Miri Peer - Landscapes for the Soul

Artist's Bio

Miri was born in Bulgaria, grew up in Israel and followed her love to Canada. Her family now lives on Lovesick Lake in the Kawartha region.

After 4 successful careers-including graduate studies, corporate positions as well as entrepreneurial ventures - Miri is now a full-time artist focusing on landscape painting.

Music and visual arts are life-long passions for the Peer family, and Miri was involved in Batik and Pottery even during her business career. However, it took quite a few years before she started painting - "I was simply petrified of falling short", she says. Essentially a self-taught artist, finally felt ready to exhibit her paintings in 2004 - "they need to be with people in order to breathe."

Artist's Statement

I am a landscape painter.

Landscapes evoke a wide variety of emotions including mystical connectedness, and painting is my way of sharing the experience with others. So I call my paintings "Landscapes for the Soul", but they are also "of" the soul.

A work of art is often much more than the eye can see, communicating complex meanings and powerful emotions. My paintings use landscape as a starting point for exploring ways to express feelings, mood, drama, mystery and/or the excitement of the moment. These elusive reactions are more important to me than the accurate details of the scenery.

As a self-taught painter with minimal formal training in art, I am constantly experimenting with different approaches. Although I use other media on occasion, most of my paintings are in acrylic-I find it very versatile and spontaneity-friendly; it enables me to "let the painting evolve into its own being with its own fleeting emotion."