The Art of Brandy Saturley

The White Raven: A Painting About a West Coast Encounter

Have you ever seen a white raven? I had seen plenty of ravens before. They are such a familiar presence on the West Coast, their dark silhouettes appearing in the forest, along the shoreline, or high above the trees. But I had never seen one quite like this.

White ravens are not albino. They are ...

Come On, Just Let’s Go: A Portrait of Canada Without a Single Person

There are paintings that announce themselves as Canadian immediately. A maple leaf. A hockey sweater. The Rocky Mountains. A canoe on a northern lake. And then there are paintings that feel Canadian for reasons that are much harder to put your finger on. Come On, Just Let’s Go is a portrait o...

10 Original Canadian Paintings $5,000 and Over

There are certain paintings in an artist’s studio that carry a little more weight.

Sometimes it is the scale. Sometimes it is the subject. Sometimes a painting represents a particular place, a series, or an idea that has stayed with the artist for years. And sometimes it is simply a painting that feels like an important pi...

Dear Prudence: An Homage to Canadian Painter Prudence Heward

There are certain paintings that stay with you. This is about an homage to Prudence Heward.

For me, one of those paintings is Rollande, painted in 1929 by Canadian artist Prudence Heward. You may know it: a young woman in an apron stands in front of a farmhouse, hands on her hips, her gaze meeting th...

A Visual Storyteller Painting Unique Canadian Art

Canadian art is often synonymous with the landscape. When we talk about Canadian art and the genres most closely associated with it, many of us immediately think of landscape painting. From traditional interpretatio...