Liz Rae Dalton – Artist

"My art is inspired by years living on an island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River where I came face to face with Mother Nature in all of her forms. Life and art intertwined with sculptures and paintings, some larger than life, inspired by my experience."

Liz Rae Dalton

Liz Rae Dalton is a mid-career artist exploring sculpture and painting in a variety of media with an environmental focus inspired by her years living close to nature on Howe Island, Ontario, Canada.

She was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) and Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. and developed an art practice through teaching, exhibiting, and creating.

She maintains a live/work studio downtown Kingston, Ontario, where her artwork can be viewed by appointment.

Exhibitions include numerous juried, group, and solo, exhibitions in local, regional, and international settings including Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Kingston On.), Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre (Kingston, On.), Oeno Sculpture Garden (Prince Edward County On.), The Artist Project (Toronto, On.), Naples Art Association, (Naples USA), Marine Museum (Kingston, On.), Etobicoke Civic Centre (Etobicoke, On.), Tri-Art Gallery (Kingston, On.) Propeller Gallery (Toronto, On), Union Gallery (Kingston, On)

Statement

My creative process is one of discovery. Found shoreline wood and up-cycled finds are transformed and reimagined as sculptures and reliefs. Surfaces are carved as if by Mother Nature, and painted with luminous layers of textural encaustic paint sourced from bees and trees. Individual works may poetically suggest forms that awaken from my island life: humans, animals, flora, fauna, birds, sky, water, limestone, fields, trees, blooms, …

As always, beauty is woven into my work as a nod to Mother Nature’s incredible resilience in the face of our crisis.

I intend to offer the viewer artwork that is earthy and sensory to possibly trigger a closer connection to Mother Nature herself.

I wonder, can art make us love nature more?

Perhaps, ART = HOPE

 

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