Laura Beaton
Laura Beaton
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Title: Dance of the Blue Jay
Medium: Chinese Ink on Rice Paper
Size: 21 ½ “hxx25”w Framed
I Am What I Am Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Size: 15”x15” Framed
Winter Moons (Triptych)
Medium: Chinese Ink on Rice Paper Size: (each) 22 ½ “ x 15 ½” Framed
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Different Yet the Same
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Size: 19”x19” Framed
Into the Light Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Size: 20”x16” Unframed
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Artist’s Statement
I am a visual fine artist whose art merges techniques from Chinese Brush Painting and North American acrylics to create works that are representative of the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western art.
As a child and during one or our monthly trips to Toronto’s Chinatown, my father purchased an antique tea wagon as a gift to my mother. It was painted with Chinese Brush Painting and my passion for the art was born.
During those trips, I was drawn to the vivid colours of gem stones. Purple, green, topaz. I took in the sights, the sounds, the flavours and the colours: ruby, amethyst, sapphire blue and yellow. And Gold. Porcelain, silks, and art. The colours and art techniques fuelled my imagination and continue to be my inspiration as I transform inks and acrylic paints into art creations.
I have exhibited in Ontario and in China. I’ve studied Chinese Brush Painting under Masters Baoxing ZHANG, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO and William HO, and abstract acrylics under Mark Cope, Mila Duric and Halina Wyluda-Kazmierczak.
My intent is for inks and acrylics to create scenes of balance and harmony. I start with meditation and then initiate the painting process. Each brush stroke is deliberate, from the tiniest of marks to the largest of strokes. I paint with purpose. Movement and the flow of an idea or feeling allow the ink or acrylics to evolve as my imagination expands. My works have been called ethereal, soothing, surreal and mysterious; they represent a journey of my mind. I am an organized and detail oriented individual, yet when it comes to my art I crave freedom to let go and express myself without inhibition and as I truly am, regardless of societal labels.
Why do I paint the way I do? It is what happens when art is the tool to create mutual respect and appreciation between culturally diverse peoples.
My art practice empowers me to gather information, digest it and turn it into wisdom.
I am a visual fine artist whose art merges techniques from Chinese Brush Painting and North American acrylics to create works that are representative of the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western art.
As a child and during one or our monthly trips to Toronto’s Chinatown, my father purchased an antique tea wagon as a gift to my mother. It was painted with Chinese Brush Painting and my passion for the art was born.
During those trips, I was drawn to the vivid colours of gem stones. Purple, green, topaz. I took in the sights, the sounds, the flavours and the colours: ruby, amethyst, sapphire blue and yellow. And Gold. Porcelain, silks, and art. The colours and art techniques fuelled my imagination and continue to be my inspiration as I transform inks and acrylic paints into art creations.
I have exhibited in Ontario and in China. I’ve studied Chinese Brush Painting under Masters Baoxing ZHANG, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO and William HO, and abstract acrylics under Mark Cope, Mila Duric and Halina Wyluda-Kazmierczak.
My intent is for inks and acrylics to create scenes of balance and harmony. I start with meditation and then initiate the painting process. Each brush stroke is deliberate, from the tiniest of marks to the largest of strokes. I paint with purpose. Movement and the flow of an idea or feeling allow the ink or acrylics to evolve as my imagination expands. My works have been called ethereal, soothing, surreal and mysterious; they represent a journey of my mind. I am an organized and detail oriented individual, yet when it comes to my art I crave freedom to let go and express myself without inhibition and as I truly am, regardless of societal labels.
Why do I paint the way I do? It is what happens when art is the tool to create mutual respect and appreciation between culturally diverse peoples.
My art practice empowers me to gather information, digest it and turn it into wisdom.
