What Makes Me Tick
I’m an Artist/Maker/Innovator who experiences pure JOY when working with my hands and creating from my soul. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a creative energy bubbling up inside me - the need to experiment, to build, to take things apart, to make marks and play with colour.
Growing up in Toronto, I was inspired by my dad - an artist/cartoonist/graphic designer - who shared with me his love of tools, art supplies and creative experimentation. In 2010, I discovered the excitement of working with encaustic medium and immediately fell madly in love - it was so tactile and versatile - and there were tools, lots of awesome tools!
I absolutely love the unlimited freedom when intuitively playing and experimenting in my studio! I'm currently working with richly pigmented mediums, creating vibrant Encaustic + Mixed Media artwork inspired by the wonders of nature and the textures of urban life.
I love to share my joy of creativity with others and periodically teach workshops in my wonderful Collingwood art studio. My belief is that all people - no matter their age - deserve a safe, fun and nurturing space where they can let their inner artist out to play.
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When viewing my most recent artwork, at first glance it seems quite straight forward. Upon a closer look, one discovers that there’s much more going on beyond the surface. Layer upon layer peek through, creating curiosity for the viewer to get closer, to look deeper, to discover the magic below. My goal is to create unique, engaging and thought provoking artwork inspired by the wonders of nature and the textures of urban life, quite often combining both to add underlying tension within my work.
I go about this by intuitively playing and experimenting - injecting my wonky, whimsical, authentic self into all my creative adventures. I am currently combining poetry and mixed media, taking inspiration from one to create the other, the two becoming completely intertwined. Sometimes I begin by playing with words, conjuring up images reflecting my inspiration and emotions. Other times it starts with layer upon layer of encaustic (molten wax) or acrylic paint combined with unique papers, photos, sketches, marks, and more. Once the depth and magic is present within the physical piece, poetic words begin to flow from within me.
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From the Inside Out:
Painting + Poetry Intertwined
Dee Hutton & Chantal Wolf
Collingwood Public Library Gallery, Collingwood, ON - 2025Wax + Water
Dee Hutton & Victoria Wallace
Nooks Studio, Toronto, ON - 2017A Creative Life
Dee Hutton
DESIGNnook, Toronto, ON - 2016Colour / Carve / Create
Dee Hutton
LucSculpture, Toronto, ON - 2013The Art of Wax
Dee Hutton
Cool East Market, Toronto, ON - 2011 -
Winter’s Gift Exhibition
BMFA, Collingwood, ON - 2025, 2024Heart of Red Gala: benefit auction for My Friends’ House
Collingwood, ON - 2025, 2024Beyond The Surface
Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON - 2024Celebrating the Colour Turquoise
The Gallery at L.E. Shore, Thornbury, ON - 2024Dear Earth, My Love: Love Letters to the Earth
Churchill / Hutton / Wolf /Embacher, Meaford Hall Gallery, Meaford, ON - 2023Diverse Perspectives from the Bay
Hutton/Jennett/Keskikyla/Simmons, L.E. Shore Gallery, Thornbury, ON - 2023Square Foot Show
Loft Gallery, Thornbury, ON - 2022Summer Group Show
Blue Crow Gallery, Toronto, ON - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017Annual BMFA Juried Group Show
Press Room Gallery, Collingwood, ON - 2019Small Art Big Hearts
Waddingtons Online Auction, Toronto, ON - 2018, 2017Canada 150 × 2
Yellow House Gallery & Cobalt Gallery, Toronto, ON - 2017Bees (& the Birds) Show
Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery, Toronto, ON - 2017Winter Holiday Show
LucSculpture, Toronto, ON - 2016Encaustic Art Show
LucSculpture, Toronto, ON - 2016, 2014Group Art Show
Artisans At Work, Toronto, ON - 2015Black and White Ball
Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto, ON - 2012, 2011The Cup
Distill Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto, ON - 2011 -
Telephone Project
Satellite Collective, New York, USA - 2015 -
Blue Mountain Foundation of the Arts
2017-presentIEA: International Encaustic Artists
2010-present