The Outdoor Art Exhibit July 7-9, 2006 Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

Artist Statement

In these paintings I straddle the boundry between fantasy and reality to explore a particular memory of a moment or an event, which is about to take place or just has.
I am most interested in the suggestion of narrative possibilities than in clearly resolved linear narratives.

The work is process oriented. Each step points to the next mark or shape allowing further growth and deviations to occur: first, a graphic image which is often represented with stitching, next the painting out or filling in of the canvas. Objects float in layers, moving backwards and forwards from recognizable images to the obscure.

My intension in these paintings is to create a space where a question is asked, a thought is evoked and the imagination is engaged.

My work resonates with unspoken conflicts and dream imagery. In their gestures, the characters express something that begs for resolution. Tension exists between them and the often banal backgrounds; the viewer is engaged by the perception of what may be their next step.

There is an undercurrent; sometimes delightful, sometimes menacing, which combines with the viewer’s own history to create a subtle yet macabre ambiance.

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Tread Softly
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Parry Sound Flaunt
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


My Heart
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Le Petit Moi sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Killarney
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


In The Balance
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Fire Breather
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Calling Canada
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Bear And Me sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Entangirld
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Dear Me sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Dead Horse Yeti
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


123 and 1/2
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Strong Bunny
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Venus
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


So Blue
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Riddle Me This
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Patchwork Farms
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Onward, Masked Rider
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Me And Var sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Girls For Girls
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Fog In The Desert Flowers sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric
SOLD


Flee Fly Flow
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Oh...Canada!
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


Conundrum
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Little Girl Big Squirrel sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


What Kind Of Monkey Are You?
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric


A Chimp's Heart
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



For The Love Of A Phoenix
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric



Animals And Powerlines sold
2005
Mixed Media, acrylic on canvas, thread and fabric
SOLD


The Angel Of 42nd Street
2005
Oil On Canvas, mixed media

Recent C.V.

Maihyet Burton is an artist whose professional practice includes clothing design, photography, and experimental media.

In addition to designing several of her own lines of clothing and accessories for her boutique Lilith which she founded 13 years ago, she has also done wardrobe, design fabrication and art direction for film and video.

Most recently, she collaborated with Geoff Pugen, art directing, designing and creating the wardrobe and sculpture installation for his Utopics video; at the Angell gallery in Toronto. Currently, she is working on wardrobe pieces for Toronto multi-media artist John Greyson.

She has exhibited her photography and digital media at Toronto's Gallery 44 and her own solo exhibitions.