"An Autumn Stroll," 28" x 22"

Acrylic on Canvas.

“One of my favourite places to find myself is along a trail with trees of every kind towering overhead. There is a delicious abundance of texture and tones, light and shadow, growth and change, that kicks my visual memory into overdrive. And if there is light streaming through the trees? It's over. Come back for me next year.”

Nova Scotia artist Joanne MacLennan has been an artist her whole life. Raised in both southern and central Alberta, she spent her childhood running through the prickly grasses of the prairies and building rock paths across streams in the Rocky Mountains. She has spent her years observing the stars in the night sky, gazing up at the tallest trees, and marveling at the little birds who use the wide blue sky as their playground.

Joanne focuses mainly on the beauty of nature and its surroundings. “My art practice is the way I connect with the world around me and share the joy I experience. The techniques I use to bring attention to the details of texture, colour, space, and contrast, are shaped in a way to draw the viewer in to savour every delicious detail.”