Jesse Boily’s The Artists Portrait project

Brandon Peniuk, a SAIT photojournalism student, poses for a photo at Hertiage Hall in Calgary on January 21, 2018. Brandon has ambitions to go on to become a war photographer. (Photo by Jesse Boily/SAIT)
A group of young artist work in Rumble house in Calgary on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. WHYANDMORE. (Photo by Jesse Boily/SAIT)
Matias Martinez poses for a portrait in his home studio in Calgary on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Martinez blows glass and has work in galleries all over Calgary. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Shamika Singh poses for a portrait in her studio at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Singh describes her work as exploring racial fetishism. In her work, she uses quotes that men have said to her to show the racism fetishes at play. She never intended in her work to be personal but says it just happened this year. In the past year, Singh has begun working with pottery as a medium, which decorates her studio. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Rickee Lee sits for a portrait at her home studio in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Lee works across many mediums, from painting to glass blowing. She first started painting with her mother and then decided to pursue going back to school and is now attending the Alberta University of the Arts. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Matias Martinez in hist studio at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. Martinez is an artist who recently quit his “normal” job to now be a full time artist. He creates art everyday for hours. He has begun practicing advanced glass blowing techniques such as cane rolls where he mixes different colours of glass into one to create pieces like the one on his left. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Katie Romansky, a fourth year ceramics student, poses for a portrait in her studio at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. WHYANDMORE. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Mikka Caguiat, 20, poses for a portrait in her home studio in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Caguiat is currently working on a painting for her Grandfather, of her Grandmother, from before the two were dating. The painting is being painted on reclaimed fabric wrapped on a canvases frame. Caguiat plans on applying to the Alberta University of the Arts for the fall. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Ricky Fraser, a Calgary based artist, draws in his home studio in Calgary on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Fraser draws inspiration from elements of the past in his life. ÒArt saved me from my depression, itÕs my life preserver when IÕm drowning,Ó he explained. Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, he grew up with the belief that the apocalypse was always near, and he explores his faith and relationship with spirituality in his art. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Julie Vincent poses for a portrait at her home in Calgary on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Vincent has had her photos displayed in galleries across the globe and has picked up pottery recently as a form of relaxation. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Harvey Nichol poses for a portrait at his home studio in Calgary on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Nichol grew up in Tondo, in the city of Manilla, where he describes the neighbourhood like the Compton of the Philippines. Moving to Canada in 2013 he has since began creating art has been selling his art for the past 2 years. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Harvey Nichol poses for a portrait at his home studio in Calgary on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Nichol grew up in Tondo, in the city of Manilla, where he describes the neighbourhood like the Compton of the Philippines. Moving to Canada in 2013 he has since began creating art has been selling his art for the past 2 years. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Rennie Poynton poses for a portrait in her home studio in Calgary on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Poynton does a mixture of mediums including painting and sculpture. Her work is inspired by high fantasy and things like Heavy Metal magazine. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Lauren B. Sanchez poses in her studio in Calgary on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Sanchez says that much of her inspiration comes from dreams and meditation. She noted that many of her dreams are colourful. She is inspired by artist such as Khalo, Matisse, and Basquiat. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Tay Odynski poses for a portrait at her home studio in Calgary on Monday, March 9, 2020. Odynski is inspired by Laura Zombie and Ralph Steadman. Right after she graduated at ACAD she began selling art and turned it into a career, she says that instagram has really helped her keep a big costumer base. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
Maddison Stellar sits in her home recording studio for a portrait in Calgary on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Stellar is the lead singer of the band Life Like Fire; sheÕs a mother of two and an entrepreneur. She runs her own Business where she makes creepy dolls and is a motivational speaker for children. (Photo by Jesse Boily/The Press)
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Patrick Ross paints a mural at the corner of Main st. and Redwood Ave. on Thursday. Ross has been working on the mural for the past four days about seven hours a day, he says. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Reporter: standup
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Patrick Ross paints a mural at the corner of Main st. and Redwood Ave. on Thursday. Ross has been working on the mural for the past four days about seven hours a day, he says. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Reporter: standup
JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Dan Donahue, a music producer and folk musician of the '70s, plays a song in his backyard “sanctuary “ on Friday. Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Reporter: Dave Sanderson
Maya Dyrkach, 11, and Jaxson Longson, 12, work on some finishing touches of the collage mural in Beaverlodge, Alta. on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The two grade seven students were among over a 100 students who painted squares to make the mural which will be presented to the public on Sept. 11. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Lane Borstad sits among some of his photographs from the Vimy Ridge Memorial in an exhibit at the Beaverlodge Art and Culture Centre in Beaverlodge, Alta. on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
T. Buckley played to an audience of over 70 people at the Demmit Hall in Demmit, Alta. on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021.Buckley was touring for his second solo album Frame By Frame, with 7 shows across Alberta. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Micheal Roberts, Beaverlodge Mural Society’s summer student, was busy painting a mural that will be on display at the Beaverlodge Art Walk on June 10. Photo taken in Beaverlodge, Alta. on Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Beaverlodge local Sierra Smith was selling her art at the Beaverlodge Art Walk in Beaverlodge, Alta. on Friday, June 10, 2022. The first year of the event say artists, musicians, and artisans from all over the peace region sell their art. The event also had live music and a beer gardens. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Marcia Tofer made bubbles at the Heritage Day celebrations at the Grande Prairie Museum in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday, July 30, 2022. The festival had cultural booths, artists live painting, cultural dances, and carnival games. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Bobbi-Jo Matheson, owner and operator, stops for a portrait at her school at the Alberta College of Body Arts in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The school is Canada's first and only provincially licensed post secondary tattoo school. The six month program being licensed allows students access student loans provincially and federally. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Tia Stanway works on a bird sculpture during the announcement of Alberta Culture Days at the Centre for Creative Arts in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The centre was named as a feature celebration site from the province. Free arts programming will be available throughout the city for the month of September. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Noah Woolfrey draws some sock monkeys while Nathan Woolfrey and Owen Griffiths discuss the painting at the sketch party part of Alberta Culture Days at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. The AGGP invited guests to come and sketch the current exhibitions and provided sketch pads and drawing material. The province says approximately $350,000 was distributed to 104 organizations for this year's Culture Days. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Left to right) Nathan Woolfrey, Owen Griffiths, and Noah Woolfrey work away on recreating the sock monkey art at the sketch party part of Alberta Culture Days at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. The AGGP invited guests to come and sketch the current exhibitions and provided sketch pads and drawing material. The province says approximately $350,000 was distributed to 104 organizations for this year's Culture Days. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Jamie-Lee Cormier, Traveling Exhibitions Program Northwest curator, and Rob Swanston install the first exhibition “Winter Wonderland” at the Montrose Cultural Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The new exhibit space is on the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s wall. There is currently is a call for artist submissions for the wall. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Jamie-Lee Cormier, Traveling Exhibitions Program Northwest curator, and Rob Swanston install the first exhibition “Winter Wonderland” at the Montrose Cultural Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The new exhibit space is on the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s wall. There is currently is a call for artist submissions for the wall. (Photo by Jesse Boily)

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