"Naughty by Nature," 30" x 30"

"Naughty by Nature," 30" x 30"Cold Wax, Oil, and Acrylic on Wood Panel. Bring a little magic to your life in a form of abstract art! Karen Jeffrey is an abstract artist working in acrylic, and cold wax, and oil. Shes an OCAD graduate and an accomplished Pastry Chef. Actually, her two favorite tools for painting are her pastry palette knife and her plastic bowl scraper. Each painting is a collection of fragments from Karens memories of travels, they come together to form a larger

Things are blooming all around us and even within us

one of her great influences

Once when we were snapping beans and shelling peas from the garden

the forms manifest more organically

and marveling at the little birds who use the wide blue sky as their playground

seemingly dancing throughout the day as the natural light in the room shifts

Loretta Kaltenhauser's works can be found in private collections in Canada

and wisdom

I created this when I was falling in love with my partner

The inspiration for Toronto-based artist Marta Stares comes from her canoe and backcountry camping trips in Northern Ontario

and texture

and sometimes unexpected