Angela Bontempo
Artist: Angela Bontempo
Title: Grace and Glory, 2023
Media: acrylic on canvas
Size: 48”x 48"
CAN $4,500.00
Exhibited at the John Mann Gallery, St. Catharines, ON, 2025
Artist’s Description: Through subtle movement and balanced contrasts, the work embodies grace and glory and invites reflection. Its fluid forms create a sense of calm, encouraging the viewer to feel lifted to a higher level of perception and presence. It explores the interplay of tone and texture to evoke a peaceful atmosphere.
Collector’s Note: Angela Bontempo’s market is in an exciting early stage, marked by steady momentum and growing collector confidence. Over the past five years, she has established a consistent record of sales and developed a strong following for her emotionally charged abstract paintings. Her works, currently priced at the entry level for emerging contemporary artists, present an attractive opportunity for collectors seeking early acquisitions from a painter whose trajectory points toward sustained growth.
Bontempo’s appeal extends beyond Canada, with notable interest from American collectors drawn to her distinctive blend of intuition, texture, and colour. As her career gains recognition within gallery circles and academic platforms, her name is becoming increasingly visible in conversations about contemporary abstraction and expressive painting. With ongoing exhibitions and a widening collector base, Bontempo represents a promising addition to any collection—her work embodying both emotional resonance and the potential for long-term appreciation.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Angela Bontempo (b. Hamilton, Ontario)
Angela Bontempo is a contemporary abstract painter whose work bridges emotional depth with intuitive expression. Her large-scale acrylic compositions invite collectors into a world of movement, light, and layered feeling—each canvas a testament to the power of vulnerability and transformation through art.
Rooted in the tradition of Automatism, Bontempo paints through instinct and emotion, allowing each gesture to unfold naturally on the surface. Her process is meditative and deeply personal: she begins only when centered in a state of calm and joy, approaching the canvas as both a dialogue and a release. What follows is a spontaneous unfolding—textures built with palette knives, catalyst wedges, and mixed media—where colour and rhythm guide her hand. “Once the process begins,” she reflects, “the painting leads; I simply follow.”
A self-taught artist, Bontempo began painting more than a decade ago as a therapeutic response to illness and personal loss. What started as an act of healing evolved into a full-time practice defined by authenticity and emotional resonance. Her signature use of blues, layered transparencies, and dynamic contrasts—between stillness and energy, control and surrender—give her paintings a visceral impact that appeals to collectors seeking work with both sophistication and soul.
Her compositions carry a quiet spirituality, grounded in her belief that art can calm the mind and touch the spirit. Each painting is a rhythm of daily life—reflective, alive, and open to interpretation. Collectors often describe her work as emotionally grounding, offering spaces of contemplation that feel simultaneously intimate and universal.
Bontempo’s career includes exhibitions at the John Mann Gallery (St. Catharines), the Art Gallery of Burlington, and Objects to Desire (Grimsby). She has studied under artist Bruno Capolongo, a student of the esteemed Canadian painter Daniel Solomon, and continues to refine her craft with a balance of discipline and instinct.
Travel remains an important source of inspiration, particularly her time in Italy, where the landscape, light, and sense of heritage reinforce her creative connection to beauty and balance.
As her career expands internationally, Bontempo’s art continues to attract discerning collectors who value emotional authenticity, material richness, and a painterly voice that feels both timeless and deeply human. Each of her works stands as a testament to trust—in process, in intuition, and in the quiet power of art to heal and transform.