Artist Statement

About Ann-Marie Cheung

Ann-Marie is a visual alchemist whose work weaves joy, symbolism, and a sense of quiet magic into richly layered compositions. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art (OCADU) in Toronto, Canada, she brings a strong foundation in fine art to a creative practice that bridges tradition and innovation. Her world, infused with exotic colour palettes, ancient patterning, and ornate textures, unfolds as a vibrant dialogue between intuition, spirituality, and storytelling. With a background in visual art and multimedia design, she is a tech-savvy artist who works fluidly across acrylic, mixed media, and digital platforms to explore themes of the divine feminine, resilience, and inner transformation.

Her practice has continually evolved beyond the canvas. In recent years, Ann-Marie completed an advanced diploma in Landscape Design, merging her artistic vision with a deepening connection to nature and gardening. This interdisciplinary expansion has shaped a growing commitment to environmental stewardship and public space. Through large-scale murals, intricately painted picnic benches, and digital public art, she brings colour, symbolism, and beauty into shared environments, transforming everyday spaces into places of reflection and connection. Sustainability remains central to her approach, with a focus on eco-conscious materials and designs that encourage biodiversity and ecological balance.

This evolving path has led her toward landscape architecture, where she sees an opportunity to unite art, ecology, and spatial storytelling on a larger, living canvas. For Ann-Marie, landscapes are immersive works of art, spaces where planting, material, pattern, and cultural memory converge to create environments that nurture both community and ecosystem.

Her work has been featured in the Canada Council Art Bank since 1989 and is held in private collections worldwide, marking a long and dynamic creative journey. Alongside her studio and public art practice, Ann-Marie works as a Creative Experience Guide, facilitating meditative painting sessions that incorporate sacred symbolism and themes of balance and abundance.

Rooted in continual exploration, she embraces an ever-evolving path, blending art, sustainability, and a profound connection to the natural world, while inviting others to experience creativity as a source of renewal, resilience, and transformation.