from, SCRATCH
EMA DE LANEROLLE
Saturday, October 17, 2026
3 pm - 6 pm
1348 Dundas St W. / Toronto
from, SCRATCH
EMA DE LANEROLLE
Saturday, October 17, 2026
3 pm - 6 pm
1348 Dundas St W. / Toronto
Welcome to my website!
Ema de Lanerolle / Artist
Inspired by life, driven by curiosity.
Self-Portrait, 2012.
Oil on wood, 12"x16".
Private collection.
You're Invited!
from, Scratch is a new series of abstract expressionist oil paintings exploring the idea of beginning again.
Starting “from scratch” invited the artist to return to the unknown: a place before certainty, expectation, or even a definition of who they were as an artist.
Through colour, gesture, and process, de Lanerolle explores what it means to begin, to build, and to discover something new from the very first mark, while inviting the viewer to experience and perceive the work with the same sense of openness and possibility.
Opening Reception Oct 17, 3 pm to 6 pm
Artist Talk E. de Lanerolle
Artist Talk Sat, Oct 17 at 4:30 pm
Join artist Ema de Lanerolle for an artist talk exploring the ideas, experiences, and questions that shape their creative practice. The talk will explore Experience and Perspective (EXP), the idea that a work of art does not have a single fixed meaning, but is shaped by the unique experiences, memories, and perceptions each viewer brings to it. De Lanerolle will discuss their artistic process, the relationship between theory and intuition in their work, and how personal experience can transform the way we see and understand art.
Guest Poet Bill Bissett
Poetry Reading Sat, Oct 17 at 5:00 pm
A revered poet, painter and musician, Bill Bissett is a pre-eminent figure of the 1960s counterculture movement in Canada. His poetry collections, which combine sound and visual elements with printed works, are acclaimed for breaking down artificial barriers between the arts. He is also the esteemed co-founder of the Secret Handshake Gallery in Toronto’s Kensington Market, Canada’s first and only peer-support facility for people with schizophrenia.
Learn more about Bill CLICK HERE.
Guest Poet Jessica Popeski
Guest Poet Jessica Popeski
Poetry Reading Sat, Oct 17 at 5:30 pm
Jessica Popeski is a dis/abled opera singer, professor, and internationally published, intersectional ecofeminist poet. Her work can be found in carte blanche, Room, Hart House Review, Riddle Fence, The Woven Tale Press, Grain, swamp pink, Best Canadian Poetry 2027, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, filling Station, and elsewhere.
Learn ore about Jess CLICK HERE.
Thank you!
full of beans Coffee House & Roastery
An independent coffee shop that roasts their coffee in a century old Jabez Burns sample batch coffee roaster and bakes everything on-site. A cozy place to relax, read one of their many books that are for trade, take in the artwork that supports local artists or meet with a friend.
1348 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1Y3
EMA DE LANEROLLE
Portfolio
Oil and watercolour paintings, sculpture, screen printing, Falling Series and more.
Please contact Ema for more information.
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