Margaret Chwialkowska

Margaret Chwialkowska was born and educated in Poland and settled in Canada in 1979.  Her painting is inspired by nature, particularly the power and richness of the North American landscape. Many of her works grew out of travels to the Northwest Territories, the US, and throughout Ontario’s vast lakes and forests. Today she works primarily in the Ottawa area, focusing on the banks of the Ottawa River and the forests of the Gatineau Hills, working tocapture both its timeless grandeur and the ever-changing moods of its snow-banks, trees, sunsets.

She is represented by  Foyer Gallery in Ottawa, Tangerine Gecko Art Gallery in Markham, ON, Tay River Gallery in Perth, ON and  Garden Gallery in Kindersley, SK.  Margaret paints “alla prima,” blending the pigments together on the canvas using a palette knife.

This technique allows textures to evolve naturally, and permits a loose, spontaneous style and in turn evokes the tactile quality of my subjects. The goal of her painting is to evoke the mood of a natural setting and to capture the feeling of being overwhelmed by the natural, almost magical beauty of a landscape.  She wants to take the viewer on a walk with me. She is captivated by the creative process of painting and compelled by the spirituality that overtakes her when contemplating a landscape.  She wants her art to be positive, free, beautiful, and romantic–something you cannot live without.

First Prize Winner at the Art & Photo Juried Exhibition, ARTEAST, Ottawa 2008. Recipient of CBRE Corporate Purchase Award at the Artist Project Toronto 2008. Recipient Framework Foundation Purchase Award for the First Ottawa Timeraiser 2008. Landscapes Competition Finalist, Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, 2009

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