Usually, the only thing we have on display in our giant, street level studio windows are the Dynamo designers lucky(?) enough to have snagged a window seat. But starting this summer that's all changed, as you may have noticed by our previous Dynawindows project. This month we're featuring ten pieces from Costa Rica based artist Margriet Zwart, originally hailing from Ontario.

I discovered Zwart two summers ago in the tiny surf town of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica and I immediately fell in love with her gritty, playful, and eco-friendly style. When I went back this summer I asked her on a whim to be the first featured artist in our Dynamo Artist Series. She agreed, we stuffed two duffel bags full of her beachwood masterpieces, and now the Dynamo studio windows have come alive with her wild rendition of jungle, surf, and colorful creatures...

Zwart paints the way she speaks. Fast, jumbled, chaotic at times and planted with gems of wisdom and humor that draw you in the more you listen, the more you look. Her hip coffee shop Baraka Cafe; plonked in the middle of a Costa Rican surfing paradise called Santa Teresa has been turned into a gritty yet whimsical gallery. The rawness and the beauty of life in the beach/jungle town ooze from her paintings.Random chunks of driftwood and found objects beaten by the waves, are the building blocks of her art. Zwart captures both the simplicity and chaos of living in paradise using paint, surfboard epoxy and resin in her paintings. Her art reflects the world in which she lives but with her own unique take. This series of work is a medley of favorite themes. The body, the bird, poems, words, and dreams. All seemingly random yet they tell a story…

If you're in the Montréal area, come by the Dynamo studio and check out Zwart's work in person. All pieces are for sale by the artist. If you’re interested in purchasing a piece of art you see here, please contact the artist directly at margozwart@gmail.com

To inquire about becoming our next featured artist email us: hello@godynamo.com

Jenna Holcombe - Dynamo's Senior Designer. Jenna is currently misplacing her glasses, laughing at Corey's jokes, making you an okay espresso, and massaging your retinas with her Wacom pen.