Jessica Whiting

Jessica Whiting is an abstract visual artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Like many abstract artists, Jessica’s artistic aesthetic has evolved drastically over the years. As a graphic artist in the mid-2000s, her pieces where rendered entirely digitally using hundreds of layers over each other. At this time she was inspired by the “cutting and pasting” of existing images to create entirely new image. When abstracting a small piece of something and compiling it with many other different pieces, the subtle (and some not so subtle) emotions embedded in the textures, curves, architecture and shapes of each form can together tell an entirely new story.

In later years, Jessica had created mixed-media pieces, again using layers upon layers, creating non-digital versions of her once digital-only technique. This method has included acrylics, inks, paper, transfer and pretty much anything else that creates interest. What peaked her interest the most in this process was the somewhat accidental capture of organic movement. When left in the hands of gravity and chemical reactions, dyes and pigments can perform incredibly beautiful movement. This was the story her paintings where looking to tell.

In 2018, entirely focusing on this n...

Alberta College of Art + Design