See also Flowers & Foliage. Click on any artwork below for a larger image with title and description. Contact Vanessa for the price of any available piece.
See also Trees & Foliage. Click on any artwork below for a larger image with title and description. Contact Vanessa for the price of any available piece.
See also Trees & Flowers. 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.
Aspen Gold & Prairie Sky, 2021 | 24" X 24" - Oil on canvas
Autumn Glow, 2021 | 16" X 20" - Oil on canvas
Autumn Lace, 2020 | 16" X 12" - Inktense & gouache on 140 lb watercolour paper
Betula Ballet, 2018 | 48" X 24" - Mixed media on canvas
Birches, 2020 | 12" X 9" - Watercolour & pen on 140 lb watercolour paper
Boreal Afternoon, 2014 | 18" X 12" - Acrylic on 140 lb watercolour paper
Brazeau Trails, 2019 | 8" X 8" - Acrylic on canvas
Can't See the Forest for the Trees, 2020 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
Colour Brings Me Joy, 2020 | 12" X 12" - Mixed media on canvas
Fresh Snow on Firs, 2020 | 20" X 20" - Mixed media on canvas
Hillside Invitation, 2020 | 36" X 24" - Acrylic on canvas
Insight in Spirit, 2015 | 12" X 12" - Oil on canvas
Lakeside, 2020 | 14" X 10" - Inktense & gouache on 140 lb watercolour paper
Late Afternoon Glow, 2021 | 14" X 10" - Oil on canvas
Sunrises Releases the Spirit, 2017 | 20" X 20" - Oil on canvas
Winter Sun, 2020 | 10" X 14" - Acrylic on canvas
Blue Poppies , 2021 | 7" X 5" - Mixed media on canvas
As the Frost Touches the Leaves , 2014 | 10" X 10" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Cattailss , 2020 | 20" X 24" - Oil on canvas
Mountain Ash in Fall , 2008 | 18" X 24" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Ivy Tangle , 2015 | 12" X 16" - Acrylic on canvas
Sentinels , 2015 | 16" X 20" - Oil on canvas
Parsing the Thicket 1 , 2016 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
The Underbrush Sings with Light , 2017 | 16" X 20" - Acrylic on canvas
Violet Shadows , 2018 | 16" X 12" - Watercolour & gouache on 140 lb watercolour paper
Campanula at the Heart , 2016 | 12" X 16" - Watercolour & gouache on 140 lb watercolour paper
In Six Months, There'll be Apples , 2021 | 24" X 24" - Oil on canvas
Johnny Jump-Ups , 2017 | 8" X 10" - Coloured pencil on 90 lb paper
Stonecrop Dance, 2015 | 12" X 18" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Violets, 2020 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
Clear Winter Night, 2020 | 4" X 10" - Watercolour on 140 lb watercolour paper
Fantasy Fir, 2021 | 20" X 10" - Acrylic on canvas
Dilworth Mountain Delight, 2022 | 12" X 12" - Oil on canvas
Lakeside Glow, 2022 | 12" X 12" - Oil on canvas
Shimmer and Glow, 2022 | 12" X 12" - Oil on canvas
Lupin Palooza, 2022 | 20" X 16" - Acrylic on canvas
Star of Wonder, 2022 | 14" X 11" - Acrylic on canvas
Arbutus, Pender Island, 2022 | 36" X 36" - Acrylic on canvas
Berries a la Mode, 2022 | 12" X 14" - Acrylic on canvas
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, 2022 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
Holding Up the Sky, 2023 | 12" X 12" - Acrylic on canvas
Brava, Festiva Maxima!, 2024 | 22" X 28" - Oil on canvas
RAvine Glow, 2024 | 48" X 24" - Oil on canvas