Ashley Gaboury
MASTER ARTIST
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Mentoring Emerging & Aspiring (teen) Artists
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MEDIUMS: Acrylic | Charcoal | Drawing | Colored Pencil | Graphite | Mixed Media | Oil | Printmaking | Watercolor
SPECIALTY: ✔ Technique ✔ Business
This mentorship group is designed to help tap into the power of working from your intuition. At the heart of artmaking is problem-solving, and cultivating your inner creative compass is just as crucial as developing technical skills. This group will invite emerging artists to explore the creative process through an intuitive lens, fostering growth and self-expression.
In this immersive program we’ll explore mark-making and experiment with a variety of techniques to find balance between stylized realism and abstraction. This hands-on session is designed to push boundaries and allow you to break the rules, tapping into the essence of your unique artistic practice.
We’ll focus on layering mediums, creating dynamic compositions, and developing personalized color palettes to express your true artistic voice. This group will guide you through exercises that challenge convention and inspire new directions in your work. Together, we’ll explore what’s at the core of your art practice, helping you unlock new levels of creativity. Come ready to deconstruct, discover, and reimagine your approach to art!
Ashley’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Technique ✔ Business
Technique:
Composition and Color
Technique Demos
Supplies and Tools – what to use, where to save, and where to spend
Providing Art Critiques
Teaching How to Self Critique
Studio Setup for Art Production
Marketing:
Artist Statement & CV
Marketing & Branding
Business:
Running Your Art Business, the day-to-day
Pricing Artwork
Products, Prints, Reproductions
Studio Time Management
“Mastrius is a perfect balance of accountability, community and fun.
It feels like family. Family that makes you a better you.”
~ Elizabeth, Emerging Artist
MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
ARTIST STATEMENT
“The hour between dog and wolf, that is, dusk, when the two can’t be distinguished from each other, suggests a lot of other things besides the time of day… The hour in which… every being becomes his own shadow, and thus something other than himself. The hour of metamorphoses, when people half hope, half fear that a dog will become a wolf.” – Jean Genet
Wolves have been incredibly misunderstood throughout history. They have been the feared and hunted for their mysterious nature, however they are the evolutionary ancestors of our beloved companion animals. My artwork has evolved to reflect the dramatic impact humans have had on our surroundings, specifically, the domestication of Canis Lupus (wolves) into Canis Lupus Familiaris (dogs). In order to better understand the instinctive behaviour patterns of dogs and wolves, I began a comprehensive study and collaboration with The Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary in Cochrane, Alberta. I created drawings using watercolour pencil on canvas, with the intention of capturing their instinctual nature, curiosity, and stoicism. I sell fine art prints to raise funds and awareness for the sanctuary. Currently I’ve been combining techniques from my mixed media painting into my drawing aesthetic. This is a hybrid form of art making, where the structure is counterbalanced with abstraction. I investigate the intrinsic qualities that separate wolves from dogs and explore our spiritual and evolutionary connection to these animals.
BIOGRAPHY
Ashley Gaboury is a mixed media artist and illustrator who specializes in finely descriptive animal and portrait work. She has been teaching art to youth and adults for over 20 years and her clear instruction and demonstration of technique has been transformative for many of her students. She works closely with The Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary and her art has featured several of the rescued animals from the facility. She has a special relationship with canine/lupine animals, and her renditions of these beautiful creatures carries a deep weight of emotion. Ashley has devoted her life to art and art education, and her passion for her work and for teaching is evident in everything that she does.
-Eli Shigehiro, former student (Tattoo Artist – Haven Tattoo)
