Streams Community Hub Launches “Ebb & Flow” Exhibition at Shelburne Town Hall Art Gallery

Pamela D’Mello is a self-taught artist with over 30 years of experience in sketching and painting. She works across a variety of mediums and subjects, with a style shaped by dedication, patience, and a strong personal connection to art.

Alongside her artistic practice, she has taught in schools and continues to share her passion for creativity with young learners. Since 2022, Pam D’Mello has also been a facilitator at Streams Community Hub, where she leads engaging, hands-on classes that encourage curiosity, experimentation, and creative growth.

Kyle Chinyenze, is a Gr 9 Artist who is trying to achieve his goal of becoming an official video game designer/maker. Kyle is youngest of his 3 older sisters in the family. Other than drawing Kyle watches his favourite shows like the rookie, cobra kai and the Star Wars shows. When outside he likes to play soccer, flying his drone and just walking around in places. Kyle plays video games on Fridays like Star Wars battlefront 2, scary baboon, Jedi survivor, Mega man, spider man 2 and soccer 26.

Kyle pick a tree to show the cycle of nature. He pick red and blue specifically to show morning and night time. Kyle put bushes on the morning side because how you can see it easily and in night time you can’t. He made the tree big show how strong nature is in a day.

This galaxy was inspired by because he is interested in space. He put the colours blue, purple and pink to represent the colours of night time. Kyle put the stars space out and fading to make it look realistic . Kyle put dark colours first and then light last to make it look like it’s glowing.

My name is Maya, and I am a highschool student at CDDHS, and have enjoyed taking art and learning techniques this semester in art.The piece is based off of the quote, "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed before it is faced." by James Baldwin. I used many mediums to show this quote in the art piece. The background is dull and messy, showing the challenge, and there are bright, structured shapes on top, resembling the problem being faced.

I'm Shyla-kae, and I love art and all things creative! I pour my heart into making beautiful things and spreading joy, and that passion extends to what I do.This painting creates a dizzying optical illusion with its swirling black and white vortex, accented by wavy pink lines. The checkerboard pattern distorts as it recedes into the tunnel, giving the artwork a dynamic and almost three-dimensional effect that pulls the viewer in.

Phosphenes is inspired by the feeling of when you close your eyes and still see vivid colors, lines and shapes

Hi! I’m Olivia, a 22‑year‑old artist who loves painting and drawing, whether it’s traditional or digital. I’m excited to grow my skills and eventually bring my creativity into a professional setting.The background melts into nature’s colours, blurred like a distant memory. The trees are birch trees. Some dainty and swaying gently in the breeze, others tall and straight.

Megan Mare is a versatile artist and arts facilitator at Streams Hub, who uses mixed media and texture in her paintings to express imaginative themes. As an OCAD University alum and lifelong creative, Megan’s work reflects a dynamic journey of self-expression, fueled by an insatiable curiosity and a passion for pushing the boundaries of artistic exploration.

Kolby DeMille is a graphic designer who brings a bold, bright, and dynamic approach to every project. With a knack for crafting cool and compelling brand identities, Kolby is always pushing creative boundaries with passion and personality.Tribute is a piece inspired by 70’s space age design with a small hint of industrial brutalism. The organic 3D shape remains both organic yet geometric simultaneously. The plaster takes on the form of a watershed, a shape that makes itself known in both our physical reality and humanity’s collective ideatic space.

Naomi Cameron is a student of textile art at Sheridan college. She refers to herself with the phrase “compulsively creative” meaning every moment of every day she is creating. From full scale weaving to doodles on napkins, Naomi’s dream is to become and art therapist and bring her joy and compulsive creativity to others. This art piece was an assignment exploration in mixing colours and structure. The twisted threads is called sonobe, and paired with the 3/2 twill technique which create the diagonal effect.

I am a painter that is studying Visual and Digital Art at Humber College. I mostly enjoy oil painting on big canvases and drawing landscapes. I also really love painting landscapes, trippy illusions and different flowers. I love painting for others and I find joy in doing it and also hope to one day open my own business to teach people how to express themselves through art and connect with one another.

I did a recreation of the famous (Claude Monet Poppy Field Near Argenteuil). I used more of a brighter color canvas since the original color of the painting was very dule so I added my own touch to it and made it more colorful and full of life while keeping the original look to it.

I did a Re-creation of Lawren S. Harris's famous Clyde Inlet, Baffin Island painting adding my own touch to it. This painting is originally supposed to show the beauty of this landscape and how beautiful untouched land is. And for my re-creation of this painting I decided to focuses on climate change and the effects that it has on untouched land, even if we are no where near it. In the end climate change will always effect nature and the things around it unless, we really do something about or else we will lose a lot of our beautiful landscapes.

This art pieces originally was inspired by a dream I had while taking a nap after a three hour class. I usually never paint what I see in my dreams but after around a month I kept thinking about it and finally decided to make it come to life. I wanted to give it a real mixed color look using some acrylic paint, while also giving it a felling of movement and emotion in the process. The flower is a lily which are my favorite kind of flowers, I find them truly beautiful and comforting. I was very happy that it was apart of my painting in the dream and now on the real deal.

Amaya is an illustrator, author, and fan of all things art.Amaya began drawing at just four years old, starting with YouTube tutorials and simple sketches. Now, she brings her ideas to life through pencil drawings and digital art using Procreate. Inspired by the world around her, Amaya often imagines characters hidden in everyday objects and nature—each with their own stories and personalities. A multi-talented artist, she also enjoys singing, dancing, painting, and sculpting. In 2022, at the age of nine, she published her first book, Afro, No! When asked about her future, Amaya simply says, “More drawing, more writing, more art!”