Susan Collett

Lineage Mapping - delicate, copper, oil ink, sketch, monoprint on archival paper

2015

Inspired by nature, this dramatic image of a swirling torrent is one in a series of monoprints created by Toronto print and ceramic artist, Susan Collett...

This contemporary white-on-white print by Susan Collett is one of a kind. Here the exquisite, detailed image of tree branches appears to have a textural quality. The Canadian artist ...

Delicately rendered tree branches ornamented with leaves in shades of hunter green, rose, ochre, burnt umber, and steel blue. Thin, wispy lines extend out from solid forms, and spira...

Susan Collet's monoprints are inspired by the colours, textures and shapes found in nature. A gifted ceramicist, Collett originally took printmaking at Central Tech High School in To...

Tree roots emerge from a vase to create a forest of trees in Christina Haglid's "Canopy". The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. Christina Haglid Canopy watercolor and gouache on paper 11h x 8w in 27.94h x 20.32w cm CMH033 Artist's Statement Tiny Sanctuaries There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences. At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...

STELLATA MAGNOLIA 2 is a new watercolor on Arches paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 30x22". Note the fluid precision of the tree, blossoming into...

Christina Haglid Monolith No. 5 watercolor and gouache on paper 8h x 9w in 20.32h x 22.86w cm CMH071 Artist's Statement Tiny Sanctuaries There has always been an intersection betwee...

My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...