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Poppy & Giselle
Artist Info
Poppy Bio
Poppy is a 4-year-old artist who has loved creating since she was just 2 years old. Whether she’s drawing, painting, or exploring new materials, she approaches art with curiosity and joy. Her work is inspired by imagination, play, and the world around her, and she creates purely for the love of it.
Giselle Bio
Giselle grew up in Northumberland County and has spent half of her life serving her community as a paramedic. Paramedicine has encouraged her to go within, deepening her sensitivity to life, loss, and everything in between, and shaping the artist she has become. She sees the world through instinct and imagination. Her work is raw and honest, shaped more by feeling than thought. She paints with acrylics, acrylic ink and water, using her hands to guide the flow. Nature’s quiet wisdom runs through everything she creates. Through her art, she hopes to offer a moment of stillness—a chance to feel something organic beneath the noise.
Follow along on Instagram @gisellelech.art for updates on new work and exhibitions
About the Curator
Maddi Snowden is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based out of Grafton's Cherry Hill Studio. She is part of Alchimista as the resident artist, curator, graphic designer, illustrator, and keen coffee drinker.
Her work is in series, choosing and exploring a style and subject matter, experimenting through repetition. For florals, she works without references, aiming to create the impression of being immersed in a spring garden without specifically indicating which species are on display. When painting wildlife, colours are heightened and creatures imbued with character. When painting still life, work is done predominantly with a palette knife to sculpt the image out of the canvas. Most pieces are done in heavy acrylics with lots of sculptural medium to model thick, drippy images that have literal and visual depth. The goal is to produce impressionistic pieces that evoke the feelings that arise from taking the time to look closely at the vivid spaces around us.
Maddi's work is regularly on display on the walls of the cafe, and she curates guest artists to fill the community wall on a monthly basis.
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