about stevie sisson

 

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a little about me

I'm Stevie, a Nova Scotia based artist living by the sea—or close enough—in the Annapolis Valley. Creating has always been part of who I am. It’s not something I decided to do; it’s something I can’t turn off.

Art runs in my family; my opa, my grandma, and my great-grandma were all artists in their own ways. While I don’t believe art is genetic, there’s something grounding about being connected to that legacy as I carve out my own path.

My days are a mix of motherhood, paint-splattered hands, and the songs, poems, and fleeting moments that light me up. I'm drawn to colours and fragments of ideas—joy, pain, or even the weird, in-between stuff.

My art is evolving as I do, and I’m trying to figure out how to hold both joy and pain in the same space.

what you need to know about me

  • currently obsessed with

    Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End—it’s my ultimate cozy, laugh-out-loud comfort watch.

  • guilty pleasure

    Procrastinating with tarot cards.

  • go to coffee order

    The trashy pot that’s been sitting half the day—or, when I’m with my best friend, a London Fog.

  • colour of 2025

    Orangey red!

what drives my art

My work explores the raw and often messy layers of human experience—pain, resilience, and the beauty that emerges from life’s broken pieces. Art has always been something I can’t stop doing, a compulsion to process the world and my place in it.

I’ve spent years painting cheerful, playful images, but I’m in a different place now. My work has shifted toward the emotions I’ve been avoiding—grief, anger, discomfort, and the weirdness of transformation. Each piece pulls at those threads, weaving bold imagery with the complexity of being alive.

At its core, my art is about connection. It’s about finding the magic in the middle of the mess and reminding myself—and anyone who sees it—that we’re never as alone as we think we are.