OYSTERCATCHERGIRL: Anne Hansen celebrates Pacific northwest wildlife

Apr 8, 2019

ANNE HANSEN: Struggling to keep pace with worldwide demand for oystercatcher art since 2007

Canada Jays #5
48" x 48"

No, I have not tossed oystercatchers to the wind. See Oystercatchers #374, hot off the press (below). But here we have some art inspired by skiing in the mountains.

Join me in the unveiling of this new series.
OAK BAY STUDIO TOUR, April 13 & 14, 2019, 12:00 - 4:30, at 2260 Dalhousie Street, Victoria, BC.

Canada Jays #11

Canada Jays #11
20" x 16"

Canada Jays #9

Canada Jays #9
16" x 20"

Canada Jays #8

Canada Jays #8
20" x 16"

Canada Jays #10

Canada Jays #10
16" x 20"

Apr 4, 2019

Canada Jays #6

Canada Jays #6
18" x 72"

Oystercatchers #374

Oystercatchers #374
18" x 72"

Canada Jays #7

Canada Jays #7
12" x 36"

Mar 12, 2019

Canada Jays #4

Canada Jays #4
48" x 30"

Canada Jays #3

Canada Jays #3
30" x 40"

Sep 30, 2018

Oystercatcher art exhibition

OCTOBER 2018
Enjoy select Oystercatcher art at the
Oak Bay Marina Restaurant,
1327 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC

Jul 25, 2018

Oystercatchers #301

Oystercatchergirl art cards now sold at Majestic Ocean Kayaking, 1167 Helen Road in Ucluelet. I would highly recommend Majestic for their superb guided trips, attention to safety, fabulous food, and lovely destinations. Thanks to Eric and Rodrigo for their excellent guiding in Clayoquot Sound earlier this month.

Oystercatchers #301
40" x 30"

Oystercatchergirl art for your viewing pleasure at Oak Bay Library

See these Oystercatchergirl paintings at the Oak Bay Library (1442 Monterey Avenue, Victoria, BC), until the end of August.

Oystercatchers #368
30" x 40"

Black Bear #6
30" x 40"

Black Bear #2
30" x 40"

Feb 5, 2018

Oystercatchers #371

Oystercatchers #371
36" x 60"

Anne's upcoming exhibitions for spring 2018
March 16 - April 27: Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch
March 25 - April 15: LOOK Show, Victoria Arts Council
April 21 & 22: Oak Bay Studio Tour

Oystercatchers #370

Oystercatchers #370
20" x 16"

Oct 19, 2017

Oystercatchers #368

Oystercatchers #368
30" x 40"
Celebrating 10 years of oystercatcher painting with these 10 new oystercatchers!
Join me on the Oak Bay Studio Tour
Nov 4 & 5, 12:00 - 4:30 pm
2260 Dalhousie Street, Victoria, BC

Oct 9, 2017

Oystercatchers #367

OYSTERCATCHERS #367
30" x 40"
Celebrating 10 years of oystercatchers, so I painted 10 oystercatchers just for old-times' sake.

Sep 30, 2017

Wood Duck #1

Wood Duck #1
72" x 18"

Sep 28, 2017

Black Bear #6

Black Bear #6
30" x 40"

Mar 23, 2017

Black Bear #5

Black Bear #5
12" x 36"

Black Bear #4

Black Bear #4
24" x 30"

Feb 19, 2017

Black Bear #3

Black Bear #3
30" x 24"

Feb 15, 2017

Heron #3

Heron #3
24" x 36"

Dec 14, 2016

Black Bear #2

Black Bear #2
30" x 40"

EXHIBITION: Anne's "Site C protest paintings"
WHERE: Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch, downtown Victoria
LAST DAY: January 25, 2017

Dec 6, 2016

Black Bear #1

Black Bear #1
40" x 30"

Nov 16, 2016

Snowy Owl #1

Snowy Owls and Oil Don't Mix
28 " x 22
SOLD

Apr 19, 2016

Pelicans #1

Pelicans #1: Artwork for Earth Day 2016
30" x 40"

Apr 6, 2016

Puffins #5

Join me on the Oak Bay Studio Tour, April 16 & 17, 2016
12:00 - 4:30
2260 Dalhousie Street, Victoria, BC

Puffins #5
20" x 16"

Jan 27, 2016

Oystercatchergirl is painting again!

Oystercatchers #366
40" x 30"
SOLD

Oystercatchers #365

Oystercatchers #365
40" x 30"

Dec 29, 2015

Bald Eagle #13

Bald Eagle #13
18" x 24"

Bald Eagles #12

Bald Eagles #12
6" x 36"

Heron #2

Heron #2
18" x 24"
SOLD

Heron #1

Heron #1
8" x 16"

Yellow-Headed Blackbird #1

Yellow-Headed Blackbirds #1

6" x 36"

Jun 4, 2015

Lovely gift book!

Oystercatchergirl fondly fondling a gifted copy of the book Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, by Andy Lamb and Bernard P. Hanby. Thank you, TW!

Apr 28, 2015

Oystercatchergirl featured in Victoria's great FOCUS magazine!

See yours truly featured in Victoria's FOCUS magazine (May 2015):

http://focusonline.ca/sites/default/files//Focus_2015-05_May.pdf

Turn to page 26.

Apr 2, 2015

Magpie #2

Magpie #2
30" x 40"

Join me on the Oak Bay Studio Tour:

2260 Dalhousie St, Victoria, BC, April 18 & 19, 2015, 12:00 - 4:30

Mar 14, 2015

My Bill C-51 protest art

Loons #4
Protest art against Harper's proposed Bill C-51 -- the secret police act
36" x 36"

Jan 26, 2015

Garden Art

I am taking a break from painting, to make time for reading and physical fitness (new pursuit is jogging!). Look forward to returning to the Oak Bay Studio Tour on April 18 & 19, 2015. Meanwhile, visits to my studio are welcome, by appointment please. In December, I was on a roll making garden art.

Dec 4, 2014

Flicker #1

Flicker #1
48" x 30"

Sep 3, 2014

Remembering Sue Richards (1958-2014)

Sue Among Friends
30" x 20"

Please join me on the James Bay Art Walk in Victoria,
September 13 & 14, from 11am - 5 pm,
James Bay Community School, 140 Oswego Street.

This series was inspired by Sue Richards of Guelph, Ontario (1958-2014), a lover of all the arts and Canada's beautiful canoeing lakes.

Here they are, all together!

Loons #3

Loons #3
30" x 20"
SOLD

Aug 29, 2014

Red-Wings #3

Red-Wings #3
30" x 20"
SOLD

Loons #1

24" x 36"

Loons #2

Loons #2
24" x 36"
SOLD

Jul 28, 2014

Puffins #4

Puffins #4
72" x 18"
SOLD

Jun 9, 2014

Anne's art to appear in Coast Collective show

Pileated Woodpecker #2
36" x 36"

I am submitting these four recent paintings to the "Basically Birds" group art show at Coast Collective. See them all together, here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/anitabike/CoastCollectiveArtSubmission#

"Basically Birds" runs from August 6-24, with the opening on August 9, 2-4 pm. Hope to see you there! (3221 Heatherbell Road, Victoria, BC, Hours: 12-5. Closed Mondays & Tuesdays.)

See Anne Hansen's artwork all in one handy place in Picasa web albums:
https://picasaweb.google.com/anitabike

Jun 2, 2014

Yellowthroat #1

Yellowthroat #1
36" x 36"

OYSTERCATCHERGIRL VAN GOGH

"So enjoyed meeting you yesterday and viewing your fabulous art. Makes a piece extra special when you have met the artist in person. Hung the (print of) Red Sky In The Morning in the kitchen so I can enjoy it every day." -- arts patron, Parksville, BC (April 2016)

"Congratulations on your recent sales! You astound me with your productivity. You paint more in a month than I do in a year." -- Vancouver nature artist (November 2014)

"Thanks for the amazing experience that your art brings to us and our patrons." -- Librarian, Esquimalt Library (January 2014)

"That is totally strange. Your art is so much more interesting than some of the stuff I saw there." -- L.C., Victoria BC (July 2013), commenting on the 2013 Moss Street Paint-In

"I just want to thank you for the article that has been published this week. It is great and I have had many positive comments from viewers. You can certainly write!" -- James Bay Art Walk artist (June 2013)

"You are blessed with many gifts including time management, a great ear as well as a good eye. I'm sure all appreciate your quiet leadership and intellect. Thanks from all of us." -- James Bay Art Walk artist (April 2013)

"I absolutely adore the one with the two jays, the salmon and their associated habitat." -- PA (March 2013)

"I have always loved your work and have great respect for what you are doing here." -- DR (January 2013)

"I was impressed with your demo at Opus, that you were completely poised, relaxed and able to both paint and communicate with the audience." -- KS (March 2013)

"I still adore your Bruce Peninsula painting! I just had to let you know again." -- Oystercatchergirl art patron in Ontario (March 2013)

" ... Between your work and the other visiting artist at Victoria in March (Brian Buckrell), our customers are in for a real treat. Beautiful work! I wish I was in Victoria to attend." (Crissy of Opus Art Supplies, in planning for Anne's in-store demonstration on March 9, 2014).

"Your hooded mergansers are just as remarkable as your oystercatchers." -- JS, Victoria, BC (January 2013)

"Great work thinking up this action! You're the only painter who also knows how to write great activist press releases, too." -- KW, Victoria, BC (January 2013)

"I'd pay $400 for a bald eagle, but not for an oystercatcher." -- Oystercatcher arts patron

"Are those seagulls? Birds are fun. I have a cockatiel." -- art event visitor (September 2012)

"Are you still doing those ducks?" "I thought they were twisted cormorants." "Are they gulls?" "I thought you were making them up." -- a choice selection of keen observations (August 2012)

"You are freaking awesome! Your bio/statement is beyond words. Love it! And I'm shocked by the large number of exhibitions you're having." -- Angela, Toronto (August 2012)

"Oystercatchers #59, with a touch of yellow sky, is a masterpiece. It illustrates the grandeur of the Strait of Juan de Fuca as Oystercatcher Central, the way I see it." -- Stud Puffin, Victoria, BC (August 2012)

"You look to be a very successful artist, and that is probably a tribute to your vision, style, and perseverence." -- MR, Pender Island, BC (April 2012)

"Your paintings capture both the sublime nature of the BC coast and the 'oystercatcherness' of oystercatchers." -- Cynthia, patron of the Oystercatcher arts (April 2012)

"Your jays are stellar and the quail quivering with life. Good for you for branching out." -- Kate, Victoria, BC (December 2011)

"California Quails #1" is a masterpiece if one is to dare painting a painting 18" wide by ten kilometres in length." -- Mendelson Joe, artist (December 2011)

"What did you paint when you lived in Ontario -- smokestacks?" James Bay Art Walk visitor (Sept 2011)

"I first learned about the glorious oystercatchers through your work! Now I look for them all the time -- even in the Oak Bay Library." -- Maria, attending the Oak Bay Spring Studio Tour (April 2011)

"You are the most beautiful oystercatcher painter who I have ever met." -- Anne's boyfriend (July 2010)

"Anne Hansen is an ornithological Emily Carr on mescaline." -- Mendelson Joe, artist

"Your blog has evolved into a colourful, poignant and entertaining place to visit for a refreshing drink of inspiration." -- JC, Victoria, BC

"These are fabulous! You have totally captured the black oystercatcher's, ummm, oystercatcheriness! It is lovely that you have focused on an underrrated west coast bird (i.e., not an eagle) and shown how beautiful it, and its environment, are. The colors and the lines are great. I like how you do vertical panels when an oystercatcher's world is so horizontal, or so it seems to me. I love your kelp, too. How often does one admire kelp? ... And if you are truly addicted to oystercatchers, I hope you never seek treatment." -- Chris Earley, Interpretive Biologist, Arboretum, University of Guelph, and author of "Waterfowl of Eastern North America" and other field guides

"I remain very impressed with you. No other local artist paints our fantastic coast fantastically like you." -- biologist Jacques, Victoria, BC

"Oystercatchers? I've never heard that expression before." -- James Bay Art Walk walker (Sept 2010)

"Those are rooks that you paint." -- Victoria resident

(The rook is a member of the crow family, inhabiting Britain and Ireland, and eats earthworms, insect larvae, fruit, and cereal grains.)

"We have reviewed all submissions, and unfortunately we are declining the opportunity to offer you a placement in this year's event." -- Moss Street Paint-In, Victoria, BC (second year in a row)

Great show, Anne. I always sense a subtle theme in your work, but can never quite put my finger on it." -- Gallery visitor (June 2010)

"Being here is like visiting Vincent Van Gogh!" -- artist Jane Gray, patron of the oystercatcher-arts, speaking from Anne's studio (January 2009)

"I'm sitting at the Moka House in James Bay right now and I couldn't help but notice how terrible your paintings are." -- J. Raath, Victoria, BC. (September 2008)

"I love how your work has evolved and in fact has galloped along with abandon since the first inspiration!" -- Judith Rackman, BC artist (April 2010)

"What is it about crows that you like so much?" -- ornithologically-challenged gallery visitor, September 2009

"You are never one to be idle, but holy oystercatcher! They are fantastic. They have just been waiting for you all their little lives. I'm so glad they found you!" -- Clover Woods, Guelph, ON (March 2010)

"Love your bold colors and oystercatchers as a west coast icon." -- James Bay Art Walk visitor

"Oh, Anne, I love your penguins!" -- discerning art lover

"I was thrilled to see a decided lack of bears, eagles, and whales in your work, and that you chose an overlooked and underappreciated bird such as the oystercatcher to focus on." -- Victoria sculptor (Oct 2009)

"Thanks for showing us Oystercatcher Central. I think they're really going to take off." -- Gail McCormack, civic activist extraordinaire, Guelph, Ontario (January 2009)

"Your website is absolutely fantastic. It makes me supremely happy just to look at your paintings, and the oystercatcher photos are amazing." -- Gail Littlejohn, editor/publisher, "Green Teacher" magazine

"Your art is beautiful, and radiant! -- Sue Z, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (June 2009)

"I notice you have black birds in all your paintings. Is there some significance to that?" -- viewer at James Bay Art Walk

"Dear Anne: I am afraid that the members of Collective Works didn't feel that your work is the right fit for the direction of the Gallery ... you have a nice personality ... " -- gallery spokesperson

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