Andrea Stokes "Juicy Sky"20x20 in. gouache on canvas Andrea Stokes is an artist, abstract painter, and surface pattern designer who is strongly influenced by colour, form, and pattern in real and imagined landscapes and images. Her paintings are an investigation into the significance of colour in any composition, and rely on intuitive and emotive retention of remembered sensation and imagery. Andrea lives and works in Ottawa, on the traditional unceded territory of the

"I inked it in black then experimented with wiping some brown on

acrylic and photo transfer on panel

They invite the viewer to hold out their hand and touch the tips of the leaves

I wanted to show black people who are not allowed in the mainstream they found other ways to do it

"This is a picture from the weekly farmers market at Hoch Farm in Killaloe Ont

It has souvenirs of my dad in it

lush landscapes and superb draughtsmanship reflecting his studies of the Flemish

There is a picture of that in here

solo and group shows

Maybe from the old days of sawmills in Ottawa

acrylic and photo-collage on birch panel

I was thinking about this type of reversal when I placed the stars in this plein air painting from Round Lake