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Watermarks: Amelia Alcock-White’s calming paintings of reflections on the surface of water

Amelia Alcock-White’s new collection of paintings, Watermarks, explores "how a single event can manifest multiple futures, some potentially destructive", the artist explains. "What is beautiful and what is economically expedient are often two divergent paths," she adds.

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Amelia Alcock-White's painting of water reflections showing yellow and blue ripples along a green shoreline with trees reflected in still blue water

By highlighting the reflections and irregular ellipses of flattened colour, abstract patterns and highlighted surface reflections on a body of water, Amelia attempts to evoke a reverence for the mystery and importance of water, our natural world, its fragility and precariousness.

A graduate of Vancouver Island University and the Emily Carr University of Art, Amelia has spent the past 10 years exhibiting her paintings in Vancouver, New York, LA, San Francisco, and Toronto.

She has received numerous awards for her work, including Scholarships and Art Faculty Awards. Her work is represented in notable public and private collections. She pursues her concern for the environment with an ongoing project called ‘Painting for Change’ which benefits ocean conservation initiatives. Alcock-White is represented by the Petley Jones Gallery in Vancouver.

Watermarks by Amelia Alcock-White is on show until 20 October at the Burnaby Arts Council Deer Lake Gallery. Find out more: www.ameliawhite.net.

Colourful reflections and irregular ellipses of flattened colour create abstract patterns across a water surface in Amelia Alcock-White's painting from the Watermarks collection
Underwater view through wooden pier pilings showing layered turquoise and green water with reflections and pale sandy seabed below
Amelia Alcock-White's painting depicting a shimmering water surface with orange, white and blue reflections creating abstract patterns and irregular shapes throughout the composition
Abstract painting of water reflections with fragmented bands of pale cream, blue, yellow and dark tones creating distorted patterns across the surface
Abstract painting of water reflections with irregular ellipses of red, blue, grey and white paint creating rippling patterns on the surface
Rippling water surface with blue and white reflections creating abstract patterns and irregular ellipses of colour in Amelia Alcock-White's Watermarks painting
Distorted reflections of buildings and figures ripple across calm water in shades of blue, grey and orange
Colourful fish swimming beneath the surface of water with reflections and ripples in blue, yellow, green and orange hues
Aerial view of water surface with swirling patterns in shades of teal, white and dark green, showing reflections and irregular ellipses of colour
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