Jennifer Elliotson

Jennifer Elliotson

Hi! I’m Jennifer Elliotson. I work from my studio in Jordan Station, Ontario, beneath an old ginkgo tree. I’ve always been an artist, but I haven’t always been a painter. For 20 years, I was a professional florist. When I gave up flowers, I fulfilled a life-long ambition of becoming a painter and immediately turned my flower studio into a painting studio. I haven’t looked back. I’m self-taught and have forged my own path, developing a recognizable style that dances between the tension of fine details and broad, loose brushstrokes. Focussing on the relationship between vibrant colour and light, my paintings are lively and expressive. Story-telling is at the heart of my subjects and I paint from my own lifetime of experiences and memories. I’m inspired by our vast Canadian landscape, hiking in the Carolinian forest, majestic waterways … and flowers, of course! In each body of work I create, it’s my hope to not only bring a narrative to life with colour and imagination, but for you to be able to find yourself within it. Jennifer’s new “North of Here” collection of originals and prints features northern Ontario’s iconic bent and rugged trees and rocks. “When we were out on northern Ontario lakes, kayaking past weather-worn trees and massive rocks, I could see that the landscape had something to teach me. Gracefully leaning in the direction of wind, it’s the trees’ flexibility that accounts for their endurance and resilience. Weather-worn roots embedded in cracks of prehistoric rock both stabilize and nourish. You can see the influence of prevailing wind against their branches. These trees are bent, but not broken. I aspire to be this resilient, to bend in wind”. Prices are in Canadian dollars and do not include shipping costs. Prices are subject to an additional 13% HST.