Meaghen Burdick
My name is Meaghen Burdick, I am a single mom and self taught artist located in the greater Toronto area. I have been passionate about art and painting since I was a young child. Over the years painting became a way for me to cope with the emotions surrounding traumatic experiences.
I lost touch with the brush in my late teens and turned towards fashion as an expressive outlet. This shift enabled be to gain a diploma in visual merchandising arts at Sheridan College. This is where I became versed in colour theory and composition. Through my journey in fashion I felt a creative void in my heart and soul. I was lacking the creative freedom of the brush and canvas.
Within the last two years, I fully immersed myself in acrylic painting. I classify myself as an intuitive painter, there is no planning before I put paint to canvas. Recently, I have begun small line works on paper as a way to simplify the world around us, bringing it back to basics. I will continue to learn, grow and explore every inch of the acrylic painting world.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My art is a representation of what lies within my soul. My journey with acrylic painting started as a way to work through traumatic experiences as a child. Painting became one with my emotions. Through colour and texture I explore how emotions can be translated onto canvas. The ability to touch and hold what we feel creates an inner connection on a full sensory level.
My name is Meaghen Burdick, I am a single mom and self taught artist located in the greater Toronto area. I have been passionate about art and painting since I was a young child. Over the years painting became a way for me to cope with the emotions surrounding traumatic experiences.
I lost touch with the brush in my late teens and turned towards fashion as an expressive outlet. This shift enabled be to gain a diploma in visual merchandising arts at Sheridan College. This is where I became versed in colour theory and composition. Through my journey in fashion I felt a creative void in my heart and soul. I was lacking the creative freedom of the brush and canvas.
Within the last two years, I fully immersed myself in acrylic painting. I classify myself as an intuitive painter, there is no planning before I put paint to canvas. Recently, I have begun small line works on paper as a way to simplify the world around us, bringing it back to basics. I will continue to learn, grow and explore every inch of the acrylic painting world.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My art is a representation of what lies within my soul. My journey with acrylic painting started as a way to work through traumatic experiences as a child. Painting became one with my emotions. Through colour and texture I explore how emotions can be translated onto canvas. The ability to touch and hold what we feel creates an inner connection on a full sensory level.
$140.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas
16x20"
This flower is a representation of the emotional struggles within.
The colour of the stem is vibrant, showing life and vitality. Though the flower itself is drooping, "hanging its head." Even though it seems so full of life, so vibrant, the weight of the world is pulling it down.
If only it could see how beautiful and strong it really is.
$90.00 CAD
Acrylic
10x10"
A male side portrait study. Experimentation utilizing one colour to create a portrait with depth and dimension.
$120.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas
16x20"
Layers of colour and shapes were used to create the foundation for this resting woman. It is time for rest, time for recovery, time for her to restore all that was lost.
$200.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas
18x24"
An expression of inclusivity. We are all the same no matter what we look like. Look deeper into who we are at the core, find what lies beneath the layers we have built up.
$900.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas
30x40"
I utilized colour to tell a story of an emotion showing its true colour through the skin. This piece is an interpretation of how I see emotions if they had a colour.
$340.00 CAD
Mixed media on canvas (framed).
17x21.50x2"
A combination of acrylic paint and molding paste were used to create the texture. The explosion of colour that make up the face represents us as a collective whole. We are all made the same.
$200.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas.
20x16"
A continuous motion of the brush was used to create the blending affect, bringing life into this piece. The light and dark are a play on what lies within us, let it see you in the light and find you through the dark.
$250.00 CAD
Mixed media on canvas.
14x14x2"
Layers of texture created with acrylic paint and molding paste. A play on light and dark.
$200.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas.
14x14x2"
A play with warm and cool tones were used to create this wondrous sight.
$340.00 CAD
Acrylic on canvas.
24x20x2"
A combination of palette knife and brush were used to add layer upon layer of paint to create this piece.
$100.00 CAD
Acrylic on 140lb paper (framed).
8x10"
Take a moment. Take a breath. Take a sip.
$110.00 CAD
Acrylic on 140lb paper (matted and framed).
16x12x2"
Heart beat of the city. The sound of life, of home.