New Paintings by Amy Shackleton and Mark Liam Smith

We are very excited to have brand new work by Amy Shackleton and Mark Liam Smith on display and for sale this June.

Shackleton's paintings explore the evolving relationship between nature and cities. Using natural forms as examples for sustainable design, she suggests innovative solutions for urban planning and development. Amy Shackleton's paintings are highly sought after, and sell fast. Don't miss this opportunity to see her newest work in person.

Recover (New York and Vancouver) -SOLD
Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas, 35 x 50 inches, 2016 

Season Finale (New York and Vancouver) -SOLD

Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas, 35 x 50 inches, 2016 

Renewal (New York and Vancouver) -SOLD
Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 35 x 50 inches, 2016 

Mark Liam Smith's paintings are visual works of fiction: he creates a narrative using shape, colour, and characters, carefully considering the chromatic and spatial relationships in his paintings to achieve movement and balance. Mark Liam Smith is an emerging artists recently discovered by the Elaine Fleck Gallery. He is extremely prolific and is gaining momentum quickly. Smith will also be showing at SCOPE BASEL 2016 from June 14-19 in Basel, Switzerland.

THE AUCTION HOUSE -SOLD 

oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016

Flowers for Fibonacci

oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016

Game Theory 

oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, 2016

March 2016 KATHY KISSIK and DAVID FREDRIK

March 2016 The Elaine Fleck Gallery presents work by renowned American artist Kathy Kissik and introduces the work of David Fredrik.


KATHY KISSIK
Kathy Kissik is a Miami-based artist known for her fusion of contemporary and historical photography with found objects. Kissik earned her BFA degrees from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and Tufts University where she was a fifth year Travelling Scholar recipient, then enrolled in a post-graduate program at the University of New South Wales.

Photography Based Mixed Media Collage by Kathy Kissik

Trained primarily in photography and welding, Kathy Kissik’s mixed media collages are often architectural. She photographs her subjects – with a traditional medium format camera and occasionally digitally – from slightly skewed perspectives, recording the shifting of light with the passage of time. Then Kissik builds out sculptural collages with contrasting textures and found objects for a multifaceted effect. Metals have an unspoken vocabulary in her practice that subtly transmit information to the viewer.

"My vision has always been to evoke how a place feels." -Kathy Kissik

DAVID FREDRIK

David Fredrik's mixed-media works blend chaos and harmony, all while expressing different “stories from the streets”.

David’s extensive world travels inspire his focus on global subcultures. His paintings aim to reflect the beautifully imperfect surroundings of urban city life. A focus on dense layers and coarse deconstruction form his signature pieces. His background in Advertising, Graphic Design, and Typography heavily influence his compositional approach.

In 2014, David was named an "Artist to Invest in Now" by Saatchi Art. 

The Elaine Fleck Gallery has moved to 1351 Queen Street West. Our last location of eight years, 888 Queen Street West, was a wonderful venue and location but frankly did not have enough space for us to grow any further in. Our new location consists of 1500 square feet of usable gallery, office and inventory space with a wonderful court yard in the back. We have moved literally 5 minutes away or 1.7 km west.

I want to warmly thank Bill Riopka, Mark Liam Smith, Inger whist and Juliette Vermeersch for their great contribution to the move and renovations, they are true friends to the gallery and the Elaine Fleck Gallery is enriched because of them.

After a month of moving, renovating and organizing we are now hanging our first show in our new gallery space featuring brand new work by Elaine Fleck Gallery represented artists Karen Colangelo and Lloyd Arbour.

I encourage everyone to come out to the gallery to view and purchase this exceptional artwork. As emerging artists quickly gaining a strong following the price point of their work is still a bargain.



KAREN COLANGELO

My latest work is a Contradiction. I begin each piece with the primary colours. I allow these three contenders in the match to create a stage for mixing and matching. A dance that invites in secondary colours and eventually pushes out the final players…the tertiary colours.

I am going for the impact of colour as I lay complementary colours next to each other. As Monet once quoted in 1888, "colour makes its impact from contrasts rather than from its inherent qualities....the primary colours seem more brilliant when they are in contrast with their complementary colours” and eventually when placed next to each other, complements making each other appear brighter. This is the excitement I am trying to create for the viewer of my performance.

My painting technique uses the opposite of brushes. I putty up sheets of plexi-glass with an acrylic paint and drag the paint along the canvas surface creating my movement. As one colour dries I drag its opposite complementary colour across it. Working in this style I am creating layers of brilliant colours that grab your attention.

My goal is to create peace from Contradiction. Warm tones against cool tones. Dark colours against vibrant ones. Dry paint looking wet. All that contradiction turns into a beautiful visual harmony that is pleasing to the eye. I want the viewer to experience an inner sense of order and balance.






Lloyd Arbour

Arbour’s most recent work experiments with architecture, trains, maps, blueprints, photography and collage. Mediums play off, challenge, or complement one another. He creates unique urban designs that incorporate the new with the old to create imagery that is impactful. His recent work is a face lift to ordinary day to day elements of an urban city. His work allows the viewer to explore another perspective to the subdued or ordinary views of city life.

He uses advanced programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and various techniques to construct his complex pieces of art.

Fleck Fine Art fall-winter 2015

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Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival 2013: Featuring Photography by Inger Whist and Jamie Day Fleck

 For the month of May, The Elaine Fleck Gallery is featuring photography collections by Inger Whist and Jamie Day Fleck as part of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

Inger's work is based on a succession of photographs pieced together making up a panoramic still-point. The viewer revisits this still-point with a curved piece framed in plexiglas titled "The Wave" taken near Cape Town, South Africa. Her collection also features waterfront panoramic photographs taken in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Jamie's collection appropriately named "Night Portraits" is cinematically inspired scenes with people placed as lone characters in implied drama. Using the cities as stages, the environment, pools of light and neon lighting become almost a character itself through connotation and imposing a sense of place. The collection captures mundane moments in city settings highlighting the beauty yet isolation. "As the project progressed it became apparent this this was not just about the city but about urban living. It was about what it was like to live in a big, formidable city like New York: the beauty and isolation. While one can be surrounded by people, one can simultaneously feel alone."

Both collections are inspiring and unique. All work are for sale and will be exhibited until May 30th. Commission are also available upon request.