C$1,000
Live Jurying Item #3
This painting is rooted in personal landscapes, drawn from Japan’s sea-carved cliffs and the quiet, inland waters of Lake Erie, and shaped by memory as much as place. It imagines a mythic shoreline where land, sky, and water converge, and where a solitary heron stands as a quiet spirit or sentinel at the edge of transformation.
Water is the painting’s true force: it flows across the image not only as subject, but as medium and metaphor. It reflects and distorts, reveals and conceals. Subtle, abstracted forms emerge only as the viewer draws closer, like thoughts or symbols drifting to the
| Technique: | Watercolor on Heavyweight Cotton Paper |
| Contents: | Bird, Outdoors, Sea, Water |
| Edition: | Original, one of a kind artwork |
| Framed Size: | 27in x 21in |
| Unframed Size: | 18in x 10in |
| Frame: | Framed |
| Weight: | 12.4lbs (estimated) |
Milena Guberinic
Ridgeway, Ontario
I explore the intersection of memory, identity, and psychological narratives, using nature's unpredictability as a foundation. By balancing chaos and form, I craft abstract, atmospheric compositions that challenge familiar perceptions and invite viewers to reflect on the evolving nature of self and reality.
"For me, painting is a way of holding fragments of self together, even when they don’t quite fit."