Painting

Anchor

Got it—that’s a fair concern. Here’s a revised version that keeps his strength clear without implying inconsistency: ⸻ Anchor portrays the artist’s father as a grounding force, embedded within layered imagery of the Greek landscape. The... More

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Gillis

Gillis extends the narrative of Keeper, offering a glimpse into the artist’s mother’s life before the formation of her family. The landscape becomes a site of identity, where memory is embedded within place and shaped by lived experience. Rather... More

Painting

Keeper

“Keeper” is based on the artist’s mother, positioned within a layered landscape drawn from Huntsville, Ontario. As both subject and quiet author of the family archive, she is depicted through a merging of moments—her presence interwoven with... More

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Motion

Motion explores the dissolution of the figure into its surrounding environment, where identity becomes inseparable from place. Through layered transparency and blurred movement, the subject is both present and partially absorbed into the urban... More

Painting

Self-Portrait

Self-portrait parallels Younger Sister, reflecting on childhood as a formative space shaped through memory, environment, and observation. Positioned within a layered landscape, the figure is both present and embedded within surrounding imagery,... More

Painting

Younger Sister

Younger Sister draws from the visual language of childhood, using layered imagery to reconstruct a personal yet recognizable moment in time. Objects such as the Sun-Maid raisin box situate the work within a specific era, grounding memory in shared... More

Work by

Ava Tsoutsos

Drawing and Painting

“Traces of Us is a body of work in which Ava Tsoutsos investigates what remains of memory as it is retold, archived, and transmitted over time. The project examines how familial narratives shift...” [More]