Amelia Valentine / Long Talks Valeria Sidañez she builds dimensional surfaces with

she builds dimensional surfaces with embroidery and handmade details before applying bold

Each gesture and line is infused with intentionality

The picturesque arch in the baguette juxtaposed with the stark industrial lines feels cinematic

Through bold colours and playful subjects

Amelia Valentine / Long Talks Valeria Sidañez she builds dimensional surfaces withAmelia Valentine is a Toronto based painter living and working in the citys west end. Her practice centers around the dialogue between control and spontaneity, using ink, acrylic, and raw canvas to explore what happens when intention loosens its grip. Her compositions are shaped as much by deliberate mark making as they are by the unexpected spills, splatters, bleeds, and other so called accidents that challenge traditional ideas of mastery and