Joanne Giesbrecht

Now based on Vancouver Island, Joanne Giesbrecht creates vibrant, light-filled paintings inspired by the natural beauty of Canada’s diverse landscapes. From her Maritime childhood to the prairies and Rockies of Alberta, and now the coastal vistas of British Columbia, her work reflects a lifelong engagement with nature’s color, texture, and atmosphere. With studies at the Alberta College of Art and Design and a background in education, she brings clarity, depth, and emotional resonance to her color-saturated compositions.Growing up in the Maritime provinces of Canada, I was surrounded by the splendor of both land and seascapes. Whether walking along cliff tops as the ocean pounded below, or through the quiet birch forest beside our house in autumn, it was the play of light, colors, textures, and the moods of nature which captured my imagination and created
in me a deep love of this beauty. After high school, I moved to Calgary, Alberta where big sky, prairie and the majesty of the Canadian Rockies became the background to my life.

Upon graduating with honours from the University of Calgary in 1990, with
a degree in Education, I began teaching. As I researched different ways to
teach art to the grade school children in my classes, I found myself drawn
back into the wonder of creating.

I studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design, collected art books,
listened to the encouragement of other artists, and experimented. Now,
living on Vancouver Island, amidst the incredible beauty of sea, mountains
and sky, I create color-saturated paintings, focusing on simple subjects
which fire my imagination and stir in me the passion to paint. The play of
light, colors, textures, and the moods of nature that have always
fascinated me are now poured into my paintings.