Trudy Perks is an artist working in Barrie Ontario whose main interest is in beauty, especially the sort that’s difficult to see. For example, what is it for a decision, a poem or a voice to be beautiful, and how might it appear if we could see it? Where does the garden go in Winter? Is beauty always unreliable, transient, can it stay or does it return to us somehow? Could we contain it? Finding and making more of this feels peaceful, like a necessary thing to do. Recent paintings have been about the patterns found in beautiful structures and the places where they show up, like in the woods and one’s own garden.

Trudy has a BFA from OCAD University and an Hon.B.Sc. from the University of Toronto. Her work is held in private collections in Canada, the United States and the UK. With a commitment to integrity and aiming at simplicity, she works to integrate her artistic and spiritual concerns, to optimize feelings of hopefulness and aesthetic enjoyment.