Wendy Wallace

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Muskoka Arts and Crafts / Artist and Maker

ARTIST STATEMENT

Painting from land, place and culture

Wendy Wallace is a graduate from the University of Toronto, Sheridan College, and University of Ontario. Wallace has received many grants from the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council. Wallace's work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and her works are in several public and private permanent collections.
I choose subjects based on my observations in the places and spaces I live, constructing compositions from experiential reality. The paintings are perceptions of change that have altered the environment, bringing to mind and revealing narratives and stories in the landscape. Overall my images encompass my experiential connections in nature, becoming cultural narratives.

Land Acknowledgment

Sense of Place
A sense of place and space has been inspired by the forests I visit and live, from Muskoka, Toronto, Ottawa, Peterborough, Oshawa and all the land around and in between. This work embodies the connection of the human condition animating experiential interactions and identifies the figure with in the landscape as a cultural symbol. These paintings are inspired by the inherent relationship of nature and humans encompassing my experiences, reflecting the human connection in nature that surrounds us everyday.

Caryatids of Peter's Woods
27 X 33 inches, 2024
Watercolour/Gouache on Arches hot press 140lb paper.
$1200 Framed

These great red oak trees saved me when I was lost and disoriented in the woods. The title connects to the female caryatids columns of the Acropolis. These stunning old growth trees reflect the strength, resilience and support that the ancient columns symbolized.

NEW to Sense of Place
Dancing Wetland Girl
27 x 33 inches. 2024
Watercol;our and Gouache on Arches 140lb paper.
$1200 Framed

Caryatid of Muskoka Shoreline
27 X 33 inches, 2024
Watercolour/Gouache on Arches hot press 140lb paper.
$1200 Framed

This old spruce grew out of an old growth stump left by the loggers in the depression. The tree has been subjected to many human interactions. This tree is a warrior connecting to the caryatid columns reflecting strength and resilience between nature and humans.

NEW to A Sense of Place
In the Willow
Watercolour and gouache on hot press 140lb rag paper. 2024
$700 Framed 17 x 21 inches.
$350 Unframed 11 x 15 inches.

Drifting through
15 x 18 inches. 2024
Watercolour/gouache on Arches hot press 140lb paper.
$600 Framed

Bridge Portal
21 X 18 inches, 2024
Watercolour/Gouache on Arches hot press 140lb paper.
$500 Famed

You came from me
21 X 18 inches, 2024
Watercolour/Gouache on Arches hot press 140lb paper.
$300 Famed

Finding this tree bent over from a previous storm yet continues to survive. Then not far down the road is the town of Baltimore with the turn of the century lumber mill still standing.

Gobbling Willow
Acrylic on canvas. 2024
35 x 35 inches. (Canvas depth 2.25 in.)
$900 unframed
$1500 Framed
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WHERE THE WILD GRAPES GROW

Algae on lake stones
Watercolour, gouache and ink on Handmade 300lb rag paper 2024
24 X 36 inches. 2024
$700 Framed
$400 Unframed

Muskoka Series

NEW to MUSKOKA SERIES
November Thaw on Muskoka River
Watercolour/Gouache on Arches hot press 140lb paper. 2024
$600 Framed 14 17 inches.
$300 Unframed 9 x 12 inches.