Anita is a Northern Ontario artist who works in various mediums such as oil, pastel, acrylic and watercolour. The love of the northern landscape continues to inspire her to want to express it with these mediums. She works mostly on stretched canvas and masonite board that have been gessoed. Lately she has been working mostly in acrylics as they dry rather quickly. Experimenting with different mediums such as texture pastes and glazes give the pieces a unique look and feel along with a lot of fun.
Anita is continually learning through books, DVD’s,belonging to art clubs and online communities. Through the clubs she has had the opportunity to take many workshops with some great Canadian artists such as the late Brian Ateyo, Sam Panoessa, Ivan Wheele, John David Anderson, Gordon Mackenzie to name a few. These artists are invaluable for sharing their knowledge with us. Other artists who inspire her are Richard Schmid, Albert Handell and Marilyn Simandle.
To be out in nature is where I feel most relaxed and connected to this world. When I come across a particular quality of light and colour in the landscape, that’s what inspires me to paint. Nature has a way of endlessly presenting herself in awe inspiring ways and so the adventure of finding it is what keeps the journey exciting. My mission is to capture the feeling in a way that the viewer can connect. To quote Robert Henri…” The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state that makes art inevitable”.
To be out in nature is where I feel most relaxed and connected to this world. When I come across a particular quality of light and colour in the landscape, that’s what inspires me to paint. Nature has a way of endlessly presenting herself in awe inspiring ways and so the adventure of finding it is what keeps the journey exciting. My mission is to capture the feeling in a way that the viewer can connect. To quote Robert Henri…” The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state that makes art inevitable”.
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