Uncharted Waters

Uncharted Waters

Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada Saturday, May 27, 2023–Sunday, June 18, 2023

Uncharted Waters means going where no map exists, journeying to places not yet explored. 

navigating - hand crafted, inscribed, figurative, metal, ceramic wall sculpture by heather allen hietala

Heather Allen Hietala

Navigating - hand crafted, inscribed, figurative, metal, ceramic wall sculpture, 2023

Sold

maqam/place #4 - blue, white, brown, collage, abstract, acrylic on canvas by shireen kamran

Shireen Kamran

Maqam/Place #4 - blue, white, brown, collage, abstract, acrylic on canvas, 2022

4,900 USD

wanderings/suluk #58 - abstract, pigments, acrylic, and paper collage on canvas by shireen kamran

Shireen Kamran

Wanderings/Suluk #58 - abstract, pigments, acrylic, and paper collage on canvas, 2023

4,300 USD

maqam/place #2 - warm, abstract collage, mixed media and acrylic on canvas by shireen kamran

Shireen Kamran

Maqam/Place #2 - warm, abstract collage, mixed media and acrylic on canvas, 2019

4,900 USD

suluk/wanderings #54 - soft, cool, abstract, mixed media and acrylic on canvas by shireen kamran

Shireen Kamran

Suluk/Wanderings #54 - soft, cool, abstract, mixed media and acrylic on canvas, 2022

3,200 USD

reflections - textured, orange, grey, brown, layered glass table-top sculpture by cheryl wilson smith

Cheryl Wilson Smith

Reflections - textured, orange, grey, brown, layered glass table-top sculpture, 2023

1,100 USD

pieced - grey, blue, white, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture by cheryl wilson smith

Cheryl Wilson Smith

Pieced - grey, blue, white, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture, 2023

3,200 USD

outcrop 12 - grey, red, black, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture by cheryl wilson smith

Cheryl Wilson Smith

Outcrop 12 - grey, red, black, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture, 2023

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outcrop 11 - grey, white, black, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture by cheryl wilson smith

Cheryl Wilson Smith

Outcrop 11 - grey, white, black, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture, 2023

2,400 USD

promises and lies: everything will be o.k. - white, metal, glass wall sculpture by cheryl wilson smith

Cheryl Wilson Smith

Promises and Lies: Everything will be O.K. - white, metal, glass wall sculpture, 2023

10,000 USD

mossy outcrop - grey, green, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture by cheryl wilson smith

Cheryl Wilson Smith

Mossy Outcrop - grey, green, textured, layered glass, wall relief, sculpture, 2023

Sold

 Uncharted Waters means going where no map exists, journeying to places not yet explored. Contemporary artists—Heather Allen Hietala, Shireen Kamran, and Cheryl Wilson Smith have spent decades pursuing their own bold artistic journey—seeking expression for their own voices. In doing so, these three artists have discovered new ‘worlds’—inspired and provocative ways to create uniquely beautiful work. 

Heather Allen Hietala’s latest works were created as an homage to her beloved mother and father. The vessel shape is symbolic of the journey itself with inscriptions of text that speak to sweet memories, honouring her parents' lives and the mystery of their own journey into the unknown. 

Shireen Kamran’s paintings are inspired by her homeland in Pakistan—her memory of ‘people and places.’ It is a profound, emotional journey—a migrant’s story that finds its release in the act of painting—‘to other times and places.’

Cheryl Wilson Smith’s glass works are informed by the rugged beauty of the landscape surrounding her Northern Ontario home. She was surprised to discover the same wild terrain when visiting her ancestral village in Scotland. Destiny? Her journey continues

In folklore, ancient mariners believed that when they sailed into unknown regions of the world—‘Here Be Dragons.’ Only the brave sailed onward to explore what had never been encountered before. Hietala, Kamran and Wilson Smith have embraced that daring credo in their own art making—to navigate life’s ‘uncharted waters with vision and passion. The results are simply stunning.

“As a kid I used to help my father sail by plotting our course on charts. But I recognize that life itself can’t be mapped—it’s unpredictable. The inscriptions on my artwork offer advice for wherever you’re going but the journey itself still can’t be predicted.” Heather Allen Hietala