfolio page.

 
 

Wendy Shingler studied fine art at St. Martins School of Art in London, England, and jewellery-making at the University of Wisconsin and George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario. In Montreal she introduced the jewellery courses to the Saidye Bronfman Centre, which continue to be a successful part of its art programme. On moving to Toronto she joined the Harbourfront Craft Studios as a studio resident. She has been an interim teacher at Seneca College, George Brown College, and the Ontario College of Art & Design. An active member of the Metal Arts Guild, Wendy has served as president and continues on its executive. She has been an adviser to the Harbourfront Craft Studios and the Georgian College Jewellery Programme. She has won a number of design awards and her work is exhibited and sold nationally and internationally.
Make a Silver Ring Courses

 
 

Mike Warren-Darley graduated from the Three Schools of Art (New School of Art) in Toronto in 1974 and had his first gallery showing in 1979. His work is now included in the collections of publisher Kenneth Thomson, architect Ray Moriyama, Famous People Players founder and artistic director Dianne Dupuy, and impresario Gino Empry, as well as the University of Toronto, Imperial Oil, and The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He shows at the Fran Hill Gallery.
Oil Painting Courses
See some of Mike's work on his portfolio page.

 
 

 

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