Following the wonderful response to our Artists’ Showcase, we’re excited to continue highlighting the talented artists in our community. September’s showcase features a diverse range of mediums, techniques, and artistic perspectives, from drawing and painting to sculptural works. We hope you enjoy discovering this month’s featured artists!
Oshini Wanigasekera | Jess Vanderfleet | Taylor Nyman | Robert Riegler
To experience these works in person, visit our brand-new Junction location at 2909 Dundas St. W. If a piece catches your eye, you can purchase it directly from the artist. Every sale goes entirely to the artist—Above Ground takes no commission, ensuring that your support goes directly to the creators behind the work.
Oshini Wanigasekera
Oshini is a Junction, Toronto-based animation filmmaker, actor, dancer and member of Urban Sketchers. Working entirely on location over multiple days, she captures the character, history, and fleeting moments of a place.
Her practice explores humanity and how identity is formed by the spaces we inhabit. These paintings inform her animation style and location designs, bringing a sense of memory and lived experience to the worlds she creates.
IG: @oshiniw
The Junction at Dawn
Watercolour & Ink on Paper, 7" x 10"
Part 1 of a street corner study during the FIFA World Cup.
The Junction at Noon
Watercolour & Ink on Paper, 7" x 10"
Part 2 of a street corner study during the FIFA World Cup.
The Junction at Dusk
Watercolour & Ink on Paper, 7" x 10"
Part 3 of a street corner study during the FIFA World Cup.
All of Oshini’s artworks depicting the Junction at Dawn, Noon and Dusk were created using Daniel Smith Watercolour Paint and Octopus Ink on Fabriano 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper.
Orchestra Toronto
Daniel Smith Watercolour Paint, Faber Castell Pitt Pen, and Oil Pastel
on Fabriano 25% Cotton Paper, 12” x 12”
The fourth illustration in a series on Orchestra Toronto.
The Junction Railpath
Daniel Smith Watercolour Paint and Octopus Ink on Fabriano 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper, 7” x 10”
To inquire about purchasing Oshini’s artwork, please email: owanigasekera [at] gmail [dot] com
Jess Vanderfleet
Jess Vanderfleet (she/her) is a Canadian artist. She explores themes of existentialism, fluidity and the duality of identity, using mixed media to make sculptural works. She is inspired by the silliness and unseriousness that being alive can be sometimes, choosing to focus on the small moments of joy.
This collection of egg plates are part of the “How Do You Like Your Eggs?” collection. Which is the visual response to being asked ‘how do you like your eggs?’ This piece studies eggs as a regular and repetitive breakfast food. Put on the table for contemplation of their potential to be cooked differently while still just being eggs for breakfast.
IG: @fatnapcatdraws
Fried Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
The How Do You Like Your Eggs? series was sculpted using Sculpey Original Polymer Clay and painted with acrylic paint.
Hard Boiled Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
Omelette Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
Overeasy Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
Scrambled Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
Poached Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
Steamed Egg
Sculpture, 7" x 7"
To inquire about purchasing Jess’ artwork, please email: jpc.vanderfleet [at] gmail [dot] com
Taylor Nyman
Taylor Nyman is a visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario. She completed her BFA at OCAD University in Drawing and Painting in 2026 and specializes in ink drawings.
Portfolio | IG: @taylornyman
Pattern 01
Ballpoint Pen and Mechanical Pencil on Strathmore Drawing Paper , 9" x 12"
Pattern 02
Ballpoint Pen and Mechanical Pencil on Strathmore Drawing Paper , 9" x 12"
Pattern 03
Ballpoint Pen and Mechanical Pencil on Strathmore Drawing Paper , 9" x 12"
To inquire about purchasing Taylor’s artwork, please email: taylornymanart [at] gmail [dot] com
Robert Riegler
Rober Riegler is a Toronto-based landscape painter and art educator. He has taught art at both the elementary/middle school and high school levels and holds a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal.
An Audience of Trees
Winsor & Newton Artists’ Oil Colours over Liquitex Acrylics on canvas prepared with Liquitex Professional Gesso, 20" x 10"
Georgian Bay, Ontario.
All featured paintings began en plein air and were completed in the studio using photographic references. Robert used Winsor & Newton Artists’ Oil Colours on Masonite prepared with Liquitex Professional Gesso on all the following paintings.
Willow Sentinels
Oil on Masonite, 7" x 5"
Beaver Valley, Ontario
Irish Mountain Lookout
Oil on Masonite, 7" x 5"
The view looks East over Georgian Bay & Meaford, Ontario.
A Distant Haze
Oil on Masonite, 7" x 5"
Beaver Valley, Ontario
Orchard Gateway
Oil on Masonite, 7" x 5"
Beaver Valley, Ontario
Music Tree
Oil on Masonite, 7" x 5"
Georgian Bay, Ontario
Ever a Sand Road
Oil on Masonite, 7" x 5"
Georgian Bay, Ontario
Hovering Willow
Oil on Masonite, 10" x 8"
Weston Family Garden, Toronto
Sheltering Tree
Oil on Masonite, 10" x 8"
Weston Family Garden, Toronto
To inquire about purchasing Robert’s artwork, please email: rrpaintit [at] gmail [dot] com
Visit our new Junction Above Ground Art Supplies location at 2909 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON to view all featured artworks on display until October 28, 2026. Be sure to return the following week for the next Artists’ Showcase, featuring another inspiring collection of work by local artists.
