Andrea Ross

Andrea is a Canadian landscape painter known for bold oil compositions that explore the structure of the Muskoka and Algonquin wilderness. With formal training from the University of Guelph, her work emphasizes light, gesture, and contrast through impressionistic forms. Her confident use of colour and shape conveys both the physical and emotional impact of the natural world, offering a distinct interpretation of the Canadian landscape.Andrea’s large colourful oil paintings of rock shorelines, water and trees are impressionistic and filled with light contrasts, bold shapes and sensitive colour. Andrea is a Canadian landscape painter who lives in rural Ontario. She holds a Fine Art degree from the University of Guelph, majoring in Fine Arts that focused on printmaking, drawing, and painting, and has many years drawing and painting experience.

She has spent the last several years focusing on oil landscapes depicting the Muskoka and Algonquin wilderness. Her medium of choice is traditional oil though she has many years experience with the pastel medium. Her paintings are colourful impressions of shorelines, water, rocks and trees and deal mainly with the visual structure of the Canadian landscape and the intrigue of shape, colour and effects of light.

Andrea’s paintings possess a sense of energy in gesture, striking colour, light and mood; they entice the viewer to share a strong connection to the Canadian landscape and people. Continuous studio and open-air painting allow her to keep up with her show and commission demands.

Andrea taught art for many years in Ottawa and now paints full time to keep up with demand for her artwork. She shows her artwork at Koyman Galleries in Ottawa. When not involved with painting Andrea spends time with her husband and family and enjoys skiing, sailing, hiking and canoeing.