Anna Maria Dickinson

With every piece of artwork you see of Anna-Maria Dickinson’s collection, you glimpse the journey of her life filtered and infused with memory and nostalgia. A journey that began under the golden sun of the Caribbean, detouring through the state of Virginia and then settling in the breathtaking land of Canada. All her works are rich with enthusiasm and honesty, carefully generated from an eye for detail and an explosive use of the colour palette. On each canvas, there demonstrates the efforts of a brilliant mind and a gifted hand.

Many of Anna-Maria’s pieces have been showcased in galleries, museums and cultural venues in and around Toronto, Canada and in Virginia, US.  Her pieces can be found in private collections throughout Canada, the United States and the Caribbean.

Artist Statement
I have not painted my whole life. I gave it up when my two children were quite young. They were my life and everything I did at that time was geared toward nurturing these two small beings that were placed in my care. Twenty-five years later - I was determined to be an artist – to encourage and cultivate the artist within, so that I could paint a stroke and feel confident about it. I had the ability but it was just the matter of trusting that ability.   I paint in oil – it is “Anna-Maria friendly”, and it forgives me.

My fellow artists say that I have a split personality, one foot in the hot, steamy Caribbean (my Caribbean pieces) and one in the cool North (my Canadian pieces).  Now I think about it - I do have a split personality.

Through my Caribbean art I want you to absorb my love for the vibrancy, the movement and colour of the islands, for the slow times when there is never any hurry to get anywhere and a feeling that there is always another day to get things done.  My Canadian art depicts the beauty in the different seasons, the feeling of peace and quiet which is so much a part of where I am at this time in my life.  Lanes, paths and streams feature strongly in my paintings, they take you in to the worlds I want you to see, up to farmhouses tucked away in fields of corn, sheltered from the world.

I am passionate about each and every piece I paint and I hope you enjoy my view of the world.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
January 2008 – Metro Home Show – Toronto Convention Centre
April 2005 “The North & South of Me”, Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, ON
July 2004 Success Magazine Launch Party, Toronto, ON

Group Exhibitions

2007

October 2007 Fall Show and Sale, Orangeville Art Group, Orangeville, ON

(3^rd Place – People’s Choice Award)

July/September, 2007 “Listen to The Beat” Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory,

Alexandria, VA USA

September 2007 North of 89 Studio Tour

July/September 2007 Emancipation Festival Art Show, Grey Roots Museum, Owen Sound, ON

July/August 2007 Country Palette Artists, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, ON

June 2007 Caledon Gallery, Caledon, ON

April 2007 Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2006

October 2006 “Four Women and Their Art” Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, ON
August/September 2006 Grey Roots Museum & Archives, Emancipation Day Celebrations
May/June 2006 Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto ON
April 2006 Grey County Black History Event, Durham ON
March/April 2006 “Beneath the Surface” Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, ON

2005

September/November 2005 Silo Gallery, Dufferin County Museum, ON

September/November 2005 Headwaters Arts Festival, 10th Anniversary Festival Best of the

BestArt Show & Sale SGI Canada Caledon Center, Alton ON [Juried Show]

September 2005 Orangeville Art Group Annual Fall Show & Sale, Orangeville, ON
April/May 2005 Strokes of Art Show, Dufferin County Museum, ON

January 2005 The Millpond Gallery, Alliston ON (Juried Show)

 

2004

October 2004 Headwater’s Arts Festival, Dufferin County Museum ON (Juried Show)

Affiliations/Associations
Orangeville Art Group – Membership Chairperson

Dufferin Arts Council

Country Palette Artists

Permanent Representation
Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, ON

Stop Light Gallery, Shelburne, ON

CONTACT: ammartin147@gmail.com

Homepage: http://sunshineartgallery.ca/

First Spring Wash

The Blue Door

Behind The Blue Door

Listen to the Rhythm

Gathering Storm

Ageless Beauty