About Fine Oak
Fine Oak offers high-quality instruction delivered in an encouraging environment, allowing for every student to achieve their creative potential. All instructors are well-educated and practising artists.
Fine Oak has developed a program that suits every student’s individual goals. With maximum class sizes of seven, curriculum is flexible to the needs of each student. The learning environment of each class is extremely relaxed and enjoyable. Students are encouraged to bring wine and snacks. Many students have not taken art classes since grade school, and never feel intimidated about learning something brand new to them. Instructors are very well-educated and offer exactly the amount of help each student needs, whether they are true beginners or advanced artists.
Fine Oak Art School was founded by Toronto artist and instructor Erica Beyea. She studied Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art & Design and the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Since graduating, she has been teaching and showing her artwork across Canada. Erica has also worked as a curator, gallery assistant and a variety of other roles in the Toronto art scene.
Jess Riva Cooper has her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. She has taught at various schools in the US and Canada. She has shown her artwork in Toronto, Chicago, Providence and other cities in North America. You can see her work at: www.jessrivacooper.com
Stewart Jones is a painter based out of Toronto, known for his live figure drawing of musicians and his striking Toronto cityscapes. Stewart graduated from the Ontario College of Art, and studied further at Sheraton. You can see his work at www.stewartjones.ca
fineoak@gmail.com // 416-827-9739 // 254 Niagara Street, south entrance (back half of Pari Nadimi Gallery) Toronto ON M6J 2L8