Julia Yakobi

ARTIST STATEMENT I paint landscapes – trees, mountains and water. I simplify what I see to impart calm and serenity into my work. There is a dream-like quality to the paintings that takes them a step towards the abstract and away from the figurative.I paint with acrylics because they best allow me to represent the…

ARTIST STATEMENT My passion for the wilderness areas of Canada is rooted in my early exposure to these places as a child. I grew up in a town poised on the edge of many conservation and parks areas, so access wasn’t just easy, it was an expected part of the adventure of growing up. A…

ARTIST STATEMENT Sabine Liva paints abstract portraits of a certain somewhere. Subtle, yet orderly, arranged parallel planes of imagery represent sky, water and ground. Her treatment of her subject is entirely contemporary. These are evocative atmospheric landscapes. Balanced composition, layered cloth-like textures, harmonious colours, movement grounded by the horizon, a seldom and unexpected vignette of…