Pistache and Rose by Margaret Lipsey
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Artist Statement

As an artist, I began exploring two divergent paths.
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On one I found grace and strength; women demanding to be seen, giving pause to those who passed. They have power beyond the canvas. They delve into our being and reflect what we want to see in ourselves. This path is inspiring as an artist. These women are apart from me but they influence who I am. They take me to the realm of realistic fantasy; beyond my normal but not outside of my reach.

The other path is much more reflective. The abstracts are pieces of myself coming out into the world. These are an intuitive release that I only come to recognize upon completion of the work. My abstract pieces allow me to travel deeper into my beliefs and my thoughts. One canvas is composed of a hundred thoughts thereby becoming a novel to be read and reread. They are as varied as my thoughts but collections slowly reveal themselves the longer I participate in their creation. I see these paintings as true reflections of who I am as an artist; a constant balancing game between light and dark, heavy intentional strokes and arbitrary spots, there is movement and action.
​Biography

Margaret began painting with acrylics in 2000 while she was studying at Culinary school in Vermont. She enjoyed the freedom and emotions of abstract art. Her abstracts are inspired by her minimalist and modern aesthetic and through the exploration of other art forms, developed into what they are today.

She returned to painting in 2015 with a series of dresses in watercolour. Her practice gained momentum when she began exploring the series in acrylic. Building textures, creating sweeping movements and the play of colours off her palette knives coupled with the image of a woman standing in a gown created a unique work that carries the life force of the women who inspire us all.

With a deepening need to explore textures, she began again to create her abstract works. Her latest series, Lavishly Minimal, references all that we hide from ourselves, the cracks that allow the treasures of the truth of ourselves to be released, and our hopes against the struggles that threaten to defeat us.

​Margaret lives and paints in Saint Lambert, Quebec with her husband and two children.
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Past Events


Exhibitions and Live Painting

Features

2019
Square Foot Exhibition, Senneville, QC

Wall Candy Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

Art for Autism with the Miriam Foundation, Museum of Fine Art, Montreal
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Pop-up market with Kameleon Atelier, Saint Therese, Quebec

Solo Exhibition, L'Apartement, Westmount
with Damask et Dentelle

Group Exhibition, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal
​with Ambro Galleries

Abstraction Exhibition, Cutler Crane Gallery, Memphis

with Avenue Art 2019


2018
SOFA Expo, Chicago
with MJ Laberge Gallery
 2018

Pop Up Gallery at Coach House in Westmount, Quebec
with Avenue Art 2018

Art Market Hamptons
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2018

Art Market San Francisco
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2018

Art Expo New York
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2018

Art Boca Raton
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2018

Scope New York
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2018

​The Love of Art Exhibition
with Avenue Art 2018

Art Palm Beach
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2018


​2017
Papier Exhibition
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2017

​Gallery Opening
with MJ Laberge Gallery (Palm Beach) 2017

Pop Up Gallery at Westmount Square
with Avenue Art 2017

​Red Dot Miami
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2017

The Artist for Peace Project 2017

Art San Diego
with MJ Laberge Gallery 2017

Collective Exhibition
 MJ Laberge Gallery September 2017

Textures and Shades , Solo exhibition, Carre des Artistes 
June 2017

Apéro en Chocolat hosted by Mangeons Montréal 
February 2017 {Live Painting in Chocolate and Exhibition}

Je t'Aime en Chocolat 
February 2017 {Live Painting in Chocolate and Exhibition}


​2016
Radix MTL Exhibiton
September 2016

Essie Gel Couture Launch, Toronto
June 2016 {Live Painting in Acrylic - 11 canvases}

House of SB Launch Event
May 2016 {Live Painting in Acrylic}

Ogilvy's Montreal
April 2016 {Live Painting in Chocolate}

Je t'Aime en Chocolat 
February 2016 {Live Painting in Chocolate and Exhibition}

Paper Exhibition
with MJ Laberge Gallery February 2016
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Collective Exhibition 
with MJ Laberge Gallery January 2016
2019
Wedluxe - Greenhouse Glam 
Art by Margaret Lipsey featured on Wedluxe
photo by Cagdas Yoldas
Event video by HS Ward Productions

Elegant Wedding - Refreshing Black and Green Wedding Shower
Artwork by Margaret Lipsey

Pop Up Events

West Elm Montreal
October 2019
​December 2019

Pottery Barn Toronto
June 2018
​December 2016
May 2016
September 2017

West Elm Chelsea, NY
June 2017
October 2017

Pottery Barn Chelsea, NY
June 2017

Pottery Barn Flatiron, NY Opening Weekend
September 2017

Pottery Barn Quartier Dix30
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November 2016
March 2017

HRVST 
December 2016

Williams Sonoma Home Toronto
December 2016

5 a Chic {Private Shopping event}

September 2016

West Elm Montreal
December 2015
May and November 2016
May 2017





PR Launch and Special Events

Essie Gel Couture Launch
Essie Gel Couture Launch
Essie Gel Couture Launch
Chocolate Painting at House of Something Borrowed Launch
Chocolate Painting at Ogilvy's
Chocolate Painting at Ogilvy's

Radix 2016 from Lisa + Eddy Photography on Vimeo.


See my work in situ at Wescover
​Click the link to the right.
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