Introductions

My first blog post so I thought I would start with introducing myself. I am Deb, a Canadian abstract painter in southern Ontario residing in beautiful Dufferin County which forms part of the Headwaters Region. I am surrounded by pastoral farm land, down the road from the rocky formations of the Niagara Escarpment, steps away from the iconic Bruce Trail i.e. inspiration abounds here! I have an IT background (all those de-bugging skills come in handy!) but began painting in 2015 and have not stopped. The process of painting is just so delicious to me that I am addicted. It fills me with so much joy and personal satisfaction that I cannot imagine not doing it now. I paint first of all for myself, for the sheer pleasure of putting paint on canvas (or paper or wood), layering it up, scraping in, mixing new colours, trying things out. Every painting session is a new adventure. Selling my work is simply a bonus. If you as the viewer like it and are willing to fork out a bit of your hard earned money, then that is just the icing on the cake.
I have enjoyed painting florals and landscapes but abstract art is my first love and since the Fall of 2022 I have focused on that. Perhaps you are someone who "doesn't get" abstract art meaning you like to see something recognizable in paintings in order to understand them. There are many different styles of abstract art and in my next blog I hope to shed a little light on a different way of looking at my paintings. You might be surprised!