Journey to Pukaskwa National Park begins this week!

I will be Artist in Residence at Pukaskwa National Park from August 30th to September 4th.
My work will be up in the information booth and I will be painting in the park for the week.
Check out the parks website here: Pukaskwa National Park Artist In Residence
View changes to my website here www.brendabeattie.com I have added a shopping cart so I can accept credit cards etc. but will have to add it to my site gradually as it takes a lot of work.Look under paintings, Ivvavik and Pukaskwa Parks.If you would like to purchase a painting send me an email and I will add a button to it.

Arctic Trip to Ivvavik National Park

I took part int the  June 2012 Art in the Park project in Ivvavik National Park.  This is a unique artist-in-residence program hosted by Parks Canada in Ivvavik National Park on the Yukon North Slope. Artists fly in to a remote base camp nestled in the British Mountains, to be inspired by an ancient and rugged arctic landscape.

From the many artists that applied for the program 4 were chosen from across Canada as well as 2 Inuit artists.

Ivvavik, meaning ‘a place for giving birth, a nursery', in Inuvialuktun, the language of the Inuvialuit, is the first national park in Canada to be created as a result of an aboriginal land claim agreement. The park protects a portion of the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd and represents the Northern Yukon and Mackenzie Delta natural regions. Most of the park was not glaciated during the last ice age, leading to distinctive landscape features such as tors and V-shaped river valleys. The park borders on the west with Alaska and on the north with the Arctic Ocean (Beaufort Sea) and is 170 km north of the Arctic Circle.

Click here to go to the Parks Canada website about the park:

Art in the Park, Ivvavik National Park 

 The artwork shown below has been spoken for through the Indiegogo campaign I launched before I left. These are some of the paintings and drawings which will be sent to people who contributed to the campaign.

Below are some photos I took as well as some of the artwork I did:

Artists and our Parks Canada Guides at Inspiration Point. That was quite a hike up there!

Brenda Beattie (me) from Ottawa, Darcy Bernhart from Tuktoyaktuk and Anne Timmins from Yellowknife above the Firth River getting inspired.

This is the landing strip, a helicopter that was being used by archeologists gave us a ride to a mountain close to the Arctic Ocean called Iglisiakso we could paint at that location. A great unexpected adventure! This landing strip was very primitive and quite the experience landing and taking off from there! The oil barrels painted orange make the stip visible from the air.

The Art Group: Melissa Lennie (Parks Canada), Me, Anne Timmins, Drew Davidson (Parks Canada), Elizabeth Pertschy, Darcy Bernhardt, Sarah Holtom, Robert Fongere

Firth River, Ivvavivk Nat. Park, Watercolor, 21" * 17"

Firth River Rapids, watercolour, 4" * 10"

Tor at Ivvavik Nat. Park, Pencil Drawing 6" * 8"

Firth River Valley, Pencil Drawing, 6" * 8"

Darcy looking at the river, Pen & Ink, 6" * 8"

Mountain Valley, Ivvavik Nat. Park, Watercolor sketch, 6" * 8"

New Paintings and Great news!

 I have just received word that I have been accepted For the 2012 Artists Residence Program in Ivvavik National Park - I will be painting in the arctic at the north west corner of the Yukon where it meets the Arctic Ocean! For more info here is the link: Ivvavik Artsist's Residency 2012
Here's the latest paintings. The mountain paintings are from photos I have of my collection of Banff photos, having been born and raised there, I seem to have a lot. They were inspired by David Bellamy - I love the way he capturs light on the mountains. One of the ice huts on Constance Bay was done in acrylic on canvas and the Red oak and butterflies were done in watercolours on canvas.

Art Class In Constance Bay

  The Drawing and Painting Class is about to begin again Feb – March

6 weeks for $60.00

Possible dates:

  Afternoons 

     Wednesday Feb 8^th – March 14 from  3pm – 5pm

 Evenings     

     Monday Feb 6^th – March 12 from 7pm - 9pm

Please let me know if you are interested in attending and if so which dates you would prefer.

Lessons will include

Drawing  -  more drawing of the face and figure

Pen and Ink techniques

Painting

  Watercolour techniques in how to paint sky, trees, water and weather will be taught.

All levels of artistic experience and ability are welcome.

Brenda Beattie 613-832-1621

213 Baillie Ave Constance Bay

Brenda Beattie's Website

Constance Bay Art Course

Drawing & Painting Class

For Beginners to Intermediate Students

Basic Drawing, Pen & Ink Drawing, Basic

Watercolour Techniques

Wednesday Evenings

7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Jan 12 - Feb 16th

Constance Bay Community Center

Cost $60 plus supplies

Call Brenda Beattie 613-832-1621 to register

Everyone is welcome to try this course, even if you haven't painted since grade school. We will be covering the basics of drawing, use and techniques in pen and ink and watercolours. Each student will expect to complete sevearl drawings and at least 3 painting during the course. View the BLOG ACHIVE to see more of my work and get an idea of the subjects we will be working with.