Art historian Helen Gardner defines the nature of form as “that of a total organic structure, a synthesis of all the elements of which that structure is constructed, and the manner in which these elements are related and united to create its distinctive character. The character of the material and the process and tools with which it is worked are vital determinants in the character of the form”.
At the core of my investigations as a painter is the pursuit of forms, as a dynamic organization that brings into play the textures of the world. These forms while referencing abstractions past, find new life in the contemporary as hybrids. As the Internet and globalization has increased our desires to macerate the limits of past traditions, the hybrid is indicative of the nature of our contemporary experience. It is my intentions these new works are a kind of computational aggregate of multiple influences and sources.
While these forms are paintings, I intend to push them towards sculpture and installation, a truly hybrid experience. Everyday actions of play and discovery are my starting point in the creation of these hybrid forms, where organic, geometric, sculpture, illusion and concrete form are forced together into an original choreography.
I endeavor to have these forms engage the viewer in a perceptual moment of time. While referencing contemporary time and its fast past nature, reflections within the forms show us the passage of “real” time.

It is my belief that the history of painting is rich and has room for a fresh approach to abstraction that engages abstraction’s history and acknowledges our contemporary nature through the creation of hybrid forms. My hope is to create paintings that encourage the experience of seeing while engaging the viewer in energy of the life of forms.

Angela Lane holds an Honors BFA from Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary, Alberta and obtained her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 2011. The artist was recognized as MICA’s 2011 nominee for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. In 2007, Lane was selected as the Alberta finalist in the 2007 BMO Painting Competition in Canada. Her work is collected on both private and corporate levels. Some notable acquisitions of Lane’s work include the Bank of Montreal Corporate Collection.