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Nola McConnan
Nola McConnan AOCA (Associate of the Ontario College of Art) lives in Toronto, Canada and has earned her living exclusively as a graphic artist, fine artist and designer for more than thirty-five years. Nola owns Merriweather Design Studio www.merriweatherdesignstudio.com and her works appear in a wide variety of corporate and private venues across North America.
In 1999 Nola made the leap from the art and nature pieces she was so well known for to uniform and stadium art – and in the decade following she painted more than 1000 uniform paintings and drew an additional 300+ meticulous pen and ink renderings of stadiums/arenas/ballparks. Nola’s 1000+ uniform paintings for Heritage Sports Art include all of the MLB’s National League uniforms, almost all of the NCAA football uniforms, all of the CFL uniforms, as well as many of the NFL uniforms and NHL jerseys.
Nola has always been an artist. Her first sale came in 1967, long before graduating in 1974 from the Ontario College of Art (AOCA Communication & Design). Nola is the first Associate of the Ontario College of Art (AOCA) to receive her Adult Education Staff Training (AESTC) designation - the teaching certification required to teach in the Ontario college system. Nola’s workshop classes encourage students to understand the why and how of creating images they want by drawing or painting with watercolor, mixed media or egg tempera.
Tino Paolini
Tino Paolini, Hon. BA, McMaster University, B. of Ed. University of Toronto, has been a faculty member of St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario for more than 30 years. He is the head of the Visual Arts Department and credits his students as a tremendous motivational force and constant inspiration for his own work. A graduate of McMaster University's Fine Arts program, Tino specialized in oil painting in the early part of his career. He eventually developed an affinity for watercolor, and a large amount of his recent work has been in watercolor. This enables Tino to work with the precision and control required by the project, and he particularly enjoys the delicate and subtle changes in color made possible by the medium.
Tino’s meticulous work is seen in approximately 400 of the uniform paintings in the Heritage Sports Art collection – approximately 200 NHL jerseys (including all of the Original Six teams) and 200 NFL uniforms (especially those of the older franchises).
Tino’s works appear in a wide variety of corporate and private venues, and St. Andrew’s College in Aurora, Ontario is home to a wide range of his work.
Read an article profiling Tino Paolino
William Band
William Band AOCA (Associate of the Ontario College of Art) is a freelance artist who works primarily with watercolors, and also in pencil, ink, pastel and oil. William began his career in art at an early age, and studied with greats such as William Stidsworthy, Alan Collier, Franklin Arbuckle and Jack Reid.
An honors graduate from the Ontario College of Art, William became a successful commercial artist, and went on to teach art. For many years Bill was an instructor at Humber College, teaching Commercial and Fine Art, and does a number of workshops throughout the year throughout southern and central Ontario.
William’s work is lively, bright and covers a wide variety of subjects. William, or Bill as he is known to his friends, lives in Georgetown, Ontario, where he is active in the local art community and where his studio, the William Band Studio www.williambandstudio.com is also located.
William painted almost 200 watercolor pieces found in the Heritage Sports Art collection, including virtually all of the MLB’s American League baseball team uniforms and a number of the NFL football uniforms.
