Perfect Day Painting

Ariel Shea is a visual artist living in Montreal, Quebec. Ariel is a self-taught painter, using oil paint on canvas, raw silk, and linen. Practicing for seven years, she has dedicated much of that time to define her style. It can be described as a bold, abstract expressionist evocation of landscapes, natural forms, and the nude figure. Ariel continues to experiment with techniques and styles to find her voice. She has shown extensively across Montreal, in galleries such as Erga, Centerfold, and Yellow Fish Gallery. Ariel has also taken part in several “pop up” gallery shows within the city. She participated in her first international show, “Canadian(in)Vision - Short and Loud” which took place in Naples, Italy, January of 2019, and showed work during Nuit Blanche Montreal 2019. Recently, Ariel has shown work online and has participated in charity auctions in lieu of gallery shows as a result of Covid-19. Ariel is currently painting in her home studio and working on a new body of work that incorporates her current style of abstracted landscapes – while challenging the ideas of expressionism.