Candis Flesher-Dodds

I am a self- taught intuitive artist, painting almost exclusively in acrylics. I love the vividness and dynamics of playing with contrasting color/light emanating from darkness, once likened to the reflection of stained glass.

My subject matter is reflective of my immediate world, or the experience of life as I have observed it.
It is often nature inspired and psychologically based. I place great emphasis on the beauty of life, not its illusive qualities. The love of playing with paint, splashing color, and following where it leads, is my greatest passion-whether it be through a painting-layering colour on floors, doors, walls and or playing with textures-sand, pebbles, mixed media-using brush sponge bristles fingers, palette knife etc
My process begins with meditation and following my brush where it leads using an umber wash -there is no plan -though in some instances the subject has been intuited through words,-IE.my husbands poetry
My actual pursuit of painting began after a self discovery retreat -where we were given a series of exercises related to discovering our life's passion or purpose. The answer I received three times was play with paint- After returning home, I was invited by a family friend -who was an artist...

Exhibits:
The Golden Gallery, Tobermory, ON 1999
The Iron Works Gallery, Lowville, ON 2000
Redeemer College, Hamilton, ON. WAAH member exhibition. 2001
Art Gallery of Hamilton, ON. WAAH 2002
Izzy's Hamilton ON Solo Exhibition 2003
Art in the Park, Oakville ON-2003
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, ON. Solo Benefit Show. "The Butterfly Collection". 2005
Unity Retreat Centre, solo exhibition, Hamilton ON 2005
Hamilton Beautification Project, BIA City of Hamilton (second and third place winner) 2006
Berkshire Visual and and Performing Arts Centre Lee MA 2011
The Good Purpose gallery -Lee MA 2011
Sol Mexicano Galeria del Arte Ajijic MX solo show 2015
Ojo Del Lago publication -cover visual -Nov 2015
ASA Ajijic Society of the Arts -juried show 2015-2016
ASA Open Studio art tour 2016