Ingrid has spent her life making things. The original multitasker, she managed to incorporate a pencil and sketchbook into most activities from watching TV to picnicking by the river in her tiny home town in British Columbia, Canada. It's possible that she didn't submit a single school paper whose margins didn't include drawings of tiny figures, herds of horses, or the view out the classroom window. Skip ahead many years, past time spent as a high school art and English teacher, a potter, a jewelry maker, and metalsmith, and Ingrid finally discovered what she was here to do: paint. She devoted herself to learning the art, craft, and mindset of an oil painter, through reading, looking at art, and taking a select few workshops with artists Zhao Ming Wu, Ignat Ignatov, and Alex Kanevsky. Her original influences and idols came from the French and Russian Impressionist movements, and have expanded over time to include an unmanageably-long list of painters working in genres from high realism to abstraction. The common threads running through all of the work that she admires is a focus on colour, light, and texture. It's these slippery, complex, and multifaceted elements that provide revelations and excitement every day in the studio, and that will keep her working and learning till the end. Most recently, Ingrid wrote and was featured in several Winsor & Newton Masterclass videos filmed in London, UK. Her art has won both national and international awards and has been highlighted in International Artist, Avenues, and Arabella magazines. Ingrid is a regular contributor to Artsy Magazine. Ingrid's work is held in permanent public and private collections world wide. Based in Canada, Ingrid is represented by galleries in Canada and the United States. VRFA is proud to include her work and feel that her style successfully crosses boundaries from our modern collections to our more classical collections.
"Cherry Blossom Robe"
16x12"
Oil
$1,500
16x12"
Oil
$1,500
"Repose" LARGE WORK
30x40"
Oil
$4,500
30x40"
Oil
$4,500
Peonies Bouquet
16x20"
Oil
$2,200
16x20"
Oil
$2,200
Flowering Plum
10x8"
Oil
$950
10x8"
Oil
$950
"Sun Hat"
12x9"
Oil
$1,000
12x9"
Oil
$1,000