Complete!

These six (details of) paintings are now complete and will be shown at @westlandgallery in September 💙 Details forthcoming.

Here’s the next painting in my reflection series. Just loving that vivid blue 💙 36x36” / acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas 

New work

New work! 

I interpreted this from a photo I took when we were camping. The following two slides are what it looks like hanging on a wall, to show perspective. This is not my house 😉 but an app designed specifically for this kind of thing. 

48”x36” / acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas (meaning the sides have a depth of 1.5”)

 

New work

New work 🤍 My reference was from a bit of ditch water down the street, leading to what we call Frog Pond. 

💫Beauty is everywhere💫

36x36 / acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas / available

Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering ~Ben Okri

The years teach much which the days never know ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Last painting of the year

Last painting of the year! Happy holidays everyone. I’ve shown this piece in a couple settings to give you the look of it on a wall : )

Absolutely loved painting this! 

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas / 48x36” / available

Work in progress

 

Show Opening

Opening Reception TOMORROW, Thursday November 18th.

Music + refreshment + ART 🎉

33 Charles Street East, Toronto, 7-9pm

See you there!

 

New work

 New work. This one was a journey 💪 I started it back in August and then kept putting it back against the wall. I just didn’t know where I wanted to take it. If you can believe it it was going to be the start of a black and white series 😅 Anyway, it finally came together yesterday. 36”x60” / acrylic on canvas. #landscapepainting #greenpainting #forestpainting #colourfulartwork

Show at Westland Gallery

Today’s the day! Swing by @westlandgallery and have a 👀 and chat with @moore_n and @tracybultjeartist and me 🤍 1:00-4:00, 156 Wortley Road, London. If you can’t make it to the opening but would still like to see Rooted and Refreshed, the show runs till Saturday, August 28th.

New show!

Water Whirl / 36x60in / oil on canvas

I love how you can bring out different colours on paintings depending what’s in the room with them. And that tub! ✨  

This piece will be at @westlandgallery in London for my show Rooted and Refreshed with @moore_n and @tracybultjeartist. You’re invited to the opening this Saturday from 1-4. Would love to see you there! #abstractpainting #abstractedlandscape #canadianartist #artshowopening #colourful #fresh #interiors 

Happy New Year

 Don’t let the door hit you on the way out 2020🚪Grateful of course for many, many things but also happy to see the back end of this loathsome year. 

Looking back at 2020 saw my painting take a bit of a backseat—sustaining concentration was often a challenge 😑—but I started up a tea towel business that has been very gratifying. Definitely a plus. I also ran a kindness project (another plus). I discovered a love of Cheetos and Nerds (this has got to be a minus. Apparently desperate times do require desperate measures). I loved seeing all the “C’est va bien aller”s in people’s windows. I did not love that hugs and handshakes got cancelled. I loved seeing so many people out walking in the evenings. I did not love not being able to have people in our home. And on and on.

So here’s to 2021. May it be a kinder year. I wish each of you days filled with love, peace and belonging. A gentle spirit and curious, intelligent conversation. Laughter to chase away sadness. Drive out loneliness and ask for what you need. Onward.

-solidarity-

Small sections of a larger painting in progress. If summer is dragging it’s heels I will drag it kicking and screaming into my studio LOL
#whereareyousummer #oilpainting #texture #colour #abstractpainting #contemporary #originalart #interiordesign #canada #toronto #workinprogress #wip

“Say what you mean” is a painting from 2018. This one is at my studio. If you’re interested, message me for details! It is 30”x36”, acrylic on canvas. I offer free local delivery or safe pick-up.
#artforsale #contemporaryart #nonobjective #abstractpainting #interiors #yourlifeneedsart #originalart #interiordesign #canadian

Midnight in the garden / 36x36in / acrylic on canvas available @canvasgalleryto in Toronto. Yes, they are still selling 😊 Galleries continue to work hard for their artists and have adapted to the new normal. Call them and they will be more than happy to guide you on how to proceed! *2019 

#originalart #canvasgalleryto #interiors #design #art #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #colourful #toronto #yourlifeneedsart

I was talking to my husband yesterday about how I missed going out for a coffee and going to cafés and parks. Every day feels pretty similar and the calendar is empty. Last night on tv there was a scene where somebody bent close to someone and handed them a drink and I was like *woah on the social distancing—and she’s not even wiping that down!* lol

I guess we adapt fairly quickly to what is required of us but I sure miss being close to people. I think some days people are up and other days people are like “what the heck 😞”

I’ve been wondering if there’s a little something I could do that might spread a bit of sunshine. And then I thought of this: some nice mail. Pretty simple. 🤷‍♀️ If you or someone you know could use some surprise mail DM me and I’ll mail them a note with a small drawing, a poem or a favourite recipe. We’ll see how it goes! 😊 #kindness #surprisemail #thingswillgetbetter 

I’ve been taken with all the rainbows taped in windows and hung on doors as a way of spreading hope and optimism during this pandemic. I’ve read it began in Italy and has spread worldwide. What a small but beautiful thing.🌈 I’ve decided to keep a photo journal of sorts of all the ones I see. Right now I’m in Montreal and the rainbows I’ve snapped are in my stories. 🌤🌈 Hope + love my friends 💛

#cavabienaller #rainbows #pandemic #hope #arcenciel #covid #chasingtherainbow

#aprilforartists2020 

18. Tip or advice: paint, paint, paint. Persevere. Always be curious. 

19. Artist outfit: old jeans, t-shirts + hoodie, 10 year old painting apron. 

20. Challenge you’ve faced: Having engaging social media accounts when you are a private person! 🙈😂

21. Colour palette: ^pic 1^

#kimrempelart #artistchallenge #colourpalette

#aprilforartists2020 challenge Day 15: Art on the wall.

Here’s a recent painting of mine called “At Ease”. It’s 36x48in, oil on panel, $2400. Available at Canvas Gallery in Toronto. Yep! Even now. 👌 Canvas just moved into a new space and from what I can see online it looks spectacular. Sales are still happening so if you’re interested, hop on over to their page and give them a call!

@canvasgalleryto 

#interiors #freshpaintings #blue #modernart #abstractart #canadianart #kimrempelart #toronto

Day 10-13. Caught up on the challenge.

10 - Main inspo: Nature!

11 - On your table: Books

12 - Side job/ other life: I do have a very small other job. I’m at sensory panelist at a research station. But it is only 1.5hrs a week. What I love to do on the side though is BAKE! The last picture is the Yule log I made last Christmas. 🥰

13 - Work in progress. Actually just starting the process so all I would have to show is a gessoed board ; ) Boring.

#aprilforartists2020 created by #phoebeganderart