Featured artist
Helen Utsal
Canada
- Sell original works
- Sell reproduced works
- Take commissions/assignments
- Offer workshops/classes
- Sell reproduced works
- Take commissions/assignments
- Offer workshops/classes
Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Landscape
Golden Birch
24" x 48" acrylic, oil and cold wax medium, oil stick on canvas SOLD |
Natures Confetti
72" x 48" acrylic, oil, cold wax medium, oil sticks on canvas SOLD |
Singing Colour
40" x 40" acrylic, oil and cold wax medium on canvas SOLD |
Installation Art
collaboration with my sister Kate Taylor, as sister+sister
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elements from The Butterfly Effect installation. an award winning immersive installation made with hand made paper.
Website for this collaboration is
Kate Taylor - Portfolio of Works (sister-plus-sister.com) |
Artist Statement
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.
Hiking and paddling, I cherish the quiet sounds and stillness. With my camera and my painter's mind, I mark moments; light shining bright and chartreuse on stirring leaves, dramatic light on the water, tangles of roots weaving the land together under my feet.
As an artist, it is my privilege to witness and reflect the exceptional Canadian landscape that manages to convey both an ancient power and newborn vitality.
I love teaching workshops in my studio and welcome the public every Saturday to visit my studio/gallery in Courtenay.
Bio
Helen Utsal is an award winning contemporary landscape painter living and working on Vancouver Island, Canada.
I grew up in a creative, nature loving family and I have been fortunate enough to have had excellent artistic mentors and teachers along the way.
After studying Fine Art at Concordia University in Montreal, I worked as a studio assistant to professional artists and photographers including Tom Hopkins, Graeme Metson, Donigan Cumming and Michael Flomen. I learned so much from them, and knew I also wanted to be a professional artist.
Although I made several paintings a year since high school, it was only much later that I was able to commit to art full time.
I learned so much working as a scenic painter in the film business for 10 years, as an IATSE 873 member. It interesting creative work, where I could really experiment and work on a huge scale.
In 2006, I had my first gallery solo show in Whistler and was invited to be represented by a gallery there.
I relocated to the Comox Valley with my 2 year old son.
Here, I co-Founded Art Alchemy Studio in 2011, a shared artist run studio and exhibition space. We hosted 9 years of the Square Foot Show.
In 2019, co-founded the Pacific Board Art Show; a collaboration of local west coast artists selling original work on reclaimed surfboards, skateboards, and snowboards. We organized 2 exhibitions to fundraise for conservation, and donated $5000 to Pacific Wild.
My commitment to conservation focuses on my love of Old Growth trees and 10% of my profits from the sales of my Vitality of the Land Collection are donated to the Ancient Forest Alliance, that works with logging companies, government and first nations to protect old growth on Vancouver Island.
I exhibit my paintings in solo gallery shows, group shows, art fairs, and festivals and am represented in art galleries in Canada and the US.
I have participated in International Exhibitions in China ( Shenzhen, Hangzhou), France (Paris, Orquevaux) and the US ( San Diego, Cincinatti).
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.
Hiking and paddling, I cherish the quiet sounds and stillness. With my camera and my painter's mind, I mark moments; light shining bright and chartreuse on stirring leaves, dramatic light on the water, tangles of roots weaving the land together under my feet.
As an artist, it is my privilege to witness and reflect the exceptional Canadian landscape that manages to convey both an ancient power and newborn vitality.
I love teaching workshops in my studio and welcome the public every Saturday to visit my studio/gallery in Courtenay.
Bio
Helen Utsal is an award winning contemporary landscape painter living and working on Vancouver Island, Canada.
I grew up in a creative, nature loving family and I have been fortunate enough to have had excellent artistic mentors and teachers along the way.
After studying Fine Art at Concordia University in Montreal, I worked as a studio assistant to professional artists and photographers including Tom Hopkins, Graeme Metson, Donigan Cumming and Michael Flomen. I learned so much from them, and knew I also wanted to be a professional artist.
Although I made several paintings a year since high school, it was only much later that I was able to commit to art full time.
I learned so much working as a scenic painter in the film business for 10 years, as an IATSE 873 member. It interesting creative work, where I could really experiment and work on a huge scale.
In 2006, I had my first gallery solo show in Whistler and was invited to be represented by a gallery there.
I relocated to the Comox Valley with my 2 year old son.
Here, I co-Founded Art Alchemy Studio in 2011, a shared artist run studio and exhibition space. We hosted 9 years of the Square Foot Show.
In 2019, co-founded the Pacific Board Art Show; a collaboration of local west coast artists selling original work on reclaimed surfboards, skateboards, and snowboards. We organized 2 exhibitions to fundraise for conservation, and donated $5000 to Pacific Wild.
My commitment to conservation focuses on my love of Old Growth trees and 10% of my profits from the sales of my Vitality of the Land Collection are donated to the Ancient Forest Alliance, that works with logging companies, government and first nations to protect old growth on Vancouver Island.
I exhibit my paintings in solo gallery shows, group shows, art fairs, and festivals and am represented in art galleries in Canada and the US.
I have participated in International Exhibitions in China ( Shenzhen, Hangzhou), France (Paris, Orquevaux) and the US ( San Diego, Cincinatti).
Gallery Representation & Exhibition Schedule
Helen Utsal Fine Art, Courtenay, BC
Art Junction Gallery Whistler, BC
Coast Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC
Crown & press Gallery, Hamilton, ON
PI Fine Art, Toronto, ON
Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
ADC Fine Art, Cincinatti, OH
Art Junction Gallery Whistler, BC
Coast Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC
Crown & press Gallery, Hamilton, ON
PI Fine Art, Toronto, ON
Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
ADC Fine Art, Cincinatti, OH
Workshops/Classes Offered
