About my Art
My watercolour and acrylic paintings reflect my connection with nature and the coexisting relationship and interconnections with the environment.
Water's reflective depth and translucency has inspired my need to explore the mysteries of fluctuating patterns and light. Light through water distorts and refracts images and combined with other external elements add to the complexity and shift in our perceptions of reality.
The intangible energy and spontaneous imagery stimulates my imagination and plays a vital role in my creative process. I intuitively recreate the fragmented imagery and linear trace elements through brush or palette knife on canvas or wood panel. My personal photography is often a reference and starting point for a new painting.
I find a greater freedom of interpretation as a result of observing the infinite complexity and fluidity of water reflections.
Water is my vehicle of expression.
"Blue Continuum" Acrylic on Canvas_ 22x30x1.5
Discover My Art Journey
My Background
Roslyn Ramsay creates visually compelling and emotionally engaging artwork with her focus on light interactions, motion and the energy of water. Her artwork is a visual experience of colour, texture and emotion that is reminiscent of abstract expressionism and representation.
As a visual artist, born in Toronto, she maintains her studio in Kitchener Ontario. Her inspiration flows from experiences living on lakes in northern Ontario and Quebec and her travel experiences throughout North America and recent trip to Paris France.
Her first experience in watercolour was at the Doon School of Fine Arts (now the Homer Watson Gallery) in Kitchener as a teenager. She moved to northern Ontario and continued mentorship studies in oil and acrylic painting, printmaking, and watercolour through the Ontario Art Gallery mentorship program and pursued Graphic Design studies at Canadore College in photography, ceramics, colour theory and graphic communication.
Ramsay’s first solo exhibit, "Beyond Red Nails and Lipstick" - "Beyond the Looking Glass" at the WKP Kennedy Gallery, received an exhibition assistance grant from the Ontario Arts Council. A solo exhibit of paintings and poetry, "Beyond Words" at Kitchener City Hall in 2012, also received grant assistance from the OAC. She was artist in residence for the Sun Life Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival from 2013 to 2015.
Ramsay exhibits with The Art District Gallery and as a member of GRAC – Grand River Artists Collective. Her commissioned paintings and portraits are held in private and corporate collections throughout Canada and the US.
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My Medium
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, watercolour and mixed media reflect a conscious awareness of our coexisting relationship with nature. I intuitively respond with emotive brush or palette knife and integrate other mediums or techniques that are essential to the evolving concept. My photography becomes a starting point and an integral reference to developing new artworks. The Entanglement Theory in quantum physics has influenced my creative process and interpretations of nature.
My Inspiration
Water and Light are central to my art, inspired by the spontaneous images and reflected light on and beneath the surface. Water's complexity and abstractions of colour and light captivates my imagination and nurtures innovation and freedom of discovery in my work.
I strive to retain the transitional energy of water and shifting perceptions through emotive line and brushwork.
I want to capture the spirit and emotional content of my surroundings, connecting to nature and a changing environment.