Contemporary Abstract Fine Art

Marie Bortolotto is a sculptor living in Vancouver, BC Canada who works primarily in stone and wood to create contemporary abstract sculptures based on elegantly simplified organic forms and poetic metaphors. Currently, her sculptures explore the vessel form with its multiple uses as a functional object and a ceremonial one. Intrigued by how all life feeds on life, these hand carved vessels articulate an awareness of the responsibility of feeding beyond oneself, into the invisible realm of ancestry and memory where reverence and gratitude are evoked. Her recent mixed media works on paper draw inspiration from Neolithic cave paintings and ancient scripts where the "line" becomes a vehicle to explore themes of transcience, time and memory. In addition, she writes poetry to express similar themes. Overall, her creative work is fueled by the underlying belief in the power of art to transform, renew and nourish our modern human lives.