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“ To simplify, to focus, to balance the seen with the unseen, to capture the spirit, heart & soul… the painting’s reason for being.” |
“ I have always had two passions; nature and art. My background is in both Commercial and Fine Art,
and I currently work primarily as a Fine Artist. I am inspired by my surroundings and the natural beauty of the Maritimes.
Although I’ve worked in all mediums I tend to gravitate towards watercolour and often use it in combination with chalk pastel & pencil.
This allows me to start with a very transparent and unpredictable medium (watercolour), and the chalk pastel & pencil give me the flexibility
to enhance colour, texture and add contrast or line if needed. I also work "en Plein Air” (outdoors), and feel this has improved my work
as it has forced me to simplify and work quickly in an ever-changing environment. I often think my best painting is the next one,
so I hope you choose to follow me on social media and visit this website often for my latest paintings and news! ”
. . Biography . .
Gail Sutherland is a Fine Artist living in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She studied arts in college and then completed her BFA at Concordia University,
specializing in graphic design. Gail worked primarily as a graphic designer and illustrator, eventually managing a small studio
in Montreal which specialized in packaging for large pharmaceutical companies. Throughout her career she continued to pursue her love of art
by taking various workshops, life drawing and studying with local and International artists. When Gail moved to Nova Scotia in the spring of 1990,
she found her inspiration in the coastal beauty that now surrounded her and began to paint and exhibit professionally.
In 2011, Gail became an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and in 2018 her work was featured in the International magazine, “The Art of Watercolour”. The article highlighted her painting process, the landscape of Nova Scotia and her winning painting (below),
entitled “Tumble”, which won 3rd place national in the IWS Canada 150 online exhibition, “150 Ways to Celebrate”. She was once again honoured
to be selected as one of the 12 artists representing Canada, at the FabrianoInAcquarello Watercolour symposium, in Italy.
Gail’s work has been published and exhibited locally and Internationally and can be found in many private and corporate collections worldwide.
and I currently work primarily as a Fine Artist. I am inspired by my surroundings and the natural beauty of the Maritimes.
Although I’ve worked in all mediums I tend to gravitate towards watercolour and often use it in combination with chalk pastel & pencil.
This allows me to start with a very transparent and unpredictable medium (watercolour), and the chalk pastel & pencil give me the flexibility
to enhance colour, texture and add contrast or line if needed. I also work "en Plein Air” (outdoors), and feel this has improved my work
as it has forced me to simplify and work quickly in an ever-changing environment. I often think my best painting is the next one,
so I hope you choose to follow me on social media and visit this website often for my latest paintings and news! ”
. . Biography . .
Gail Sutherland is a Fine Artist living in Bedford, Nova Scotia. She studied arts in college and then completed her BFA at Concordia University,
specializing in graphic design. Gail worked primarily as a graphic designer and illustrator, eventually managing a small studio
in Montreal which specialized in packaging for large pharmaceutical companies. Throughout her career she continued to pursue her love of art
by taking various workshops, life drawing and studying with local and International artists. When Gail moved to Nova Scotia in the spring of 1990,
she found her inspiration in the coastal beauty that now surrounded her and began to paint and exhibit professionally.
In 2011, Gail became an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and in 2018 her work was featured in the International magazine, “The Art of Watercolour”. The article highlighted her painting process, the landscape of Nova Scotia and her winning painting (below),
entitled “Tumble”, which won 3rd place national in the IWS Canada 150 online exhibition, “150 Ways to Celebrate”. She was once again honoured
to be selected as one of the 12 artists representing Canada, at the FabrianoInAcquarello Watercolour symposium, in Italy.
Gail’s work has been published and exhibited locally and Internationally and can be found in many private and corporate collections worldwide.
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. . Education . . |
. . Organizations & Affiliations . . |
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Dunes Studio & Gallery Brackley Beach, PEI
Teichert Gallery Halifax, NS Visual Arts Nova Scotia Halifax, NS |
NSCAD University Certificate in Digital Media
Concordia University BFA (Specialization Graphic Design) Saidye Bronfman Centre John Abbott College DEC, Fine Arts |
Selected Workshops: Linda Kemp, Brian Ateyo, Alvaro Castagnet, Judy Garfin and Helmut Gerth
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Featured in The Art of Watercolour Magazine. 31st edition June 2018
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Won "Best Use of Light " at Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival.
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Won 3rd Place National in the Canada
150 online exhibition, "150 Ways to Celebrate" presented by The International Watercolour Society of Canada (IWS Canada). 
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Featured in: From Land and Sea, NOVA SCOTIA'S CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE ARTISTS, Edited by Dee Appleby
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"The raw beauty of Nova Scotia’s varied landscape makes the province a mecca for artists. A near-island bathed in salty sea air and brushed by steady winds, the provincial landscape can be shadowed by dark clouds one moment and lit by a brilliant summer sun the next. From Land and Sea presents over seventy of the province’s contemporary landscape artists and their works. Each profiled artist appears with a short bio and artist’s statement, along with examples of his or her art. The artists covered in this book represent a wide range of styles prevalent in Nova Scotia landscape art today. With a foreword from Ray Cronin, director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia."
Available through Nimbus Publishing in Halifax |
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Copyright 2023 © Gail Sutherland |