Artist Spotlight - Tanya Slingsby

Tanya Slingsby works independently from a 2,000 sq. ft. studio gallery in Vancouver, Canada. Since 2002, she has focused solely on abstraction in painting, creating visual discourses on primordial and ethereal states in nature and the human condition. Using a formalist approach, Slingsby explores the energetic and emotional interplay of colour, texture and surface. Each work is a meditative addition and subtraction, layering polymer resin, pigment and encaustic 'mis en plat'. Tanya completed her Bachelors Degree with Honours in Fine Arts and History of Art at the University of Victoria and holds a Masters Degree in Aesthetics and History of Art by scholarship from the University of Sussex, UK.



Many thanks to Tanya for donating this piece which will be part of the Live Auction at Unite with Art.






Nuru
201048 x 48 inches
mixed media on canvas
estimated value - $7,500.00
Donated by the artist.


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Artist Spotlight - Michael Fitzsimmons

Michael Fitzsimmons is a Canadian artist living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in Vancouver. His studies include Capilano College, Alberta College of Art and Emily Carr College of Art graduating in 1980 (Interdisciplinary Studies) where he received the Helen Pitt Award.

He is an owner/partner of a custom furniture finishing business Zebo Designs in Vancouver, where he has worked and experimented with colours for over 22 years, and not painting art for over 20 years. Michael started painting artworks again in 2005, working with a variety of industrial paint materials focusing on colour, light and texture. The use of his unique materials and techniques create interesting surfaces that invite the viewer to look closer.

Michael generously donated this piece which will be part of Unite With Art's Live Auction on June 3rd, 2010
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Michael Fitzsimmons
Field, 2008
60 x 80 inches
catalyzed lacquer on panel
estimated value $5,000.00
Donated by the artist.