Cathy McKelvey

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I am a nonrepresentational painter living in Atlantic Canada. I had thought about what I do as abstraction but non-representational painting is a better description. I'm not abstracting from the world around me. I'm making my invisible interior being, visible. I'm influenced by my experience in nature but I paint from within.

Although I spent my early years swimming in Lake Banook, you are more likely to find me now on or near the St. John River. I work in my studio in Dartmouth and also in a smaller summer studio in Wickham NB. I began painting at the Saidye Bronfman School of Fine Arts in Montreal in the 1990’s. There I was exposed to the work of Les Automatistes (Paul-Émile Borduas, Marcelle Ferron, Jean-Paul Riopelle) part of the surrealist movement of the last century. Painting which incorporates the subconscious is tremendously creative and satisfying.

My work is a reflection of my psychological state at any given time. I paint intuitively which means I follow my gut then respond to what happens. Because everyone is unique my response is unique to me at that time. I wouldn't be able to copy my own work if I tried because as time passes I also change and my impulses and responses change. I have spent many years learning techniques and rules. The trick now is letting all of that go and trusting myself.

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