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Sue Ennis

Artist member since 2018
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Toronto, ON

I'm a Toronto based painter, and a graduate of University of Toronto (B.A,B.Ed) and the Toronto School of Art (Dip. Fine Arts).

Abstraction is my forte and my passion. I allows me to listen to the promptings of my intuition as I create. I do not have a predetermined subject in mind when I start a painting and I consider myself to be playing with colour. Colour is my morning coffee: it energizes me and wakes me up.

It is the feeling of complete absorption in the process that inspires me to create. Painting brings me to a place where I am unaware of time passing, where I am in a state of flow. It is like a visual meditation.

For the past 20 years, I have been exhibiting and selling my works in Canada and the US and I have over 300 works in clients' homes. I am an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists and a member of the North Toronto Group of Artists.

Work

Florals
Floral Series #31
  • Sue Ennis
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $95 buy
#red #floral #small
Meditative Moments
  • Sue Ennis
  • 30" x 30"
  • $900 buy
#floral #peaceful #blue
Floral Dreams
  • Sue Ennis
  • 30" x 30"
  • $900 buy
#textured #greens #florals #colourful
SMALLS
Tulips
  • Sue Ennis
  • 6" x 6" x 1.5"
  • $100 buy
#yellow #florals #small painting
Floral Dance
  • Sue Ennis
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $100 buy
#pink #abstract #floral #blue #yellow
Dance Steps
  • Sue Ennis
  • 5" x 5" x 1"
  • $100 buy
#pink #blue #yellow
Just off the Easel
Bubbling Up #3
  • Sue Ennis
  • 48" x 48"
  • $2400 buy — $120 try
#pink #carefree #abstract #bubbles
Abstract Landscapes
LANDFORMS I
  • Sue Ennis
  • 30" x 30"
  • $900 buy
#textures #neutrals #abstraction
Landscape Form II
  • Sue Ennis
  • 40" x 40" x 1.5"
  • $1200 buy — $60 try
#landscape #abstract
Landscape Collection 2022
Riverside Reflections
  • Sue Ennis
  • 30" x 30"
  • $900 buy — $55 try
#clouds #riverscape #landscape
Landscape Collection 2023
Changing Seas
  • Sue Ennis
  • 35" x 29"
  • $1200 buy
#landscape #abstract landscape #abstract
Northern Skies
  • Sue Ennis
  • 30" x 40"
  • $1200 buy — $75 try
#abstract #landscape #abstract landscape
Golden Fields
  • Sue Ennis
  • 29" x 35"
  • $1200 buy — $75 try
#landscape #sunshine #minimalist
Afternoon Light
  • Sue Ennis
  • 30" x 15"
  • $400 buy — $35 try
#abstract #landscape #abstract landscape
The Light Comes Through
  • Sue Ennis
  • 36" x 18"
  • $500 buy — $40 try
#landscape #abstract
Ontario Summer
  • Sue Ennis
  • 32" x 48"
  • $1200 buy — $75 try
#abstract landscape #abstract #landscape
Falling
  • Sue Ennis
  • 36" x 48"
  • $1200 buy — $75 try
#acrylic #home decor #abstracts #contemporary
Seaside
  • Sue Ennis
  • 48" x 48"
  • $2100 buy
#abstracts #home decor #contemporary #oil painting

Inside the Studio

Q+A

Why is it important for people to have art in their home or life?

Art can energize a space and it can energize your life, both in the creating of art and in appreciating the artworks of other people.

What artists do you admire right now?

Turner for his ethereal skies, and his barely-rendered organic shapes.

Favourite medium

I have a deep appreciation of the process of painting and my favorite medium is oil on canvas or oil on wood panel. The oil paints that I use are water-soluble and can be used without toxic solvents, so it makes them safer for use in my studio.They have a soft buttery consistency and great vibrancy.

What do you listen to when you work?

Usually soft instrumental music.

MOST VIEWED
1586
Seaside
Sue Ennis
Upcoming Exhibitions
2025-05-24

Toronto, ON
North Toronto Studio Tour

2025-03-07

Toronto, ON
Yonge Corporate Centre

Select Past Exhibitions
2022

Cincinnati, Ohio
Art Comes Alive

2022

North Bay, ON
Nippissing Regional Curatorial Collective

2022

Cobourg, ON
Art Gallery of Northumberland

2022

Orillia, ON
Orillia Museum of Art and HIstory

2024

Whitby, ON
Station Gallery, Letters to the Earth

2024

Toronto, ON
Design TO Festival, 1313 Gallery

2023

Stratford, ON
Matilda Swanson Gallery

Accolades
2013

Elected Member of Ontario Society of Artists
OSA

2022

OSA
President's Award

2023

Light Space Time Gallery
Special Recognition Award

Press
2022

Breath:Heart:Spirit : The OSA 150 Years
One of the featured artists of the OSA

Education

Toronto School of Art
Diploma of Fine Art

University of Toronto
B.A., B.Ed

Waterloo University
Cultural Management Certificate

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