amy dryer
“the places I know”
october 25th - november 19th, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION on Saturday october 25, 2025
2-7 PM
Concourse By Elevation Gallery
75 Dyrgas Gate, Three Sisters Mountain Village, Canmore AB
The Artist Will Be In Attendance
“When creating a show, I paint the entire body of work and then I title the painting series upon completion. This has become a tradition in my process where the title of the show brings the work into focus.
‘The Places I Know’ describes a series of places that have both personal and universal appeal. These are places that are deeply connected to my life - places that I have perceived directly. They are images born from the unconscious, and the recognition of past experiences.
As I painted this series I also found myself listening to Hawksley Workman’s ‘Almost a Full Moon.’ For me this particular song describes the passing of time, the changing of the seasons, the connection to community and family. It is a place that I know. Aaron (my husband) and I sing this song to our children everyday when we put them to bed.
So, as I painted the places I know, I found Hawksley Workman’s lyrics and images weaving together with my own memories, and mixing together colours, sounds, senses in an almost dreamlike array of times and places.”
~Amy Dryer
“Light is Reflected” 36.5” x 36.5” Oil on Canvas 2025 $4500
“Autumn Flight I” 36” x 48” Oil on Canvas 2025 $4800
“Lightning” 48” x 72” Oil on Canvas 2025 $7100
“Autumn Ballad” 48” x 48” Oil on Canvas 2025 $6200
“Glory” 48” x 72” Oil on Canvas 2025 $7100
“Almost A Full Moon” 60” x 48” Oil on Canvas 2025 $6900
“Return I” 48” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2025 $6900
“Weather Is Turning” 30.5 x 60” Oil on Canvas 2025 $5700
“Meadow II” 48” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2025 $6900
“Autumn Flight II” 48” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2025 $6900
“Dinner Table” 36” x 48” Oil on Canvas 2025 $4800
“Candle” 24” x 24”. Oil on Canvas 2025 $2200
“Lightning Sketch II” 8” x 8” Oil on Canvas 2025 $400
“Traveller III” 16” x 20” Oil on Canvas 2025 $1200
“Return II” 60” x 48” Oil on Canvas. 2025 $6900
“Passenger” 30” x 36” Oil on Canvas 2025 $3700
“Lightning Sketch I” 8” x 8” Oil on Canvas 2025 $400
“Traveller II” 16” x 20” Oil on Canvas 2025 $1200
“Almost Midnight” 24” x 24” Oil on Canvas 2025 $2200
“Turquoise Room” 48” x 48” Oil on Canvas 2025 $6200
“Meadow I” 30” x 36”. Oil on Canvas 2025 $3700
“Lightning Sketch III” 8” x 8” Oil on Canvas 2025 $400
“Traveller I” 16” x 20” Oil on Canvas 2025 $1200
She is amazing, quite widely known, and a soulful, lovely human.
Her entire exhibition with us on October 25 is loosely based on a Hawksley Workman poem/song called ‘almost a full moon’, as this was a story her kids are raised on. The paintings are stunning, and her studio is a wild gorgeousness.
Amy Dryer attended the Alberta College of Art and Design, the Glasgow School of Art (Scotland), and the Fine Art program at Mount Allison University. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006, returning to Calgary to start her professional arts practice. In 2014, she was the among The Top 40 Under 40 Recipients chosen by Avenue Magazine, and in 2008, she was on the cover of Avenue Magazine as ‘Calgary’s Best.’ She has been featured as a ‘Profiled Artist’ in both Essential Magazine and Galleries West Magazine. She completed an artist residency at Emma Lake Saskatchewan in 2009, and at the Banff Centre in 2013. Amy’s paintings are in a number of collections throughout Canada, and the US, including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts public art collection.
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