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After stepping away from her practice for several years to raise her children, she returned to the studio with a renewed creative vision  focusing on painting, and more specifically, on capturing the charm and personality of animals through a playful and expressive lens.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eWorking primarily in oil and acrylics, Stacey’s work is characterized by its vibrant colour palettes, imaginative compositions, and a distinctly lighthearted tone.  Her goal is to create artwork that brings joy, curiosity, and makes people smile.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eHer creative influences include all things outside including architecture,  design, nostalgic cartoons.  Each painting is both a visual escape and an invitation to view animals and life with a sense of wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a visual artist working in acrylic and oil mainly on wood panels. My current focus is on animal subjects, which I depict in a representational yet imaginative way. I’m especially drawn to their expressions and body language, and I aim to capture a sense of character and narrative in each piece. The images range from how you and your eye recognize the animal in every day life.  We don’t know what they think, we can’t speak to them, they can’t speak to us-we just see them and may interact if they are our pets.  As well as images that play creatively on how I may see them within an imaginative way doing things we humans do. \r\u003cbr\u003eMy influences are wide-ranging and include nature, architecture, design, and elements of vintage visual culture such as old cartoons. And I love to travel to see new things or old things with a brand new sky.  All these things spark my imagination and build creativity.  Children’s books and television cartoons where animals are driving cars and talking is where my theme plays out adding a fun to the exhibit.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to my artwork, I typically begin with a set concept or theme but I try allow the process to guide the direction of the work. So the original idea may lead to something even more exciting. Surface and texture are important elements in my work, which is why I prefer working with wood panels.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, my goal is to create artwork that resonates with viewers by evoking a story, or simply offering a smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"where-the-dogs-are","title":"Where the Dogs Are","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on wood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30x40x1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Original artwork) My idea here was to paint with boxes-the idea of squares like a comic book with dogs in them.  I wanted 3 different types of dogs with different expressions of feelings.  When a dog is happy-everyone who sees him feels it and smiles with him.  The middle dog was from a quick picture my daughter was able to take as we drove away from him and catch him blinking!  And then this beautiful old pup is giving us the look of endearment.  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Eventually I found one, but being king of the jungle, I needed a big piece of art to paint him on.   So this large round panel seemed fitting.  I also had been wanting to do the diamond shape design as a background-and gold seemed fitting in colour for the king of the jungle.  I still wanted a bit of a lively mood to the picture which is where the setting of him being like a majesty in his cloak at his chair.  And the lamb on his lap.  There are many stories about the lamb and the lion.  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Each animal on a farm is so unique in nature and as well as their reason to be there.  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