Evelyn Kirkaldy's photostream  

An avid hiker and outdoors person, Evelyn Kirkaldy’s favourite pastime is exploring wild places. She spent ten days in a tree house surrounded by sixteen wild grizzly bears. Evelyn has explored the west coast of BC and travelled to Alaska in order to ‘walk with grizzlies’. In Churchill Manitoba, she came face to face with a large polar bear. “With my paintings I try to capture the essence of the landscape, the feeling of living in nature. A forest is not just trees, it’s a metropolis teeming with wildlife!”

Her passion for the outdoors has inspired Evelyn to create a large body of work in various media depicting wilderness and it’s ursine inhabitants.

Evelyn Kirkaldy’s latest acrylic creations, canvasses layered in sensuous, vibrant texture, have been described as “stunning”. “People stop in their tracks.” Drips, dots and spatters merge and mingle to create striking contemporary landscapes. Working quickly and primarily without the limitations of a brush, Evelyn is able to harness the sense of spontaneity that is key to creativity. A deep sense of the natural world, intricate texture and vibrant colour play are fundamental to her expressionistic portrayals of mountain meadows and lush rainforests.