Claudia Urbach is an Ottawa artist. Her work encompasses forest scenes, portraits, figures and cityscapes in oil. Claudia has a BFA (honours) with a major in painting from the University of Windsor and a B.Ed. from the University of New Brunswick in Art Education. A passion for painting is evident in her use of intense colours and vivid imagery. Claudia considers herself a figure artist first and foremost. She continues to draw from the live model in pencil and watercolour; she paints on the canvas with a unique sense of creativity, colour harmony and balance.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Each painting is a different interpretation of lived experiences and subjects close to my heart, without sentimentality. The paintings are bold and vibrant; they are created from real-time observation, photographs, local day trips and distant travel.