"Winner's Circle" Feature: Winter's Keep

Excerpt posted on July 3, 2012 on the "Winner's Circle" of the Artist's Network website:  "Our Strokes of Genius art competition has produced some terrific winners, including Jennifer Annesley’s Winter’s Keep, featured in Strokes of Genius 3: Fresh Perspectives.

Best of Drawing, Winter's Keep by Jennifer Annesley

Charcoal and gouache on white paper  |  15″ x 43″ (38cm x 109cm)

Here’s what Jennifer Annesley says about her artwork:
This historic railroad hotel in the Canadian Rockies has long captured my imagination with its balance of elegance and power. The multiple spires seem to spring from the mountains themselves, especially in winter’s etched black-and-white world. I photographed an unusual perspective of the complicated architecture as well as some snow-laden trees nearby in the last moments of afternoon sun. I emphasized the contrast between dark brooding stone and brilliant snow, keeping the highlights untouched to maximize the illusion of light.

Jennifer Annesley’s piece Winter’s Keep appeared in Strokes of Genius 3: Fresh Perspectives, published by North Light Books in 2011. Enter the competition here for your chance to appear in Strokes 5 & win other prizes!

Strokes of Genius: The Best in Drawing Competition

Canadian Icons Exhibition

  "Canadian Icons" Exhibition Opening at Canada House Gallery, Banff Alberta

Celebrate Canada Day with a weekend fête of iconic Canadian mountainscape paintings by gallery artists - Mt Rundle, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake and Lake O'Hara

 

Featured artists include Jennifer Annesley, Roger D Arndt, Robert Genn, Donna Jo Massie, Dieter Schlatter, Mike Svob, K. Neil Swanson

Exhibition runs Wednesday June 27 – Wednesday July 4, 2012

 

Spring Exhibition at Canada House Gallery

Thanks to the wonderful people at Canada House Gallery for a successful exhibition! Visit the Canada House website to see the exhibition.

Artist's Reception, April 21, 2012 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

 

"A first joint show for 2 Western Canadian artists, Canada House Gallery is proud to present the striking work of Jennifer Annesley and Dieter Schlatter. Annesley's incredible monochromatic vistas are created with charcoal and gouache. She also works in watercolour, and achieves international recognition for her talents. Schlatter's fascination with black and white film photography is juxtaposed with an edgy, contemporary, almost graffiti form of painting. The contrasts in the two artists' landscapes are obvious, yet unexpectedly, their work is beautifully compatible."

 

 

 

 

    "Congratulations to the 106 artists selected for the latest North Light Books’ Best of Watercolor competition, Splash 14: Light and Color!

    On behalf of Rachel Wolf and the staff of North Light Books, I’d like to thank all of the participants in this year’s Splash contest. We received more than 1500 gorgeous entries, and it was a challenging task to narrow the field from so many worthy submissions. Thank you for sharing your work with us." (Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sarah Laichas, Editor)

100 years of Painting Mount Robson

Three of Jennifer's Mt. Robson paintings will be featured in a new book celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mt. Robson Provincial Park. Author Jane Gooch's book will be published by Rocky Mountain Books in April, 2013. It is a history of the artists who have explored and been inspired by the park over the past century.

To see more of Jane's books, go to Rocky Mountain Books

 

 

 

Art of Watercolour

The Art of Watercolour, Issue no. 5 has just been published and features a 10 page article about Jennifer's process, in English. Click Here for a PDF version Gd%20entretien%20Annesley

Click Here to see French Version in L'Art de L'AquarelleL%27Art%20de%20L%27Aquarelle

It is now available at Chapter's/Indigo across Canada or you can

for purchase it online from the publisher at Boutique des Artistes