Mandy Budan

Painter

Mandy Budan grew up in Toronto and has lived in Canada all her life. Originally trained as a graphic designer, that background brings a unique sense of line and balance to her fine art work. She paints out of her home studio in Pickering. 

Intrigued by the play of possibilities in taking apart the landscape and putting it back together as abstract form, she creates work that has a more realist feel from a distance and is distinctly abstract up close. From the rugged beauty of Lake Superior, to the quiet forests that can be found in and around Toronto, to the farms and fields of Kitchener and Stratford, Ontario is full of the kind of subject matter that Mandy delights in. 

Inspired by Canadian icons like Tom Thomson and Lauren Harris as well as painters Anne Savage and Prudence Heward, Mandy is constantly striving for that perfect union of shape and colour that will result in a painting that both conveys the feel of a specific Canadian place and stands strong as a non-objective abstract. 

Mandy has had several paintings accepted into local shows and recently her painting 'Towards Autumn' won Best of Show in the 10th Annual Pine Ridge Juried Art Show. 

Visit Mandy's blog to see her latest painting in progress and her website to see a catalog of recent work. 

Mandy can be contacted via her blog at http://blog.mandybudan.com/ 

A gallery of her works can be found at http://www.abstractlandscapepainting.com/ 

Prints and originals can be purchased at http://budanArt.etsy.com/ and http://www.budanart.com/