About Aldo

I prefer to experience life and contribute to the dialogue, I feel that the act of using ones hands to craft the simplest of things brings you closer to the overall connection you have with the environment around you.
Inspired by the subtle and alluring rhythm of a human form, this sculpture captivates the movement in stillness. The classic form and contours implies movement, through precise forms expressing the complex nature of a man. Abstract yet precise.

About Bruce

Ideas don’t originate easily in boardrooms and brainstorms or with groups of like-minded people. By combining passionate individuals; from different perspectives, blending art & science, new ideas will emerge. My painting builds on the idea from the movie Insignificance, what if Einstein met Marilyn Monroe?

Bruce loves to travel, play soccer and loves movies, live theatre and art.

About Franke

For me there are 3 things necessary to get to a great idea. The first is a happy place: it is nearly impossible to come up with great ideas if you are upset, frustrated or burnt out. So you must find your happy place. My happy place comes from spending time with my wife and kids.

The second is a blank canvas: preconceived notions about what the answer should be, are usually barriers to great thinking. Clear your mind, and start from zero.

The third is collaboration: great ideas rarely come from the mind of one individual. Surround yourself with smart, creative people and have at it.

So the piece I created -- ORIGIN -- represents this process. I started with a blank canvas. Then me and my two daughters taped a silhouette of our favourite family photo onto it. And then we layered on coats of spray paint and paint splatters, over and over again, to create our masterpiece.

About Joseph

The origin of a great action, idea, life, success, or creativity, begins with a spark. A spark that is sheltered, nurtured, and defended, but despite all opposition will not be extinguished.

About Karl

Inexperience in visual arts inspired me to come up with a simple process to finesse (or cheat) my way through the challenge.

Interesting for their shapes and detail, I used fish as my subject matter, employing acrylics to give a wetness and texture. I applied paint directly to the fish and imprinted on canvas to create a unique, interesting outcome.

Mass production would surely follow.

Experimenting and refining my technique over time, I became consumed with the details: The background, composition, color blends and even the right fish all became paramount. Many canvases (and fish) later, art subtly eclipsed process and I was hooked.

About Mike

I firmly believe that great ideas come from the most unexpected places. That in order for any idea to find its ultimate potential, we need to be open to spontaneous collaboration from anyone and anything. I used this opportunity to test this belief. I wanted this piece to be an expression of creativity in an instant for anyone who came into contact with it - without influence and without provocation.

The starting point was a black canvas and the most obvious symbol of an idea, the illuminated light bulb. This almost blank slate invited people to express their desire, motivation, or whatever they were feeling at that moment in time. People were given materials like glow in the dark paint, fuzzy dice and construction paper to express their creative narrative. The result is clearly an expressive collective of some fairly creative - and clearly neurotic - passersby.

About Rebecca

An unformed idea sits in your periphery, just out of reach. It follows you around like a shadow that darts away just as you turn to see it. As early tendrils of the idea unfold, often as half formed visions, they start to trickle out of one’s mind onto the canvas of the tangible world.

This photo was taken at a Cuban dance show but it’s the blur of colour and life imbued in the ghostly, half-formed figures that speaks to this moment of conception. The origin of a great idea.

About Veronica

Great ideas are inspired by experiences and connections – but to express that tested the limits of my artistic abilities. Then all of a sudden – with a blank canvas in front of me – I realized the best ideas are ignited by a spark, just... out of the blue.

About Viki

I’ve let numbers tell stories my entire career. They helped me build cases so clients can feel confident that my ideas have substance and merit.
70:20:10, is my philosophy that guarantees growth and creativity in everything I do.
70 = more for less
20 = more of what works
10 = something new

About Trish

In “Block Island Spring” the camera intrudes on the exquisite quiet of an island spring day. The planes of light and landscape; the shuttered, locked window; the sharp line of calm sea against clear sky; afternoon shadows; combine to reflect a world we seldom see, so still, so undisturbed, so without human form.

About Stephen

This shot was taken in Kenya. As I furiously cycled to avoid the coming rain, I couldn’t help notice how the dry grasses contrasting with the darkening sky perfectly framed this Acacia tree. A lone tree… near the Oldupai Gorge… that’s a pretty predictable metaphor to Origin. But not my reason: I work simply to travel. Travel provides my brain the time away to reflect, think and dream. This shot was captured one week into my Africa adventure… my brain was finally at rest enough to be able to see true beauty in nature… such powerful beauty that I had to stop, snapped a few quick photos… and let the rain fall.

About Stephanie

Created through pen, ink, printed matter and collage - this mixed media piece demonstrates the stages of agony from an early thought or inspiration through the development of an idea, including the inevitable destruction or "cutting up" of the first and maybe subsequent round of exploration through the restoration and reinvention phases to a final concept.

About Paul

Truce pits the feeling of empowerment boys often draw (like a talisman) from their toys, against the uniquely adult realization of inevitable groundlessness.
Though the mood is decidedly dark and rife with turmoil, there is an intention of simple joy found in the details of the figures themselves.

When I was 6, my then 10-year-old brother was fascinated with this particular set of army men. Created by the Louis Marx and Company in the 60s, they’re remarkably well crafted and now highly sought after. It’s one of the reasons I think my brother became a history teacher and I will always appreciate his appreciation of them.

About Melody

Remember when phones were just used for making calls? With every new generation, we move closer and closer to forgetting this fact. Not since the invention of the world wide web has a piece of technology so quickly and completely changed the way we interact with, discover, and experience the world around us. The Evolution of Mobile shows us our humble roots from keyboards to touch screens, looking at where we've been and leaving us wondering, "What's next?".

About John

The beauty of working in bronze is that it allows you to work with subtlety. You literally can take a flat, two-dimensional piece and through subtle small movements make, in this case, a face come to life. Because bronze shows everything it allows you to not only work with texture, but colour, light and movement.

About Jill

The inspiration for this painting is my daughter, Olivia. She is a gentle soul exploring the vast world before her, with a depth of wonder that goes beyond her shy words. The ocean is the perfect metaphor for her. As for the goldfish, well…Olivia loves them. I asked my sister-in-law's mother, Evelyn Mouzakiotis, a Montreal-based artist, to capture my idea onto canvas for me. She and Olivia share a special bond.

About Hunter

The origin of my managerial philosophy comes from New England Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick. Belichick has a fundamental mantra for the people in his organization and on his team: Do Your Job. This piece commemorates this managerial principal and is comprised of approximately 5,000 nickel plated reflective thumbtacks.

About Erin

Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote a beautiful little book about the sea. She considered how different shells from the sea could tell stories about the relationships that inform and shape stages of life. Whatever the shape of relationships, there is the ever-present roll of the sea itself. Each wave inevitably comes in, without being asked for, breaks open onto the shore, and then disappears forever.

You can choose where to be when the waves come in: at the water’s edge, enjoying the splash and lightness of waves freshly crashed; or maybe out in the depths where waves begin, in the cool, dark and immersive quiet of the sea. Or perhaps you will be patient in the midst of it all for the pull and sweep of a bright, watery aria, knowing the wave’s power is in being there for the moment when it draws you in, tosses you upside-down and vaults you to the sky. Never fearing the undertow, you brace for the crescendo and explosive power to find clarity in the wake.

About Caroline

I was thrilled to be allowed a private tour of The Hockey Hall of Fame’s vault in Mississauga. I was curious to see what treasures I could photograph not ever seen in public. After an hour or so of touring, to my great surprise, The Stanley Cup arrives. My mindset changed immediately. This piece of history is stunning. I spent a couple hours with Stanley shooting from every angle possible. It was thrilling.

About Cam

Many people, in pursuit of happiness, turn to the lottery system in hopes of winning the jackpot. Interestingly, a study has shown that 80% of grand prize winners regret winning the lottery within five years. They were actually happier before they won millions of dollars. What we can learn from these 80% is that we don't need to be more happy.

The lottery tickets in the piece have yet to be checked. Would you take the risk knowing that there is an 80% chance you will end up less happy than you are today?