Georgia Fullerton

Georgia Fullerton, born in Jamaica, West Indies, moved to Alberta, Canada in 1967. She earned a visual arts diploma at Red Deer College in Red Deer, Alberta and transferred to Toronto, Canada in 1985. After earning her degree in York University's Fine Art program and having a successful three years playing varsity Volleyball, she began her creative career in the garment printing industry as a production artist; during which time she continued to engage in visual art.

Georgia's work evolves around the multi-faceted language of the human form; lending itself to manipulation and disguise with glimpses of its powerful, provocative nature. This she expresses in both abstract and representational images. ­

Georgia's paintings include images of the figure in hidden or obscure poses surrounded by objects that are relevant to her life experiences. This includes everything from athletics, music, love relationships to visual expressions of self reflection and self evaluation. Georgia works primarily with acrylic, chalk pastels and coloured pencil on board and canvas. The work, though strongly figurative, more recently includes self-portraits with a meditative/supernatural sensibility. Georgia loves to affect her audience emotionally through the use of earthy and/or vibrant colour; usually with an abstracted background or a repetitive graphic design element.

From 1996, up until 2005, Georgia's visual art was put on the back burner while she directed her focus towards graphic design in the commercial printing industry. She has worked as a graphic designer and preflight operator for IBM and currently earns her bread and butter in the digital print division of a large direct mail printing company. Recently, Georgia's renewed passion for art has prompted her courage to create once again.

Georgia is anxious to continue to develop her work in Canada and abroad. She is currently a board member and participating artist for the Association of African Canadian Artists . She is also a member of the Toronto-based, SIX AH WI art collective, of which she was one of the founding members.

Artist's of influence throughout Georgia's life have been varied in their style and philosophies. They include, Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian, Frida Khalo and Georgia O'Keefe to name only a few.

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acrylic on canvas, 14"x16"