Collection: Nora Gross - Acrylics, Watercolor

My medium of choice is watercolour - such a lovely medium.

I was elected to the CSPWC (Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour) in 2005 and I just retired in 2020 from the Directorship of the Atlantic Region.

I am always inspired by light. How the light affects the landscape, floral bouquet or anything that catches my eye. I do a lot of photography and I use photos to paint from. I am not a photo realist, but I do like to keep it realistic with perhaps some abstraction of facts. The I pad is on as I paint to get the feel of being outside in front of the subject.

When we moved from Regina in 1976 our moving van was stolen, and it was three years before I could purchase the oil paints I had been using when I taught night classes at the University. The ego suffered and I borrowed a watercolour book from the library and taught myself that medium, still love what effects I can achieve. I then started to work in acrylic, there is always something new to learn.