Maria Watt Press Releases

SHARK WEEK

Pickering, ON - November 27th, 2016

Take a swim over to www.maria-watt.pixels.com and check out these items and more in beautifully handcrafted fractal designs. Catch one if you can!

Featured Guest Artist, Al Payne

Pickering, ON - November 23rd, 2016

This month I featured on my Magissimo Prints site a new artist, not only because he is super talented, but also because he's my brother. I grew up constantly watching his every stroke of the paintbrush. Every sketch he ever drew. I even watched his mistakes that he made and how he would do it over and over again to perfect each magnificent masterpiece. I was truly fortunate to have had such an inspiration and role model to look up to. We too had an uncle who was fabulous at oil paintings also. He lived in Trieste, Italy, so we didn't have the opportunity to see him much, but somehow creativity has transcended through our bloodline. My eldest just recently graduated university with a major degree in fine arts and digital media design and thus the line of artists in our family continues.

Magissimo Prints Speaks For The Bees

Pickering, ON - July 15th, 2014

Apiculture research and education at the University of Guelph are internationally renowned and have been part of a long beekeeping tradition that started in 1894 when the first beekeeping courses were taught at the Ontario Agricultural College. In 1920, an Apiculture building was built on campus at the present site of the University Centre and was the first of its kind in North America for beekeeping studies. In 1966, the apiculture facilities were moved to the current location on Stone Rd. These facilities are unique not only in Ontario, but also in Canada. No other university or research centre in the country possesses more beekeeping infrastructure than the University of Guelph. The staff maintains over 300 honey bee colonies, which are used primarily for research and teaching purposes, but also for extension, personnel training and demonstration activities. Additionally, the molecul...