Painting Artists in Nova Scotia

Art by Canadian painters capture landscapes, wildlife, portraits, figures, still-lives and abstract ideas in oil, acrylic and watercolour. Contemporary art can be found at the heart of a new generation of experimentation and mark making.

Dave Barrer Amherst

Born In Toronto, raised in Northern Ontario, Dave currently resides in his east coast studio in Nova Scotia.

Dave’s teenage years were spent guiding... (more)

Virginia Bergmann Granville Ferry

I am a landscape artist living in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada, painting in the moody tonalist style. In my own application of tonalism I try to stir the feeling of timelessness of a landscape. I have felt it when I gazed pensively ov... (more)

Christine Consmueller Bedford

Christine is a self taught abstract artist growing up in Germany and having found a new home in Canada/Nova Scotia/Halifax where she lives with her family for the last 23 years.

Christine's artwork is intuitive and guided by her imaginati... (more)

ROSALYND COULTER Debert

I grew up in Tatamagouche, NS until I left for school in 1986 and spent 30+ years in Ontario raising my family.

I was often in the home of my grandparents in Nova Scotia, both of whom were very artistic, and I grew to love art and creativi... (more)

Paulette Melanson Lunenburg

Paulette Melanson is an artist who paints abstracts and landcapes. She lives in Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Nova Scotia.

A resident of Nova Scotia since 1985, Paulette Melanson grew up in the Acadian village of Scoudouc, New... (more)

Laurie Mireau Hubbards

Maritime scenes from Atlantic Canada are rendered in vivid watercolors. Laurie enjoys painting reflections in water from fishing boats, wharves, and seagulls. She also paints Halifax street scenes and now resides in Hubbards, Halifax County, NS.... (more)

Leah Danielle Tanner Lunenburg

A self-taught artist with a passion for colour, animals, and pretty landscapes.

Monika Wright Upper Tantallon

Canadian artist Monika Wright creates expressive abstract paintings that reveal dynamic elements of color nuance, of magical light that glows amidst the darkness, of brushstrokes that are both wild and gentle, conveying movement and mindfulness.(more)

Teresa Young Halifax

I am a Canadian Metis painter who specializes in surreal and abstract acrylic paintings. Detailed, highly unique artwork with an aboriginal flavour. My style developed from a early start in portrait painting when I was a child and evolved into som... (more)

Alan Bateman Canning

Alan Bateman paints with acrylic in a realistic style that depicts the dramatic light and beautiful objects around him in his Nova Scotia home. His work has been published in International Artist and American Artist magazines.