nicolaWHESTON

Nicola Wheston was born in the UK and immigrated to Canada where, in 1986, she received her citizenship.  She now spends her time between Salt Spring Island and a yearly jaunt to the jungles of the Bahia of Banderas, Mexico.  From 1972-1975 she attended the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford, England, and from 1977-1978 the Nova Scotia college of Art and Design in Halifax.  Since 1976 Nicola has had numerous group and solo exhibitions in Canada, England and Mexico, and her paintings can be found in private collections in the UK and North-America.

Nicola’s perspectives and use of light and colour create a sensation of being inside the painting’s space. Wheston explores the richness of the natural world focusing on a small moment within the intricacies of a tree’s bark, the movements of its branches, a root system of a fallen tree beside the ocean rather than long distance vistas filled with complicated compositional elements.  Her landscapes surround the viewer with swaying foliage, air tinted green from the sunlight streaming through the leaf filled canopy, the scent of heated ground and water as it laps the shores.   Her medium to large scale paintings are lush, rich and alive.


Summer Arbutus  2011  Oil on canvas  36" x 48"  SOLD


Forest Light  2011  Oil on canvas  48" x 90"  SOLD


Cedar  2008  Oil on canvas  30" x 40"  SOLD


Alders 2  2007  Oil on canvas  48" x 72"  SOLD


Stormy Arbutus  2008  Oil on canvas  36" x 72"  SOLD


Botanical Beach  2007  Oil on canvas  42" x 54"
SOLD


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