"On My Way," 30" x 24”

 Acrylic on Canvas.

“As a young girl, I watched Anne of Green Gables every year with my sisters at least twice. Once when we were snapping beans and shelling peas from the garden, and again at Christmas time when it was on TV. It was tradition. As a girl, I never dreamed that I would go to Prince Edward Island, nor that I would live within a 3-hour drive. It’s a dream come true.”

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.”