Louise Gilroy

Louise Gilroy – Artist & Photographer

Artist Statement

I enjoy discovering the story in all art, whether it is the cave paintings in Lascaux France, the Giotto frescoes in Assisi, the world of Bosch in Bruges, the Impressionist gardens of Monet, Guayasamin’s Chapel of Man in Quito, or the New York streets of Basquiat. Wanting to find my own artistic voice, I have embarked on a new creative path to tell my own stories through painting and photography. After experimenting with different styles, I have found my passion in abstraction, a story told from my imagination to the viewer’s own.

About Louise

I was born in Petrolia, Ontario but have spent much of my life in Mississauga. Since my public school art teacher did not discern in me a great artistic talent, I followed a career in Math and Computer Science. Creative pursuits became hobbies; the challenge of transformation, whether it was silk into a blouse, wool into a sweater, cane into a chair seat, or plants into a garden.

In retirement I searched for a new artistic voice. I concentrated first on photography and became fascinated with Miksang, a contemplative photography practice, and took courses at the Mississauga Shambhala Centre. Then in 2013, I completed the semester course Digital Photography 1 at Humber College. When on a shoot, I become lost in each moment of finding the beauty of the world around me; macro photography my special passion.

Soon after I discovered Artworld Fine Art. The challenge of trying something not attempted before, art with a paint brush in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. Finally free of the negative artistic judgements from my youth, I have enjoyed exploring different styles and techniques offered by Artworld’s gallery artists but abstraction has become my favoured expression; a story from my imagination to the viewer’s own.