"I paint because painting allows me to respond to my surroundings in a way that I otherwise could not. It allows me to revel in my happy memories of spending all my daylight hours on the seashore and to portray those things I find to be special around me. I find watercolour the perfect medium for capturing the atmosphere and light of my local environment. I tend to focus on scenes of nature, be it our ever-changing coastline or flowers that I have grown in my garden. I attempt to show these things as I see them; striving to keep my paintings fresh and spontaneous with luminous colour."
I am a watercolour painter living and painting on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada.
I paint subjects that offer themselves from the local area. This includes everything from the fishing boats that work from the wharf in Digby to the fields that surround the ocean and the people who live here. For the last year, I have been focusing on the herring weirs that are rapidly disappearing from the local coasts. This passive means of fishing is one that relies on time, tides and the movement of the fish. I want to capture some of that quiet patience in my paintings.
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Biography
Poppy Balser grew up on the New Brunswick shores of the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Now living on the other side of the Bay in Digby, Nova Scotia, she finds the surrounding vistas translate well into watercolour paintings. Her paintings can be found in private collections across North America and in the collection of the Art Bank of Nova Scotia.
"I paint because painting allows me to respond to my surroundings in a way that I otherwise could not. It allows me to revel in my happy memories of spending all my daylight hours on the seashore and to portray those things I find to be special around me. I find watercolour the perfect medium for capturing the atmosphere and light of my local environment. I tend to focus on scenes of nature, be it our ever-changing coastline or flowers that I have grown in my garden. I attempt to show these things as I see them; striving to keep my paintings fresh and spontaneous with luminous colour."
Awards:
Finalist - Outstanding Watercolour, for "While the Sun Shines" in Bold Brush Competition August 2010
Canadian Brushstrokes Magazine, Finalist in Still Life/Florals Competition
Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Art Festival 2009, First Place (Watercolour) for "Rowing"
Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Art Festival 2008: Judge's Choice for "Conflagration (Dahlia)" and People's Choice and 2nd Place, Portraits for "Alice"
Galleries:
* The Flight Of Fancy, Bear River NS
* Bluefin Pottery and Hand Creations, Digby NS
* Digby Scallop Palette, Digby NS
Group Membership:
* Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
* Visual Arts Nova Scotia
* Annapolis Regional Arts Council
* Plein Air Painters of the Bay of Fundy
Contact Information
* By phone (902) 245-2626
* Website www.poppybalser.com
* Email poppybalser@gmail.com
* Blog www.poppybalser.com/blog
* Mail 512 Shelburne Rd, RR2, Digby, NS B0V 1A0
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