About Natasha
Natasha’s love for art started at an early age when she took Saturday morning painting classes at the AGO as a teenager.
She furthered her learning with a degree in visual arts (B.A.) from the University of Western Ontario. She has participated in many local and international art shows including the Artist Project, Artwalk Square, and the Other Art Fair. In 2021 her work was featured in a Saatchi Art collection called Women to Watch, at the Global virtual edition of The Other Art Fair. Her work can be found in private and public collections in Canada and the United States.
Select Exhibitions
2024 - Heintzman Art Show - Thornhill, April
2023 - Art in the Park, Oakville, Bronte Park, Aug, 7
2023 - Artist Project, Toronto, April
2023 - Oh Canada Landscape show, artwrk.ca, online
2022 - LE Memorial Gallery, Thornbury, Group show, Sense of Place, December
2022 – Solo show, artwrk.ca, Nov. 18, Clearing
2022 – Purple Hills, Creemore Festival, Oct 1 to 2
2022 – Featured Artist, Noodle Gallery, Alton Mills, September,
2022 - The Artist Project, Toronto, April
2022 - Ojibway Club Art Show, Aug
2022 - Art in the Park, Oakville, Aug
2021 - Artwrk.ca online show, Coastland (December)
2021 – Loft Gallery, Thornbury, Square Foot show, December
2021 – The Other Art Fair Global Virtual Edition – Nov 8 to 29
2021 – Paris Crew – Landscape Exhibition (Sept). Saint John, New Brunswick
2021 – The Art Map Studio tour, Blue Mountains
2021 – Artwalk Square Don Mills, Artist Network (Sept)., Toronto
2020 - Featured Artist, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Distillery District
Process
It all begins with being in nature, enjoying, and observing my surroundings. On my hikes or when I am travelling I tend to take a ton of reference photos. Then once back in the studio, I spend countless hours cropping the photos, deciding on the best composition and what images speak to me. I will post many photos on my studio wall to look at them again and decide which ones I want to paint and if I want to change them. Then I paint with a rough idea in mind, yet I am an intuitive painter so I let the image unfold as I paint. I paint in oil and I love the slow drying process, giving me time to reflect on the images and look at them, taking away or adding as I need to. Often colours are not representational but what the area and experience made me feel. I want to recreate or record the experience and have the viewer make their own narrative from their experiences.
Gallery Representation
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Arta Gallery
Toronto, Distillery District
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Martens Gallery
Bayfield Ontario