Somewhere Between Yes And Absolutely by Miriam Traher

Discovery

Somewhere Between Yes and Absolutely lives in that lovely place where instinct has already made the decision before your head catches up. Warm colour, layered movement, and playful marks lean toward possibility and the excitement of saying yes before knowing exactly where it will lead.

Miriam Traher
Somewhere Between Yes And Absolutely
Acrylic On Canvas
36 x 48 x 1.5 in
C$2,300

The colours came fast in this one. Warm corals, peaches, pinks, soft creams, flashes of yellow… all bumping into one another with this playful, slightly chaotic energy that somehow still feels completely alive and right. The black marks move through the surface almost like thoughts trying to catch up to the feeling.

I kept laughing while painting this piece because every time I thought, “okay that’s probably enough,” the painting basically answered back, “absolutely not.”

And honestly… thank goodness.

There’s movement everywhere in this piece. Scribbles, scratches, layered decisions, moments covered up and rediscovered again. It feels confident, impulsive, emotional, and a little bit fearless. Like saying yes before you’ve fully figured out the plan and realizing halfway through that maybe that’s where the good stuff actually lives.

Created on a 36” x 48” canvas, this work explores instinct, momentum, joy, risk, and the beautiful energy that happens somewhere between hesitation and full commitment, and somewhere out there, someone loves orange.

Subject Matter: Abstract Expressive Landscape
Collections: Colourful Art, Expressive, Dynmic, Bold, Medium Size

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Based in London, Ontario, Miriam Traher creates expressive abstract paintings rooted in movement, atmosphere, texture, memory, and joy. Through layered surfaces, calligraphic marks, and intuitive colour, her work explores the moments, feelings, conversations, and little bits of beauty that make us feel fully alive.

Inspired by weathered surfaces, shifting light, flowers, music, storytelling, and the emotional energy between things, her paintings invite viewers to pause, feel, and discover their own connections within the work.

Miriam Traher

Denfield, ON

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