Radical Acceptance, 36” x 30”

Radical Acceptance, 36” x 30”Acrylic on Wood Panel. This piece was created in a time when I was feeling very creative and inspired while also processing some hard truths. The brushstrokes show the process of an emotional release intertwined with owning my strength. Creating this piece reminded me that I can find beauty in the parts of me that others might not be able to accept. That I can accept the reality of disappointment but not let it consume me, I can let go of things I

Artistic experimentation of figurative abstract work specially created for Women's Show

It is so interesting to think of the people and the stories and the feelings

Colours and shapes take on an energy of their own and each layer of texture and colour I add reinterprets my thoughts and emotions

award-winning Canadian artist

and mixed media when called for

Magic hour is a time when you can see the world with soft eyes and find the beauty of nature everywhere

24” x 30” (edition of 10)

Come back for me next year

I can see the waters

and gestural marks to achieve its effect

Ontario-based artist Amy Shackleton is a skilled urban landscape painter with an inventive technique embracing gravity

Peonies only bloom for a short time at the end of May and what a show they put on