# Summer is heating up as we welcome our July pop-up artists Ann Eynon and Bonita Ruttkay

- Link: https://historicsteveston.ca/news/welcome-july-pop-up-artists/
- Published: 2023-07-05T20:30:00-07:00
- Author: Sarah

**Summer is heating up as we welcome our July pop-up artists Ann Eynon and Bonita
Ruttkay.**

⌊An abstract floral painting by Ann Eynon⌉⌊An abstract floral painting by Ann Eynon⌉
Ann Eynon’s style brings a flavour of traditional Quebecois folk art to her West
Coast subject matter. Using broad, impressionistic brush strikes, her paintings 
are full of movement and have a deep understanding of the interplay of light and
colour. She draws inspiration from the buildings and landscapes that surround her
from France, to the Gulf Islands and recreates them in acrylic on canvas.

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⌊Artwork depicting the Japanese Garden at Garry Point by Bonita Ruttkay.⌉⌊Artwork
depicting the Japanese Garden at Garry Point by Bonita Ruttkay.⌉Bonita Ruttkay’s
paintings are mainly local Steveston scenes of iconic buildings, gardens and landscapes
that were all started during her “en plein air” excursions. _“I truly enjoy and 
am inspired by painting on location. There is something about feeling part of the
flow of life around me that carries over into the painting”_. Bonita has shown paintings
at Richmond City Hall, Minoru Cultural Centre, Gateway Theatre and Richmond Art 
Gallery.

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