Working on a Dream Painting

I'm an abstract artist living in Canada. I grew up with a keen interest in the arts and pursued many avenues of study including sketching, drawing, painting, figure drawing, colour theory, costume design, and art history. I work primarily in acrylics, but sometimes add some mixed media into my pieces. I generally start with colour and go from there. I enjoy the process of putting paint on the canvas to see what happens. I'm a great believer in altering the surface with interesting marks as I add and subtract layers of paint until something shifts into place. Joan Mitchell and Mark Rothko have been most influential in my work. Every mark, every colour speaks to me in an emotional way. And that's what I love about abstract art.