Tiffany Blaise

Cascading Ridge, Original Painting

2021

Artist Comments
Artist Tiffany Blaise presents an impressionist mixed-media piece of snow-covered mountains. She combines oil paint and cold wax with a palette knife to achieve an exquisitely thick consistency. The subtly textured work captures the dynamic interplay of light and shadow on a mountain ridge. Tiffany applies vigorous brushwork to create a dramatic view of the peaks touching the sky.

About the Artist
Tiffany Blaise draws on the natural grandeur of British Columbia to develop her dreamy, expressionist seascapes. Before venturing into her studio in East Vancouver, she spends time walking the beach, taking photos and simply sitting and observing the light around her. Tiffany explains that even with a photo, her goal is to capture the mood, feeling and gesture of the scene. She begins painting by creating a study of her reference photograph to map out the key visual elements and establish the color palette. Color matching is one of her favorite aspects of painting, and she finds that it is highly influenced by her mood and the season. As a young developing artist, Tiffany devotes time to experimenting with different mediums, researching new techniques and studying the work of other artists. “I'm putting in my 10,000 hours!” she says. “A defining moment for me was realizing my love for painting the wilderness while I was at an artist residency in a national park near Sydney [Australia]. Since then I have not been able to stop sourcing my imagery from hikes and adventures.” Tiffany’s work has been featured in the Montreal Art Matters Festival, The Ferry Building Gallery, The Telus World of Science, and the Cirque Du Soleil headquarters.

Words that describe this painting: mountain, peak, glacier, snow, sky, mountain range, peak, ridge, clouds, palette knife, nature, mixed media, impressionism, nature, mixed media artwork, white, blue

Cascading Ridge
Tiffany Blaise
Oil paint, cold, wax, and ink on cradled wood panel
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
12 in. h x 16 in. w x 1.5 in. d
0 lbs. 8 oz.