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This collection draws inspiration from time I have spent in cottage country, where the landscape offers an abundance of colour, beauty, and experience. 

 

By punctuating these scenes with unexpected hues to emphasize light and shadow, I blur the boundaries of time and memory. The shifting palette of water, sky, and shoreline becomes less about a specific visit and more about the feeling of being there and the lingering joy it leaves behind. 

 

These landscapes reflect the generosity of the places that continue to invite me back.

Montgomery’s work is playful, both in process and product. She finds inspiration in daily life and cottage views. Her style and point of view as an artist are influenced by the years she worked as a professional graphic designer and photographer. She enjoys painting expressionistically, allowing confident, bold brushstrokes and carefully placed contrasting colours to build unexpected texture and energy. Her goal is to produce spirited, contemporary art with an air of nostalgia.

Montgomery has a B.S. degree in Studio Art. (1998) Her work can be found in collections throughout Canada and the U.S.

I slap and slide paint from the base of a canvas and move upward with my palette knife.  Unrefined segments of various shades and colour rock and roll, lines intercept blocks and many go beyond the forms they touch.  A rhythmic figure appears surrounded by a simple neutral background.  The figure is a dancer.  It's limbs flail, forms jump or twist and the body of my loosely composed figure vibrates with the music it hears.  The subject moves alone, unaware that viewers are watching. 

 

My abstract landscapes involve a dialogue or relationship between areas of intensity or excitement on the canvas and ‘space’.  The many times I have driven past Outaouais fields and inland roads near Mont Jolie, Qc. have left their imprint.  While still using geometric forms, the abstract landscapes are based on nature. 

 

I am interested in non-figurative art and the process of painting.  I often use cold wax mixed with my oil paints to add texture and to give forms a more matt surface.  I enjoy scraping and layering.  While working on a canvas, I am constantly solving problems.  I enjoy taking advantage of mistakes and letting the work have a mind of its own. 

 

The process is always a challenge.  

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