About Adrienne
One of Adrienne Grecco’s earliest memories is painting wooden nutcrackers at Christmas with her mother, an art teacher. Those early afternoons making things together sparked a love of creativity that never really left.
Adrienne went on to study graphic design and work in design and photography before finding her way back to painting. Since then, her work has found homes with collectors across Canada and has been shown in galleries, juried exhibitions and art fairs throughout Ontario.
Now a mother of two, Adrienne finds herself returning to the landscapes that shaped her. Roads disappearing over hills, farmhouses, changing skies and familiar stretches of countryside appear throughout her work. Rather than painting a place exactly as it exists, she is interested in capturing how it felt to be there.
Artist Statement
My paintings are rooted in memory and a desire to hold onto the landscapes that have shaped me. Growing up surrounded by farmland and spending much of my childhood in the Ontario countryside, I became attached to open fields, winding roads, old farmhouses and the changing light across the landscape.
As I get older, I find myself increasingly nostalgic for these familiar places. Watching farmland and open spaces disappear as our communities grow has made me more aware of how temporary they are. The landscapes I remember may not always exist as I knew them, and painting has become a way of preserving something of them before they change.
I intentionally begin many of my paintings with a bright orange, yellow or magenta ground. Orange and yellow bring warmth and a sense of sunlight and familiarity, while magenta adds emotion and energy. I allow these colours to show through the finished painting, making the blues, greens and quieter colours feel more alive.
It is not my intention to recreate a landscape exactly as it appears. I simplify forms, exaggerate colour and leave parts unresolved, allowing memory and feeling to influence what remains.
For me, painting is a way of holding onto a place even as it changes.
