Shelley wales
Watercolour and oil
Working primarily in watercolour and sometimes oil, my landscapes are based on photographs and plein air pieces I have done on location. Some of the pieces are impressions of a single moment. Others are visual montages of place and more reflective of our feelings and connections to the landscape than the actual landscape itself.
Growing up on Canada’s West Coast, Shelley has had a life-long love affair with the mountains and ocean. This has led to a love of exploring and painting some of the more remote corners of western Canada’s stunning wilderness. She received her BFA and BDes (Honours) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the late 90’s. It was here that she was first introduced to and became enamoured with watercolour and landscape painting, which is still her medium and subject of choice today.
