City Living

Acrylic on canvas, 30x40cm

Artist Statement: City Living is a surrealist exploration of seclusion and loneliness. It features fish, who, confined and isolated in their respective structures, are out of place in their urban environment. They stand as symbols of displacement and the experience of alienation, and the bold red, black, orange, and yellow color palette creates a sense of anxiety. How does not belonging affect a person? What does it mean to be out of place?

Angel T. Dionne is an English literature professor and surrealist living in Edmundston, New Brunswick. She is the founding editor of Vroom Lit Magazine, and her work has been featured in a number of experimental publications. She is the author of a surrealist poetry collection, Bird Ornaments (Broken Tribe Press, 2025), as well as a short story collection entitled Sardines (ClarionLit, 2023). She shares her home with her wife, cats, parrot, lizard, and an assortment of fish. 

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