Exhibitions – Ann-Marie Cheung

August 24, 2025April 27, 2026

“Joyful Melody” Piano Painting Project

“Joyful Melody” is a vibrant hand-painted piano by Ann-Marie Cheung and is now bringing more colour and creativity to downtown St. Thomas!
⁠Ann-Marie is also the current featured Platform 13 artist, with her work on display in the Railway City Tourism Office for the next six months. Come experience her beautiful art up close.

605 Talbot Street, St. Thomas, ON⁠

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022

heART ORBITS Global Collaborative Art Movement!

Join us! Enter into a circle of heARTists who are committed to co-creating MORE love, MORE possibility & MORE connection!

We will be sending canvases from one of us to the other, all around the world to create a collaborative painting that will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to Women for Women International.

Each canvas will have a different SONG that will serve as your muse… to inspire your creativity! We will be reaching out to and tagging the artist / singer throughout the process. Who knows what magic may come from THAT collaboration! You can join as an artist or a friend.

Click here: https://whitneyfreyastudio.com/p/heart-orbit?affcode=146549_n6vky1wd

July 10, 2021May 15, 2022

The Garden Wall Elephant Mural

It is so exhilarating and powerful to leave your permanent mark, your unique artistic vision on something. I had this amazing opportunity to paint a mural on two brick garden walls outside the St Thomas Tourist office in downtown St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. It has been so wonderful hearing the positive comments of people passing by. And thank you for all the love on Social Media!

Special thanks to St. Thomas Economic Development Corporation, Railway City Tourism and Graphenstone paints.

Prepping the Wall

This was my first time painting on brick and I learned that it was a good idea to apply a primer beforehand. So to begin, I applied a colourless primer from Graphenstone paints, AmbientPrimer L44 and let that dry for 24 hours.

The background colour

For the next step, I painted a blue background using a very pale blue (INDO WATER) and a darker blue {PARAIBA). Paints from Graphenstone Grafclean Premium line.
An ecoGreen paint with a matte white finish recommended for exterior walls with high humidity. It is free of all toxic substances and also highly breathable. The product contains lime which acts as a natural preservative thus eliminating the use of harmful chemicals and/or carcinogenic materials. Manufactured with Graphenstone technology, providing resistance and durability.

I must say I am loving these paints!

Day 3: outlines and added some colour

Day 4 progress!

Day 5. It was so hot today! A lot of great comments from people passing by.

Day 6…almost done. Added a butterfly and my website signature for those passing by and taking photos 🙂

Day 7- Scorching hot day

The final photos and reflection

What an incredible opportunity to work on this project. It was an honour and privilege to produce a permanent work of art in the heart of Downtown St Thomas Ontario.

The story of Jumbo the elephant is rather tragic and sad. He was a circus animal that was hit and killed by a train in St Thomas in 1885. In 1985 this statue of Jumbo was erected here.

I am hoping my mural will help to heal the elephant spirit. I love the elephant symbol, she is so gentle, wise and strong. Did you know elephants will come together to mourn their dead? I see all these new painted elephants around St Thomas coming together to lament and honour Jumbo in a joyous way.

This was part of the Track to the Future mural project coordinated by Railway City Tourism in collaboration with Andrew Gunn Consulting and young & free press with generous financial support from the Estate of Donna Vera Evans Bushell. Thank you!