Canadian Visual Artist | Original Fine Art & Paintings
From Victoria, BC to the Royal College of Art in London She was 14 years old, her bedroom walls covered in pink and purple rose wallpaper. The carpet was green like the Spring grass, and she would sit for hours on this grass dreaming up ideas and writing down thoughts. The tape cassette player clicking […]
Three New Paintings – Sharing The View With Loved Ones When I am not in the studio, I am outside exploring with my Nikon camera. I have always enjoyed observing life, appreciating the details, and looking for the connections. One thing I have noticed over the years is how the immense beauty of our natural […]
How to Commission an Original Pop Realism Painting by Brandy Saturley – The Voice of Canadian Pop Art Brandy Saturley has painted numerous commissioned original paintings in her unique pop realism aesthetic for Canadian art collectors, worldwide. Each commissioned painting is conceived through a collaborative process with the client. Saturley has journeyed across Canada and the United States; on […]
Becoming the Voice of Canadian Pop Art, how I kept things rolling in 2018 Here are my ‘Art’ highlights from 2018. January – POP Canadianisms are born New paintings, new work expressing a symbolic view on our landscapes and culture of the time. What began as #iconiccanuck in 2011, morphed into #Canadianisms in 2017, this […]
10 favourite paintings from the past 5 years. I love painting. I have loved painting every since I was properly introduced to the medium at art college over 20 years ago now. I used to draw portraits in black in white, graphite and pencil, I used to live in a world that was void of […]
Canadian Art: Remembering and Honouring Canada’s Role in the Wars Every year on November 11th a somber tone blankets Canada, as a Canadian artist this national day of Remembrance has bled into my artwork. Some Canadian artists’ express their thoughts through poetry, music and even film. My chosen mediums are painting and photography and I […]
The Vancouver Art Gallery gets theatrical, thanks to Guo Pei. In October, the Autumn colours in greater Vancouver are exuberant and vivid. The whole city is ablaze in crimson, saffron and golden yellow, with dramatic contrasts against glass and grey architecture and shifting skies. Autumn is sensual, vivacious and uplifting. If Autumn were a movie […]
Behind The Scenes: Packaging Fine Art When it comes to shipping artwork, whether it be across town, across the country or shipping artwork overseas; the packaging of artwork is serious business. About a decade ago I invested time in searching out options for protecting and shipping my paintings. There are many options available, from reinforced cardboard […]
Art Collector Homes Part 2; Art in Oak Bay Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about art collector homes on Canada’s west coast, Vancouver Island. I’m not sure if it is the hot real estate market in Victoria BC, or my artwork on the walls, but something is happening here in BC and […]
Canadian Art in the UK – in conversation with Art Reveal Magazine Canadian Art and the UK go hand in hand, with many Canadian families with roots in the United Kingdom it is only fitting that there would be a keen interest in Canadian art overseas. With the introduction of BC artist and icon, Emily Carr […]