Bio
Brenna is a pastel artist, calligrapher, and prolific sketcher. Occasionally she makes forays into the world of water media, but she keeps coming back to soft pastels. There is an immediacy to soft pastels that can't be found in any other medium. And, as a self-confessed impatient person, soft pastels have another distinct advantage over wet media: there's no need to sit around waiting for paint to dry!
She draws much of her inspiration from the natural beauty of the world, and her work focuses primarily on landscapes and living things. Landscape painting is a time-honored tradition, rich with history and vibrant with fresh interpretation. The changing moods of nature provide a way to reflect on human emotions and explore how we project our emotions onto our environment.
In the past few years, Brenna started pursuing calligraphy. Perfecting that art is a lifelong journey, and practicing calligraphy quickly grew into an obsession. She plans to fuse painting with calligraphy in a future series of work.
Brenna received her BA in Fine Art and English in 2006. Her pastel paintings have been accepted into several juried shows, and she does fine art and calligraphy work on commission.