Vanessa Gervais

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Vanessa Rose Gervais was born in Montreal and lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her husband and three young boys.

She has dabbled in various art forms her entire life, but began her abstract painting journey in 2021 after the birth of her third son. Aside from some college level art classes, she is a self-taught artist.

Vanessa is also a medical doctor, an aspiring photographer, a compulsive cookbook collector, and an eternal dabbler.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I make abstract paintings on canvas, linen and wood using acrylic and various mixed media. I like to incorporate natural materials in my paintings, such as sand from the beach near my home, coffee grains and spices, and other non traditional materials that have personal meaning to me.
I find myself drawn to the dualities in art and in life, and I enjoy exploring this through contrasting colours, textures, very thick and ultra thin applications of paint, and so on. My painting process is intuitive and mostly unplanned, and ultimately a new adventure and learning process every time.

Warm Blue Light
Warm Blue Light
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Acrylic on canvas.

30x40"

Vanessa Gervais
Recklessly Optimismic
Recklessly Optimismic
$500

Acrylic and pastel on canvas.

36x48"

Vanessa Gervais
Deep Roots
Deep Roots
$300

Acrylic on canvas.

24x20"

Vanessa Gervais
morning light
morning light
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Acrylic on canvas.

48x36"

Vanessa Gervais
Last Love
Last Love
$300

Acrylic on canvas (framed).

36x24"

Vanessa Gervais
Summer Woods
Summer Woods
$500

Acrylic on gallery canvas

48x48"

Vanessa Gervais
Unlikely outcome
Unlikely outcome
$400

Acrylic on canvas.

48x30"

Vanessa Gervais
Take me back
Take me back
$400

Acrylic on canvas (set of 2)

24x24"

Vanessa Gervais
Fuel & Focus
Fuel & Focus
$350

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas (framed).

18x24"

Multiple layers of this painting contain coffee in various forms (poured coffee staining, collaged coffee filters, coffee grains) intermixed with layers of acrylic paint and charcoal.

Vanessa Gervais
Be Here now
Be Here now
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Acrylic on canvas.

48x36"

Vanessa Gervais
Resurface
Resurface
$250

Acrylic and pastel on gallery canvas (framed).

30x24"

Vanessa Gervais
Thick & Thin
Thick & Thin
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Acrylic on gallery canvas.

36x48"

Vanessa Gervais