Helen Utsal is an award winning contemporary landscape painter living and working on Vancouver Island. Spending time in Nature is a critical aspect of her inspiration and practice; a space for meditation, creation and renewal. “I love trees, and all their diversity of shapes, moods and personalities. I don’t seek to reproduce reality, but rather reflect my impressions of the forests. Using unexpected colours and exaggerating the sunlight, my art expresses joy in nature.
I work with acrylics, oil paint and cold wax medium to make impressionist paintings. My smallest original paintings are 5"x5" , but I like to paint very large canvases as well. I have prints on paper available for those on a budget as well as artcards. I also take commissions and make paintings for clients who want something personal and unique.
We respectfully acknowledge that the Filberg Festival takes place on the unceded traditional territory of the K'omoks First Nation, Gila 'kasla...Hay ch q'a'.
