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Square Foot Show began as a small, annual art party at Julia Veenstra’s studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada—each piece just 12×12 and at a single price. Since 2020, it has exploded into an online “Black Friday of art,” with collectors and artists spanning the globe and many artists selling out in just minutes. We love nothing more than connecting thousands of collectors from across the world with incredible artwork from artists they might never otherwise encounter, all through our fun and fast-paced virtual shows.

The fun continues with May’s show “Awaken” featuring Dionne Woods and a roster of 27 incredible artists selected by Dionne and our jury of artists and collectors. Held on the 2nd Thursday of each month for 24 hours, these shows bring bold, curated collections to life in an exciting and fast-paced format. We recognize that current events make multi-national events like this complicated. To help bring clarity, we’ve increased transparency around the origin of artwork and have written a brief letter on cross-border challenges.

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This Show Features 30+ incredible artists selected by Dionne Woods and our jury of artists and collectors

Artists
Jamie Hicks
Kristy Andrews
Claire Bowen
Sabine Hahnel
Wendy Brightbill
Barbara Reade
Carrie Schmitt
Dionne Woods
John Dunn
Tiffany Bohrer
Tracy Spain
Sylvie Lauzon
Laura Costello
Natalie Bella
Carol-Anne Almquist
Jill Charuk
Ruth LaGue
Kelly Wiler
Shen Shen 210
Angie Nordstrum
Elizabeth Pituch
Kelly Wiler
Kim White
Juliette Crane
Michele Rogers
Renee Smith
Julia Veenstra
🇨🇦 Barbara Reade (@bdreade_art) completed her BFA in Illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her artistic career has come full circle after many rewarding years in education and as a retail business owner. Barbara paints out of her light-filled studio in downtown Burlington that she shares with her two studio cats, Forrest and Jenny. Barbara’s paintings appear in private collections throughout Canada, the USA and the Bahamas. “As an abstract artist, my work is an exploration of energy and the intangible connections that shape our human experience. I am drawn to the interplay of colour, texture, and form to create pieces that evoke a sense of energy and movement. Every painting is an instinctual response to a thought or feeling, evolving through layers of experimentation and discovery. I work with acrylic and mixed media, allowing for complete freedom in my process. Inspired by nature, music, and the rhythms of daily life, I aim to capture fleeting moments of recognition and introspection. Each piece is a dialogue between intention and spontaneity - a balance of control and surrender. I begin every painting with play and a willingness to let the painting develop organically. Never knowing where a piece is headed keeps my studio practice fresh, unpredictable and dynamic. A painting is complete when there is just the right balance between wildness and precision. Recent work has focused on creating a series of floral-inspired paintings. This evolving collection is more about what flowers feel like to me, rather than a literal representation. These paintings are an explosion of colour, petal shapes, meandering lines, and abstracted backgrounds that suggest all things garden, summery and fragrant.” See more at: https://barbarareade.com/
🇺🇸 Wendy Brightbill (@wendybrightbill) Artist, Instructor, Process Innovator, Mentor, Recovering Perfectionist, Beauty. Excavator. I picked up a paint brush after a car accident rearranged my brain from a traumatic brain injury and never looked back. God used art as an avenue of healing in my life to bring unity to my fractured brain. Art taught me how to stay present in the moment and look for beauty in the mundane. While I work as professional artist selling my art, I believe that it’s so important to cultivate an imperfect informal practice to explore and make mistakes. I believe in the power of making bad art and not treating your art as too precious. I have been teaching online art courses since 2016. I love sharing my passion for the process of painting and art making. " See more at: https://class.wendybrightbill.studio/p/hom
🇨🇦 Sabine Hahnel (@artist_sabine_hahnel) loves being outdoors, forever looking for the next inspiration, to catch a glimpse of that something that makes her heart skip a beat. Nature is what she loves most for her subject matter and where she finds most of her ideas. She attempts to capture the beauty of this wonderful world using bright bold colors and textures combined with a contemporary, impressionistic approach. For Sabine, the beauty of painting is the freedom to alter reality to make it the way she would like it to be. Roots of this desire go back to her formative years living in a restrictive system in East Germany. Sabine worked full time as a Critical Care and Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse. She is now retired and lives on a rural ranch with her husband of over 30 years, raising bison. Her art can be found in numerous collections in Canada, USA, Switzerland and Germany." See more at: http://www.sabinehahnel.com
🇺🇸 Claire Bowen (@clairebowen.art) says: "Engaged in the arts since childhood, Claire was inside drawing while everyone else played outdoors. As her artistic interest and practice continued, she went on to study fine art at the University of Georgia—which included a semester in Cortona, Italy—finishing with a BA in art from Columbus State University. She worked with artists George Stillman and Josiah L.M. Baird of Columbus State University, and with Doug Himes of Southern Virginia University. In her many years of painting, Claire has participated in group and solo exhibitions, received awards and accolades for her art, taught workshops, and done numerous commissions. Her work is in several private collections and is represented online by a well-known gallery in Los Angeles. High-quality, customized prints of her work are available through online retailer iCanvas. Claire uses pattern, color, and organic geometric shapes to create abstract images that frequently reflect her love of quilting and embroidery. She often depicts abstract landscape—including aerial views—seascape, and florals. Her themes deal with freedom, family, memory, and the spiritual. " See more at: https://www.clairebowen.com

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