Deanna Lankin Fine Art

There is a specific moment that I constantly seek. It happens most often when I’m alone…usually in nature. I’ve found it easily while surfing. It’s un-ignorable when I’m sitting under an old growth cedar or standing on an empty shoreline. It’s more subtle (but no less powerful) when I pause during my day to watch my daughter playing quietly. It’s always humbling and it’s hard for me to describe. 

As an artist I’ll never stop striving to capture it. 

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Having grown up on the edge of Lake Huron, near London Ontario, I have always found solace in the water. After completing the Studio Practice and Art Specialist Program at Bealart Institute, i was naturally drawn to the West Coast of Canada. I have been living in Tofino, British Columbia, where i have been painting professionally since 2005. My style combines the antiquity of classical oil technique with a contemporary palette, focusing on the West Coast landscape and it’s people. 

I have exhibited my work all over Vancouver Island, including two solo exhibitions. Most recently I exhibited my works at the prestigious Relais & Chateau’s The Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino. During the summer of 2016 I had the honour of personally selling a portrait of Sophie Gregoire Trudeau to her husband the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. 

My goal is to bring a fresh perspective on portraiture and landscapes and to capture the West Coast Lifestyle through a palette of muted colours, sweeping texture, and expansive, etheric use of negative space. I have recently committed to a new inquiry into life and i will be co hosting the On Sacred Ground Retreat/workshop here in Tofino in 2018. Come join us and really discover the magic that the Coast can bring to you,

I am available for private commissions, please contact me via email with your inquiry and my Artwork is available for purchase online at DEANNALANKIN.COM