MEMBERSHIP Benefits Rails End Gallery

Finely crafted ceramics - one of a kind bowls, mugs, platters and vases. 

I enjoy making all sorts of things from wool; from paintings to sculpture to wearable art.

I am a mixed media artist often using the plastic I find while kayaking the local rivers, I also do collage, acrylic and pastel

Originally from Australia, Art is how I share beautiful thoughts, feelings, and experiences with you, expressing my in-depth discoveries. My favourite medium is Oil. Classes in Oils,  Acrylics Pen and Ink Sketching, Water-colour, Pottery Floristry and Cake Decorating have been taken at Sir sanford College in Haliburton. Fanshawe College in London and Marco Island Art Gallery, Florida. 

His studio and outdoor Gallery at High Falls is on the edge of Algonquin Park. Ken is Chair at A Place for the Arts, Bancroft and a Board member of the Algonquin Arts Council. and has had solo shows in Bracebridge, Maynooth and at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. Ken’s work is about the essential spirit that allows each to survive and thrive. Favourite subjects include animals, spiritual leaders/elders and prayer in its many forms. Expect bold colours, abstraction and suggestion.

All Lisa's work speaks about utility but more importantly about being nourished! 

L & N Beadworks is Louise Ewing and Nicki Brazier-Hagarty. Traditional  beading, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and cuffs for all occasions. 

Janet Bradley works mostly in oils and sometimes in acrylic. Her favorite subjects are horses, birds and kids. She finds landscapes a challenge but she continues to accept the challenge by painting beautiful Haliburton County. 

 Art and creativity have been important elements of Marleen’s life. She embraces her passion through oil painting, taking her inspiration from the beauty of the Canadian landscape. Having been fortunate to have travelled and lived throughout much of Canada, she is in constant awe of Canada’s vast and natural beauty. The changing seasons and the vibrancy of the layers of colours inspire her to create art of strong colours and bold shapes using broad, relaxed strokes to create realistic paintings

Rachel Charyk is an artist born and raised in Georgina, Ontario. She graduated OCAD University in 2015 majoring in Drawing and Painting.  Rachel loves traveling around rural Ontario, discovering it's beauty and translating it onto the canvas. 

I have only been painting for a few years and am called an emerging artist. I like the challenge of trying to get my ideas to come to "life". I love colour, creating, and learning. My profession is nursing.

Ian Darragh is a photographer specializing in nature and environmental issues. He was editor-in-chief of Canadian Geographic magazine and has published feature articles in National Geographic. He is a lifetime member of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust. Ian's nature greeting cards are for sale at the Rails End Gallery Shop or via his website.

I discovered the joy of art while teaching art as a part of my curriculum assignment as a teacher. I have worked with printmaking and clay and a few years ago experienced acrylic paint pouring. While pouring with an idea in mind, the unpredictability of the vibrant paints and how they react together is exciting and very often surprising. 

My love of the natural world, canoeing, camping, hiking, and use of topographic maps used during many of my trips have inspired this series. I combine pattern, texture, colour, and negative space with animal and landscape imagery.

The Haliburton Highlands are providing endless inspiration for Corin’s fine art photography, which encourages reflection on the beauty and significance of the natural world.  She uses digital techniques, similar to painting with a brush, to blend multiple images.  

As a recipient of an honourable mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, she exhibited at FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona Spain in 2023.   Her studio near Carnarvon is open for The Studio Tour Haliburton Highlands each October.

 I have a natural ability to replicate what I see or create images from my imagination. Now that I am retired and my kids are grown, I have the time for doing what I was meant to do that brings much joy to my soul. I saw along the way that my eyes continued to develop even if I wasn’t practicing my art.  I defined myself as a drawer, not realizing I could paint till I tried it! I have a deep love for nature and photography.   

Water Colour paintings. Mostly landscapes from my travels.

Mixed media visual art, encaustic paintings and magnets.

With extensive experience in hot glass, Emma crafts vibrant, unique glass jewellery. Each bead is meticulously hand-sculpted at the torch, resulting in a miniature work of art you'll be proud to wear. Emma's creations appeal to all ages, from parents gifting gummy bear necklaces to their kids, millennials seeking a touch of nostalgia, teachers looking for the perfect classroom accessory, and anyone in search of striking statement pieces.

My name is Denise Glecoff and my husband and 2 children have lived in Haliburton for over 24 years. While I have always been interested in various forms of art, I picked up a watercolour brush a couple of years ago and fell in love with this medium. I love to paint many different subject matters and currently I am moving from more detailed to loose in style.

I live on Loon Lake in Haliburton, my two passions are photography and travel.  Each art card tells a story Thru My Eyes.

I am an avid acrylic landscape painter who draws most of my inspiration from the beautiful Haliburton Highlands. I use my own photos, often taken from the bow of a canoe in the quiet of early morning.  My colourful paintings are rendered on texturized canvas, a technique learned at the Haliburton School of Art and Design. I love playing light against shadow, exaggerating colours and simplifying shapes. People say my work sings with vitality. 

Over the years I have been fortunate enough to work in exploration camps across Canada. This has allowed me the opportunity to cross the barren lands of the NWT and Nunavut, climb mountains in Yukon and BC, stomp through string bogs in Labrador and Newfoundland and wander through many amazing landscapes of Canada. I now take great pleasure in transposing our Canadian landscape onto canvas using either oil or watercolour. Whenever I paint - its all one big adventure.

Susanne creates stoneware pottery, both hand-built and wheel-thrown, including mugs, bowls, and platters.  Her work is inspired by the natural beauty of her surroundings in the Haliburton Highlands.  Some pieces are imprinted with real pine boughs and pine cones, creating a true Haliburton souvenir.  Others have the ever-popular dragonfly motif.  Her glazes are lead-free and food-safe, and reflect the colours of nature.

Gord is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Society of Canadian Artists, and enjoys memberships in the Niagara Frontier Watercolour Society, The Haliburton Arts Council, Rails End Gallery, and is Ontario's representative of the International Watercolour Society. Gord is a certified Adult Educator. He is represented by various galleries in Ontario and participates in selected exhibitions throughout the year. 

Laurie Jones is a visual artist and currently the Curator at Rails End Gallery. 

 I am a mosaic artist. I make unique pieces with a variety of material such as dishes, crockery, stained glass, tile and found objects to create my art. My specialty is either "pique assiette" (stolen dishes) or glass-on-glass mosaics using stained glass. I love making memorial pieces incorporating a special dish, cup or jewelry that belonged to a loved one. I enjoy sourcing for unique material and inspiration at thrift and antique shops for my creations. 

I am a local artist specializing in oil paintings of landscape scenes in and around the Haliburton area. My paintings are impressionistic,  highly textured, rich in colour and depict the beauty of nature in the area

I create digital art, all occasion cards and photography. I studied Fine Arts at Redeemer College and Ceramics at Sheridan College.  Now I live in Haliburton, off-grid, with my husband and our dog. I painted abstract oils, but since developing an allergy to the paints, I've been doing abstract digital art and photography.  My inspiration comes from how I see and feel an image and what I am experiencing at the moment. I am an off-grid digital artist. 

Kristensen Smith has been a photographer for over 30 years. For the last ten years she has been printing her work directly to reclaimed wood. This technique means no two prints are ever alike. Seeing the beauty in everyday places, from buildings to bikes to nature spots are frequent subjects. 

Her work has won awards in Guelph, Alton(Headwaters Arts), and been featured in Canadian Home Trends Magazine and Toque Magazine (Guelph)

Lyn is a local potter who takes inspiration from nature. She is intrigued by texture, and thrown and altered forms. 

These handcrafted items are made from locally sourced wood. Trees that provided the raw material were typically destined to become firewood before being turned on a lathe into useful, long-lasting heirlooms. The process involved roughing out the item then letting it sit for upwards of six months until the moisture content was at a manageable level. Only then were the pieces finish turned to reveal the surprises found within. The surface treatment is a combination of beeswax and mineral oil.

I am a jewelry artist inspired by the natural beauty of lakes, forests, and the freedom of travel. From my island cottage near Haliburton, I create timeless pieces using the lost wax carving method, casting sterling silver, and setting gemstones by hand. Each design reflects the stories and memories we carry, crafted to be cherished as heirlooms for generations. My work celebrates connection, nature’s elegance, and the joy of meaningful, wearable art.

My art is a process of self discovery, as I express ideas, memories, and dreams. I’m inspired by colours, shapes & textures in my environment, featuring a broad

spectrum of life and experiences. From painting in the Andes of Peru, the coast of

Nova Scotia to Haliburton Lake, I welcome each creation as I explore with a blend of self and spirit. I am proud to be a Canadian. I’m motivated by the vastness of our Canada, and the richness of our environment.

I call them landscapes, though they are not traditional depictions of a vista. These original works on paper reflect a personal view of the earth and offer the viewer an opportunity to reflect on their own relationship to the natural environment. My process is organic, responding to ink and paint pooling on wet paper, once dry, I draw and collage.

Haliburton based artisan, Pat Moffatt, is a lifelong fibre artist. Pat started by learning traditional fibre art forms; sewing, quilting, knitting and crochet. Since learning to tat in 2003, she is always experimenting and looking for a modern take on this centuries old form of delicate lace making. She loves to experiment by combining her tatted pieces with other fibre arts or using tatted pieces as inspiration with other art forms.

I have been doing stained glass, for about 16 years. I am local on Moose Lake where I enjoy teaching my craft. I am available for for consignment pieces or classes anytime.

Alicia Orr is a landscape painter based in Hamilton, Ontario. Her acrylic paintings capture the beauty of the great Canadian landscape in southern Ontario. From summer to winter, from forest waterfalls to great open fields, there is so much beauty where we live and we are just lucky enough to experience it.

Elaine Oswald is a self-taught beading artist.  She has been cottaging up in the Minden area since 1980's with her family and moved up permanently in 2020.  She is inspired by her 2 beautiful dogs and her surroundings. 

Lisa Parra is a visual artist that is currently turning tea bags into small works of art to be used as bookmarks or diplalyed on their own. 

It starts with an image that triggers an emotion. I aim to capture the mood and feeling in my paintings. I paint using acrylics. I work each section 2-3 times till I feel I have achieved the detail desired. This process evolves over several days. Once done I give it a moment to do its thing and grab my attention. My paintings focus on the different subject matter, each reflecting life memories that evoke a sense of warmth and joy. 

In my art practice I work with many different materials including fibre, metal, glass and clay. I strive to make as little waste as possible in my studio. I attended Haliburton School of Art and Design for seven years. During my final year I wrote "The FEED Manifesto" which I use as a guide for my art and my life.

Keli Schmidt brings 16 years of industrial pattern and sample-making experience to the Haliburton Clothing Co. (She moved to Hali from the GTA in 2020). The HCC is dedicated to providing high-quality locally and ethically-made sustainable fashion tailored for life in the Highlands. Every item is designed, printed and made here by Keli.   

I use pastel pencil and coloured pencils to capture my love of wildlife and domestic animals.

Upcycled glassware by Artech Glass Blowing Studios, a traditional glassblowing studio nestled in the Highlands of Ontario, Canada producing great upcycled glass tableware and handmade barware.  

The artist creates luscious cold pressed organic goat's milk soap in a variety of moulded shapes and scents.  These simply perfect soaps are a great gift for others, or to enjoy their natural ingredients as part of your daily regimen. This artist loves utilizing vivid colours in her creations echoed from her love of nature.  This boldness of colour reminds her and others, through her creations, that life has vibrancy and to embrace those special moments.

My abstract, impressionist paintings, rich in colour, texture and depth, reflect a personal style that enhances any environment. My art is happy and I hope to make the buyers happy.

Margaret paints with acrylics and enjoys the challenge of mixing the perfect colours. Like singer-songwriter Ray Stevens, she believes “everything is beautiful in its own way” and she likes to reflect that beauty in her paintings. Margaret is overcome with a sense of panic when one painting is finished before another is on the go. 

In a world that is, at times, woeful and worrisome, Teddy prefers to focus on the whimsical. He wants to create paintings that are small islands of joy and comfort. Like the late, great Norman Rockwell, Teddy avoids the “sordid and the ugly” and paints life as he’d like it to be. His benchmark for success is a smile on the face of those who view his art. 

I am a quirky GTA based mom, dogmom and artist. I am constantly in awe of, and inspired by nature, and adore my hounds. My art is predominately of hounds, but is mostly animal art. I love drawing, whether with pen, pencil or marker or using a digital medium, but have been exploring more and more. I hope you enjoy my abstract minimalist/sketch- style drawings. I’m Little Miss Grey Goo on insta, which represents a very interesting theory about nanotechnology!

Janet Trull is a retired art and literacy teacher, currently working as an artist and a freelance writer in Haliburton.  She paints in fluid acrylics and experiments with mixed media.  Interpreting the colours and textures of Haliburton landscapes, she layers her canvases in the rough and random way that nature layers the forests. She believes there is much beauty in chaos. 

 Scott Michael Walling is a multidisciplinary artist working in numerous mediums; analog & digital photography, printmaking, jewellery, fibre arts, sculpture, painting, mixed media and beyond. Strongly inspired by organic elements, a unifying theme of texture is present throughout his work. Growing up in Peterborough, the Haliburton Highlands are now home.  

Jackie's functional Stoneware designs are hand built, imprinted with leaves (rhubarb, hosta) or lace to create texture. Her  unique serving dishes, vases  and bowls  are glazed in organic colour combinations. Her decorative Raku  in iridescent copper glazes features vases, platters, birds, animals and fish are displayed on drift wood and  barnboard. Her popular Christmas ornaments are truly one of a kind.

Inspired by beautiful Haliburton Highlands I've been painting the flora & fauna since moving here 15 years ago. My grade 10 art teacher, Robert Bateman, was a huge influence, leading me to attend OCA. Graduating in 1970, I pursued commercial art which eventually lost its appeal. I'm now happily "doing my own thing" here in these gorgeous surroundings.

Nature's little dramas, relationships and communities are similar to ours. We parent, we grow where we are nourished, we build communities where we are supported. My hope is that my art reminds us of how connected we are to nature. Each piece is hand drawn, mounted on wood and resined. All pieces are unique. 

Renée creates unique stoneware and raku pottery.  Each of Renée`s pots begins on the potters wheel.  When pots are leather hard they are trimmed and meticulously hand carved in patterns that are evocative of dancing leaves.  Her intricate surfaces can also be found on mugs and bowls. 

After a number of years juggling a demanding business career while re-igniting my passion for photography, I decided to retire early and pursue a new career as a landscape photographer.  I get tremendous satisfaction out of capturing hundreds of images and then selecting the photograph that has captured just the right amount of light and colour that allows others to see a spectacular scene the way I did.

My artwork begins with a word. I use my handwriting, and the edge of the line as the foundation for each painting. From there I add colours and pattern that you or I might associate with the chosen word. My inspiration is found in current events and human nature.