Gwen Duda

Rather than empowering what kills our motivation and spirit in the world, I rebel against that by focusing on creating nature-inspired positive, uplifting and vibrant original fine art in accessible and affordable small to large formats, limiting and/or eliminating ecologically harmful materials and methods in the process.

Having established a firm foundation in realism, I have grown into abstract expressionism to capture the evocation of what I see and feel when in nature. I find acrylics to be a great medium to convey the texture, energy, immediacy and spontaneity of the moods that are invoked by the natural world; be it a gloomy eve or a radiant summer day, quiet in the air or the rushing of waves. Oils also have their place in capturing evocative and luminescent scenes and subjects. Watercolours, coloured pencils, charcoal, oil pastel and so on, lend themselves to a specific moment or expression. These mediums help me to describe that moment that I am capturing or trying to express in a tangible, physical, emotional evocative form.

2020-2023 - Bachelor of Social Work - University of Regina, SK,
Canada
1997-98 - Advanced Oil Painting - University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
1987-90 - Art Director, Global Television Saskatoon, SK.
Canada
1984-87 - Designer/Illustrator, Federated Co-operatives
Ltd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
1982-84 - Illustration major - Art graduate, Red River
College, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1981 - Study with Professional Artist and Instructor Mr.
Abbus Elias

2023 - Bryn Mawr Art Show and Sale
Juried Exhibition, Malvern, PA, U.S.A
2019 - Bryn Mawr Art Show and Sale
Juried Exhibition, Malvern, PA, U.S.A
2019 - Neighborhood Gallery, Abstract Juried Group
Show, Toronto, Canada
2019 - Hashtag Gallery, Group Show, Toronto, Canada
2019 - Forest Hill Art Group Show and Exhibit,
Toronto, ON, Canada
2018 - All About Art - MossRehab Annual International
Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, U.S.A
2017 - Art Ability International Juried Art Show and Exhibit, Malvern, PA, U.S.A
2016 - Art For the View, International Juried Art Show and Exhibit, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A
2016 - Art Ability International Juried Art Show and Exhibit, Malvern, PA, U.S.A
2015 - The Square Foot Annual Art Show and Sale, Julia Veenstra Gallery, Hamilton, ON, Canada
2015 - All About Art, MossRehab Annual International Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, U.S.A
2014 - Texturescapes and Golden Adornments, Peter MacKendrick Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2014 - All About Art - MossRehab Annual International Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, U.S.A
2013 - Nature Up Close and Personal, Wychwood Gallery, Toronto, ON., Canada
2012 - All About Art - MossRehab Annual International Jur...