Dana Cowie

"The Air That I Breathe" - Original Oil Impasto Abstract Landscape Painting

2023

Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and become more representational as the viewer takes in the larger image. Each stylized color represents shadows and grander forms of perspective that capture a more vibrant experience beyond the minute details of the subjects she paints. “I live in a small town and am surrounded by beautiful barns and rolling hills. My work is a culmination of years of painting in search of a patchwork quilt effect using thick, expressionist marks. Barns and farmland speak to me as I live in a rural setting and have good friendships with local farmers. Using classical oils and acrylics and painting on my grandmothers 1940’s easel, I work instantaneously across my canvas, creating layers of color that overlap as the image emerges.” Born in 1975, Cowie grew up in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada before enrolling in the visual art program at Central Technical School in Toronto in the 90’s. She has also lived in Japan and Victoria, British Columbia. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows across Canada, in the U.S. and England. She is represented by art galleries in Canada, U.S. and England and is collected world-wide. Dana’s paintings have been featured in magazines as well, including Style at Home Magazine, House & Garden magazine (UK) and Escarpment Magazine. She lives in Owen Sound, Canada with her family. SELECT RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2021 Kellie Miller Arts, Brighton, UK Dockside Gallery, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, UK Westland Gallery, London, CA Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA Canvas Gallery, Toronto, CA Galerie Bloom, Montreal, CA Ojibway Art Show, Point-Au Peril, CA Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, CA 2020 Kelli Miller Arts, Brighton, UK Westland Gallery, London, CA Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA Ojibway Art Show, Point-Au Peril, CA Canvas Gallery, Toronto, CA 2019 Westland Gallery, London, CA Canvas Gallery, Toronto, CA Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA Ojibway Art Show, Point-Au Peril, CA 2018 Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, CA Ojibway Art Show, Point-Au Peril, CA Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, CA Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA Canvas Gallery, Toronto, CA 2017 West Hamilton Artist’s Tour, Hamilton, CA Canvas Gallery, Toronto, CA Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA 2016 West Hamilton Artist’s Tour, Hamilton, CA Canvas Gallery, Toronto, CA Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, CA