Amelia Valentine / The Things I See in 4:3

Amelia Valentine / The Things I See in 4:3Amelia Valentine is a Toronto based painter living and working in the citys west end. Her practice centers around the dialogue between control and spontaneity, using ink, acrylic, and raw canvas to explore what happens when intention loosens its grip. Her compositions are shaped as much by deliberate mark making as they are by the unexpected spills, splatters, bleeds, and other so called accidents that challenge traditional ideas of mastery and

I paint about vulnerability and connection when we are able to embrace ourselves

This work was made for a group show in New York City

Our curator recommends this work in our natural frame to accentuate the organic beauty of the work

Her layered

This piece feels baroque in nature

Sunlight beaming through the palms casting picturesque shadows on the surrounding architecture

Her work has been exhibited in Canada and abroad since 2010

Through reducing the subject matter in her work to simplified colors

but somehow made even better with Anna-May's signature style

While her passion for leather and design remains unwavering

Kelsea Chatburn is a Toronto-based watercolor artist

At the present time she works primarily with clay