About the Artist

 

Renee Brettler is a Toronto-based artist known for her figurative work that focuses on the universal human need to connect to something larger than ourselves. Ultimately, her work is about the power of stillness, expressed through gesture, colour, texture and light.

Renee holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Toronto and has developed her studio practice largely through independent study.  After a successful early solo exhibition at the Del Bello Gallery in 1981, Brettler pursued a thirty-year career in education before returning to sustained studio practice in 2014. Her work has since been included in juried international online exhibitions and in a group exhibition at the Women's Art Association of Canada in Toronto.

Renee's art is deeply rooted in her own personal journey.  Raised without religious conviction her work reflects her own gradual transition from avowed skepticism to one that now readily acknowledges possibilities beyond our five senses.

Her paintings and drawings invite the viewer to contemplate moments of stillness and connection ~ moments that belong to all of us.  In an increasingly noisy world, she hopes her work offers a quiet place to pause.

Renee maintains an independent studio practice in Toronto.

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