Selected Works | Wynne Paquette

Exhibiting February 10 - 24, 2026

"My name is Wynne Paquette. I am a painter, and painting is my chosen poetry. For many years I painted large-scale nudes—really large. Eight by six feet, ten by eight. Bold, colourful paintings of myself and other middle-aged women who were brave. Those works felt like being born again into a world of beauty and colour. The riot of colour mattered to me deeply—like dancing in my eyes.

In 2025, I found myself with time on my hands and living beside a forest I had always known but never truly explored. Entering it daily, I became captivated by its quiet riot: layers, depth, colour, and chaos held in stillness. I began painting the push and pull of profusion—how something so quiet can also be noisy, complex, and alive.

I work primarily in cold wax to keep the work rooted in abstraction. Cold wax resists fine detail; it demands broader gestures, deeper layers, and a physical engagement with the surface. Painting with it feels like working with cake icing—imperfect, textured, and honest. Oil paint tempts me into detail too quickly; cold wax slows me down and keeps me attentive to relationships between colour, vibration, depth, and negative space. I scratch, build, obscure, and reveal, exploring how flat planes of colour can suggest depth and movement."

“Space sways and resounds, 

space is filled with movement

with forces and counterforces,

with tone of colours and light,

with life and rhythm

and the dispositions of sublime divinity”

-Hans Hofman

About the Artist

Wynne Paquette is an artist based in Guelph, Ontario, whose work in oil paint and cold wax centers on expressive, atmospheric landscapes. Through a process of layering, scraping, and rebuilding the surface, Paquette creates tactile compositions where vibrant colour and texture work together to evoke both energy and quiet reflection.

Drawing inspiration from natural environments and the understated beauty of everyday surroundings, Paquette’s practice balances intuition with thoughtful structure. The physicality of cold wax combined with the richness of oil paint allows each piece to evolve organically.

Paquette has exhibited throughout Southern Ontario and the US. They studied graphic design at Fanshawe College, a background that informs their strong sense of composition, visual rhythm, and narrative clarity.  In 2002, Paquette completed a Masterclass with renowned landscape painter Wolf Kahn, an experience that further shaped their use of colour atmosphere and abstraction. 

Paquette views art as a bridge between inner reflection and shared experience, inviting viewers to slow down, look closely, and engage with the layered stories of colour, movement, and form. Through ongoing experimentation, Paquette continues to develop a visual language rooted in curiosity, honesty, and a deep sense of place.

Featured Work

Speed River at the Opening

24” X  24”

$600

Untitled 1

12” X 12”

$275

Untitled 2

12” X 12”

$275

Speed River Trail at the Junction

24” X  24”

$600

Untitled 3

12” X 12”

$275

Untitled 4

12” X 12”

$275

Speed River Trail on the Hill

24” X  24”

$600