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I wanted to share some great news with you! My “Portrait of Resilience” is included in the “I Am Here” Exhibition at the AGO, fifth floor, until August. The portrait is entitled ” Denise”, and was created to honour the … Continue reading
Hello! In my newest Eblast, I showcase a few of the latest projects I have completed for the Stratford Festival, the Brota Bio Art Galerie, and my own studio at Wychwood Barns. You can check out some of my pieces … Continue reading
I am currently creating a series of portraits of characters from the productions directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie during the startup of the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, U.S.A. In my latest Eblast, I discuss … Continue reading
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Check out my latest interview on the “Beyond the Frame” Podcast!
And here you can see it on the Propeller Art Gallery Website and their Facebook Page!
A year ago today, I was preparing for my departure to go fly off to the month-long BROTA Artist Residency in Buenos Aires, Argentina with my dear friend, Director Patricia Miani.
Thinking about the Residency, and anticipating travelling again as an artist, have stayed positive during this time.
Since March, during COVID-19, I have had a lot of time to relive these experiences and savour them.
It was a life-changing experience. I can’t stop thinking about all of the wonderful people that I met. The kindness of Patricia Miani and Patricia Gonzalez, Beatriz Ventura from the Canadian Embassy, Claudia Del Rio from Rosario, Argentina, Gachi Prieto of the PAC Residency, Buenos Aires Argentina, Guillermo Mena, Didier Rousseau – Navarre, France. I am looking forward to returning.
Here are some photos of December 2019 in Argentina to commemorate the transition from last year to this year.
This year, in December 2020, I took a trip southward to the Parkdale area in Toronto, Canada. I wanted to see the Gallery 1313 Parkdale Window Recovery project, which I was participating in – I found much more. A struggling, but vibrant community, autonomous and full of interesting individuals, independent stores, and artists. A world apart from anywhere else that I had visited during COVID-19. I find the forage and creativity inspirational.
Here is my walk, starting from Queen Street West, Toronto.
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Music, conversation, weather, travels. They synthesize into our perception of the world, reminding us that we are part of a larger community, even when our world seems to have shrunk to the size of a window pane.
Before COVID-19, Toronto artist Elizabeth Greisman began a series of paintings she created in response to music. While painting a sketch for an opera, she says, she noticed the musical score “was beautifully rhythmic and I responded to the melody by making a dot for every beat.” It was a new way of painting; she used it again while doing a residency in Buenos Aires. It’s a technique that also influenced the painting “Rain,” above, part of a series of works created during COVID “that involve isolation or, in this case, a concentration on the image of rain on the window pane, with the viewer looking outside … Imagine sitting in a window seat, so close to the window that you can see the droplets on the pane.”
She was reminded, during the pandemic, of the importance of collaboration. She spent much of her time working out of her studio at the Wychwood Barns artists’ complex; although secluded in her studio, she was surrounded by the collective, sharing ideas, even with social distance. “We dreamed together of better days ahead, and this positive energy fuelled the day-to-day struggle with imagery, colour, continuity and the meaning of each image. It was the first time I had opened myself up to dialogue about the work I was creating at the Barns and it is so valuable.” New work, too, will change to incorporate new techniques and experiences. “My colours have changed. I want happier, brighter, more illuminating colours and images,” she said. Creation is, after all, organic.
When we create something, it contains multitudes — people we’ve met, ideas we’ve had, places we’ve seen, music and art we’ve experienced. We continue to grow — even when we’re home, grounded.
By Deborah Dundas, Books Editor at Toronto Star
“The spirit and imagery of dance and music continue on in the paintings, even though the theatres and event spaces are shut during the virus.”
Toronto-based visual artist Elizabeth Greisman paints large format abstract oil paintings, which reflect the mediums of dance and opera.
Elizabeth is open to collaborations in dance and music.
The Irish Contemporary Dancers by Elizabeth Greisman in the alumni journal of the Trinity Laban Consortium London England