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Canadian-born Amy Shackleton is a skilled urban landscape painter with an inventive technique embracing gravity.

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Amy Shackleton

BIOGRAPHY

Canadian-born Amy Shackleton is a skilled urban landscape painter with an inventive technique embracing gravity. Her background includes a Fine Arts Honours Degree from York University, an extensive exhibition history (e.g. a 2017/18 National Tour exhibiting her 53’ interpretive panorama of Canada), and paintings displayed in hundreds of public and private collections (e.g. THEMUSEUM, Colart Collection, Facebook Canada and the University of Cincinnati).

ARTIST STATEMENT

Shackleton creates imagined urban landscape paintings using drips of liquid acrylic paint. “Drip painting” is considered a form of abstract art. Shackleton proves the opposite is possible. With over a decade of experience, she skillfully rotates her canvas and uses a water spritzer to manipulate the path of each drip. Architectural lines are highly controlled, while natural elements embody the spontaneous liquid impulse. Shackleton’s innovative drip painting technique has earned admiration from millions across the globe.

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Artist Statement

My paintings portray hypothetical futures that explore the relationship between nature and the city, simultaneously evoking optimism and concern. Drawing inspiration from my global travels, I merge imagery from multiple locations into a single scene, creating unexpected compositions. By integrating natural elements, such as trees, mountains, and bodies of water, with man-made structures, like skyscrapers, bridges, and highways, I invite viewers to contemplate the intricate ways in which the urban and natural worlds can coexist and interact.

My style is a fusion of contemporary drip painting and imaginative realism. I apply paint with squeeze bottles, manipulating the falling drips with water spritzers and by rotating the canvas. Natural forms emerge out of this organic paint application that mimics how gravity and rain erosion actually create environments. In contrast, my urban imagery is built with architectural precision. Dripping paint is used to create straight lines that are meticulously pre-planned using rulers and levels as tools.

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Toronto based artist Amy Shackleton is a recent graduate from York University’s BFA program. At only 25, she has exhibited paintings in New York, London, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. Shackleton has received multiple People’s Choice Awards in Toronto. She was a finalist in the 2010 Signature Art Awards at Degree Art Gallery in London and nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Palm Art Award in Germany. Her paintings brighten dozens of corporate and private collections across Canada and the United States. Shackleton currently paints full time in her studio in Toronto. She is represented by the Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto and the Gerry Thomas Gallery in Calgary.

Solo Exhibitions

2012

TERRACES: A Series Of Steps To A Sustainable Future, The Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, ON, April 5-29

2011

RevitalizaT.On, The Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, ON, September 1–25

Refresh, Gerry Thomas Gallery, Calgary, AB, March 10 – April 10

Liquid Cities, The Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto, ON, January 6–31

2010

Natural Capacity, Oakwood Village