See also Birds & Nests and Insects. Click on any artwork below for a larger image with title and description. Contact Vanessa for the price of any available piece.
See also Animals and Insects. Click on any artwork below for a larger image with title and description. Contact Vanessa for the price of any available piece.
See also Animals and Birds & Nests. Click on any artwork below for a larger image with title and description. Contact Vanessa for the price of any available piece.
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Vanessa loves to create paintings that burst with colour, movement and light. Enthralled with the beauty of the natural world, she finds inspiration in the breathtaking scenes that abound in the prairies, forests, mountains and lakes of British Columbia and Alberta.
Vanessa is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She is a Navigator and member with Mastrius where she has been mentored by master artists Heather Pant, David Langevin, Stephanie Gauvin, Lee Munn, Yvonne Reddick and Brent Lynch.
The primary forces in my work are colour and light. Whether creating a traditional landscape, exploring and capturing the negative spaces in a thicket of undergrowth or a forest of trees, studying the play of light and reflection on inanimate objects, colour and light make me swoon and yearn to portray their power and beauty. I use oil and acrylic on canvas; watercolour, gouache and coloured pencil on watercolour paper in my endeavour to capture movement, depth, life and light.
As Sly As A... 2016 | 10" X 8" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Every Good Grizz Eats His Greens, 2018 | 7" X 5" - Gouache on 140 lb watercolour paper
I'm Coming,Mama, 2013 | 14" X 11" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Koala & Joey, 2020 | 10" X 8" - Acrylic on canvas
The Lookout, 2016 | 10" X 8" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
No, Over There! 2018 | 16" X 20" - Oil on canvas
Resting....for Now, 2017 | 16" X 20" - Coloured pencil on 140 lb watercolour paper
Safe Beneath the Waves, 2020 | 5" X 8" - Intense & pen on 140 lb watercolour paper
Towards Infinity, 2019 | Inktense on 140 lb watercolour paper
Underwater Flight, 2017 | 8" X 10" - Coloured pencil on sanded paper
If You Go Out in the Woods Today, 2019 | 24" X 18" - Oil on canvas
Apparition, 2019 | 12" X 24" - Coloured pencil & pastel on 140 lb watercolour paper
Defiance, 2019 | 12" X 18" - Coloured pencil & pastel on 140 lb watercolour paper
The Forest Dreams of Owls, 2014 | Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
From the Pines, 2013 | 11" X 14" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Frosted Fortress, 2015 | 12" X 12" - Oil on canvas
Laser Focus, 2018 | 16" X 20" - Coloured pencil on 140 lb watercolour paper
Life is a Song, 2019 | 5" X 5" - Inktense on 140 lb watercolour paper
Nevermore, 2016 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
Barnswallow Fortress, 2014 | 12" X 16" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Peeka....Me Too!, 2018 | 10" X 8" - Coloured pencil on 140 lb watercolour paper
Amidst Spring Buds, 2021 | 16" X 12" - Inktense & gouache on 140lb watercolour paper
In the Absence of a Tree, 2020 | 9" X 12" - Inktense on 140 lb watercolour paper
Nested, 2016 | 16" X 20" - Acrylic on canvas
Sanctuary, 2014 | 10" X 14" - Acrylic on 140 lb watercolour paper
Busy, 2013 | 10" X 14" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Gossamer Rising, 2020 | 10" X 10" - Acrylic on canvas
Hello, Bud! 2017 | 11" X 14" - Coloured pencil on 140 lb watercolour paper
Quixotically Coiffed, 2018 | 7" X 5" - Gouache on 140 lb watercolour paper
Red Apparition, 2015 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
Reflected Beauty, 2017 | 24" X 18" - Oil on canvas
Top Knots on Parade, 2017 | 16" X 20" - Acrylic on canvas