{"title":"Kassy Petrine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"max-height: 300px; max-width:55%\" src=\"https:\/\/helloart-prod-bucket.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/artist\/kassy-petrine\/kassy-petrine-profile_ymuZPWg.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a Canadian abstract artist based in Gatineau, Quebec. Through vibrant colours, layered textures, and intuitive composition, I create artwork that celebrates joy, curiosity, and the journey back to oneself. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eMy artistic practice began unexpectedly during recovery from burnout in 2024, when painting became a way to reconnect with creativity, play and self-expression. After years spent pursuing achievement, building a career, and checking all the boxes I believed would lead to fulfillment, I realized I had become disconnected from myself.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eWhen I discovered painting, something shifted. For the first time in a long time, I wasn't focused on performance, productivity, or outcomes. \r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eToday, my work serves as a reminder that life is about more than achievement and productivity. Through each piece, I invite viewers to slow down, embrace possibility, and find moments of beauty in the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eARTIST’S STATEMENT\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than anything, I hope my artwork brings the same sense of joy to others. I don't see my paintings as products, but as pieces that continue their journey when they leave my studio. Just as they helped bring light and connection into my own life, my hope is that they find homes where they inspire moments of happiness, reflection, and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-green","title":"First Green","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20x24\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by spring, the season where what felt lost slowly finds its way back. The birds return, the grass turns green again, flowers begin to bloom, and after a long season of hibernation, you start feeling like yourself again too.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThis painting was inspired by that feeling of emerging from hibernation: the slow reawakening after stillness, the gentle return of life where there once seemed to be none.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kassy Petrine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568642719847,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794335370_41048.jpg?v=1794406670"},{"product_id":"blooming-elsewhere","title":"Blooming Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20x24\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting is about the complicated grief of being a woman who doesn't want children.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eIt's the strange sadness of watching a train leave a station when you never bought a ticket, and never intended to... You never planned to get on. You never wanted the destination. You are happy staying where you are. But as the train pulls away carrying people you love, you realize they are traveling somewhere together, a place you'll never go. The grief isn't about missing the journey. It's about knowing that, from this moment on, your paths will be different, and that you will remain outside an experience that connects people.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThis piece explores the loneliness of watching others move into a shared experience while remaining certain of your own path. It holds the tension between freedom and loss, certainty and grief, and asks whether it is possible to mourn a life you never wanted, not because you wish you had chosen differently, but because your choice, even the right one, comes with something left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kassy Petrine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568647176295,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794335724_58137.jpg?v=1794406731"},{"product_id":"rising-5","title":"Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20x24\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kassy Petrine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568651370599,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1794336067_20283.jpg?v=1794406771"},{"product_id":"sugar-rush","title":"Sugar Rush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20x24\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI painted (and repainted) this piece six times trying to get it right, but really, I was just trying to talk to my younger self. To trace back that uninhibited, sugar-fueled joy of childhood before the world told us how things \"should\" look.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003e​Heavy textures, messy swirls, and zero apologies. 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A place where I could share my thoughts without the weight of being known. A place where honesty felt safer than performance.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAnd in that space, I started reconnecting with parts of myself I hadn’t heard from in a long time...\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eWhen I look at this painting, I see something childlike. Because children haven’t yet learned to perform. 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