Wind and Waves, 2023

Tiffany Blaise  

Tiffany Blaise is a visual artist with a fascination for capturing emotionally charged landscapes with oil on canvas. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Tiffany was inspired by the beauty of natural landscapes from a young age. After having recently traveled to explore her artistic practice and an artist residency in Melbourne, she has returned to her home base in Vancouver. Tiffany has received formal fine arts training at Concordia University where she earned a BFA Major in Design.

The bold and dramatic nature of artist Tiffany Blaise's work is translated through the artist's fascination with capturing emotionally charged landscapes on canvas. In her artistic practice, Tiffany has explored the themes of movement, introspection and transformation. Her subjects range from minimal landscapes to monumental waves. 

Opaque oil paint and cold wax are blended, moved and sculpted onto the surface of the artworks with an impasto technique to capture her own consciousness as well as the mood of a scene. This notion of creating poetic landscapes is inspired by Cezanne's works and his idea “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."

Education:

BFA Concordia University, Major in Design

Awards & Distinctions:

2015: sole recipient of the “Surface 3 Design Excellence" award for emerging design talent
2016: selected as a top 10 finalist for the international LAMP lighting design
2019: selected as an ambassador for Culture Days, a nation-wide event to foster creativity in local communities across Canada
2021: Kevin J Bachelor Emerging artist award from Orilia Museum of Art and History, Ontario

Exhibitions:

2017: Solo Exhibition, Storm, The Silk Purse, West Vancouver, Canada
2019: Solo Exhibition, Unearth, Walker St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Artistic Influences:

Takao Tanabe, William Turner, Cezanne

Tags:

landscape, seascape, contemporary, waves, expressionist, sky