Juanita Scerri
Juanita Scerri was born and raised in Malta, a little island in the Mediterranean and moved to Toronto Canada in 2002 at the age of 33, where she was introduced to the dot painting technique through a very dear friend , who had spent 3 months working for a well known Australian painter .
With her own appreciation for dreams, shapes and colours as well as her new interest in dot artwork and it's amazing dream painting, she was inspired to develop her sense of creativity which she carried, but never fully expressed. With her dreams being always very complex she chose a different path, simple real life dreams.
Her passion for dancing has inspired some of her past work and became stronger in her project called Dancing Dots in 2014. Juanita has exhibited her work in Solo Shows , including several restaurants in Toronto and also participated in a few Group Exhibitions.
In 2015 the self taught artist experienced a lack of interest and energy in pursuing her work and she ended up taking a 4 year long hiatus. In 2020 she decided to focus once again on her art and has created 12 new pieces in the last 6 months . Since there has been no opportunities to have physical art shows due to COVID restrictions , she took her art to online galleries and developed a social media presence.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I have never had a desire for a sense of planning in my life, my ideal has always been to enjoy every moment to the fullest. However I always found necessary a sense of order and flow around me. As a self taught dot painting artist, my past work was inspired by simple images or forms that symbolized moments in my life or passions like dancing. The dot art around the image was not usually planned and the dots ended up representing my emotions or moods, changing through the choice of colours and direction.
I have suffered off and on with depression and anxiety since I was 22 years old. When COVID hit , losing my job together with the long isolation , had an immense effect on my mental health for several months. Until one day, after a 4 year hiatus I decided to start painting again ! The 12 pieces of artwork created between the fall of 2020 till today have taken a new and exciting direction. They express the transformation from my negative struggles to my new positive perspective of life and well being. When I paint the flow and the colours of the dots evoke in me a great sense of relaxation and tranquility. My goal is to keep creating and feeling happy with the hope that perhaps I can also bring joy to the viewer and show that creativity can set your mind and soul free.
Today I’m pursuing my art vigorously and exploring different ways to enhance my dot painting technique, experimenting with 3D effects and optical illusions created by different sizes of dots . The name Dancing Dots I created in 2014 became the idea behind my dot painting technique , which brings my emotions to life through texture and allows me to express and share that which I cannot express with words.
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art” ~ Paul Cezanne
Juanita Scerri was born and raised in Malta, a little island in the Mediterranean and moved to Toronto Canada in 2002 at the age of 33, where she was introduced to the dot painting technique through a very dear friend , who had spent 3 months working for a well known Australian painter .
With her own appreciation for dreams, shapes and colours as well as her new interest in dot artwork and it's amazing dream painting, she was inspired to develop her sense of creativity which she carried, but never fully expressed. With her dreams being always very complex she chose a different path, simple real life dreams.
Her passion for dancing has inspired some of her past work and became stronger in her project called Dancing Dots in 2014. Juanita has exhibited her work in Solo Shows , including several restaurants in Toronto and also participated in a few Group Exhibitions.
In 2015 the self taught artist experienced a lack of interest and energy in pursuing her work and she ended up taking a 4 year long hiatus. In 2020 she decided to focus once again on her art and has created 12 new pieces in the last 6 months . Since there has been no opportunities to have physical art shows due to COVID restrictions , she took her art to online galleries and developed a social media presence.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I have never had a desire for a sense of planning in my life, my ideal has always been to enjoy every moment to the fullest. However I always found necessary a sense of order and flow around me. As a self taught dot painting artist, my past work was inspired by simple images or forms that symbolized moments in my life or passions like dancing. The dot art around the image was not usually planned and the dots ended up representing my emotions or moods, changing through the choice of colours and direction.
I have suffered off and on with depression and anxiety since I was 22 years old. When COVID hit , losing my job together with the long isolation , had an immense effect on my mental health for several months. Until one day, after a 4 year hiatus I decided to start painting again ! The 12 pieces of artwork created between the fall of 2020 till today have taken a new and exciting direction. They express the transformation from my negative struggles to my new positive perspective of life and well being. When I paint the flow and the colours of the dots evoke in me a great sense of relaxation and tranquility. My goal is to keep creating and feeling happy with the hope that perhaps I can also bring joy to the viewer and show that creativity can set your mind and soul free.
Today I’m pursuing my art vigorously and exploring different ways to enhance my dot painting technique, experimenting with 3D effects and optical illusions created by different sizes of dots . The name Dancing Dots I created in 2014 became the idea behind my dot painting technique , which brings my emotions to life through texture and allows me to express and share that which I cannot express with words.
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art” ~ Paul Cezanne
$950.00
Acrylic on canvas.
30x30"
We all know what this means and have experienced it at some point or another.
Created 2014
$900.00
Acrylic on canvas.
30x30"
That feeling you get when you calm your body and let everything go.......that sense of tranquility.
That same gentle feeling when you see a butterfly with it's colourful wings land on a flower.
$975.00
Acrylic on canvas.
18x24"
When I start a painting I usually start with the centre image and the dots around usually represent my moods through the choice of colours and flow . However as you can see in my previous post this time I started the other way round
The metallic colours for me are shiny and happy colours and when I started it all was good and well . The piece took longer than expected and throughout this period there was a cocktail of emotions and circumstances that affected this piece . That’s where the change happened with the blues and the reds .
I find myself not very sure about the result of this however I decided to post it because things aren’t always perfect or go the way we want them to go. Life is full of chaos and mixed emotions especially during this time .
$700.00
Acrylic on canvas
23.50x20.50"
Love yourself .
This piece was created for Valentine's Day 2021.
However I feel that it is a timeless piece
$475.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x20"
Nostalgia for dancing and romance which has not been possible this last year
Piece created 2021
$400.00
Acrylic on canvas.
8x10"
I am a bit of a perfectionist , especially when it comes to my art. If one dot is out of place I have to fix it. With this piece I wanted the woman's body to be perfect but realized that in real life no woman is perfect. It's important that you love yourself just the way you are cause you are beautiful!
$850.00
Acrylic on canvas.
18x24"
This was the first piece I painted after a 4 year haitus from making art.
In the summer of 2020 I suffered with anxiety for several months. As soon as I started painting everything aligned.
When you reunite with your inner passions , life shows you a different perspective.
$700.00
Acrylic on canvas.
18x18"
Be bright and shine. Be colourful!!
Sometimes all you need is a splash of colour !
In every piece I paint the dots always represent my emotions and moods, changing with the choice of colours and direction.
I find that when the sun is out and I feel happier, the colours of the dots become more vibrant, and the flow creates a feeling of dance.
I call it Dancing Dots
Piece created in 2021
$1,500.00
Acrylic on canvas.
24x30"
Spring is here and the sun is shining. What else is there to say?
If the sun is out so am I
Piece created in 2021