From November 14th to 15th, Corinne Garlick and Peter Karas’ 25th annual Open Studio Art Show and Sale will be held.
This event is basically a kind of celebration for them who have lived as artists for 25 years.
Londoners can visit their art studio to enjoy and purchase over a hundred artworks with refreshments for free.
Corinne Garlick (Credit: Emily Kim/XFM News)
A visual artist and Peter Karas’ wife Corinne Garlick said she has wanted to be an artist since she was about grade four.
“I always had the vision for it. So I went to Beal Art as a high school student to study art and fell in love with art even more. So then I went off to art college in Halifax,” said Garlick. “And that’s where I met Peter.”
She also said it would have been really fun to try at least make a living from their art and then take the risk when she was finishing art college.
“I think I’ve always just loved,” said Peter Karas, a visual artist and Corinne Garlick’s husband. “Kind of visual beauty and to depict things I see and to try and relate that to other people so, I just love working with my hands and trying to kind of get I don’t know a little bit of kind of the beauty that I see every day try to kind of show that to people.”
Finally, they achieved their dream and now live as visual artists in London.
Artwork (Credit: Emily Kim/XFM News)
This event is a work that melts their lives and Karas said the event is an important for Londoners.
“We have hundreds of patrons that come to visit us many of them a couple times a year. We’ve sold hundreds and hundreds of paintings to Londoners and a lot of the things that we have been painting are, you know, London landmarks things that Londoners would understand and see every day,” said Karas. “We’ve got lots of people that kind of follow us and they come out to all the shows and they really enjoy the paintings and whether that’s buying a piece or just you know, kind of coming and enjoying it, so it’s an interesting thing for people to kind of see their city depicted in oil paint.”
Peter Karas (Credit: Emily Kim/XFM News)
He also said that this event is an important milestone for him as well.
“I didn’t think 25 years ago that I would even make it five years as an artist because it’s very difficult to make your living as a visual artist and so to have done that for 25 years is a great milestone for me and for Corrine to last that long.”
Garlick said why the event is so special to her and Londoners.
“I actually really like meeting the people in London and having them come and experience it with us. And it means to us like, another year of making art for a living is, it’s really special to be able to share that with people.”
Karas said they plan to hold the event again next year.
“As long as we can do it,” he said. “It’s nice to kind of show our art to the public and just have fun doing it and for us that’s a big part of doing this is the fact that you know, we get to meet the people that take our art home.”
Lastly, Garlick sent a message to the audience who visited the event.
“Don’t forget to think outside of the box. And get creative. It’s what makes life rich.”
