ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA "Having lived on the West Coast for thirty years, I feel integration with its character, and it has become a vehicle for my artistic expression. Through the familiar sketches of life, I create a bond with viewers which allows me to converse with them on an aesthetic level. I paint in a way to express my involvement with the subject; i simplify and distort the forms, enhance the expressive value of colour and create a rhythm than animates the scene. in this way i develop a visual language that conveys my sense of wonder and materializes the spirit of joy that I feel" Greta embraces and captures the spirit of the West Coast. Her intricate designs and vivid colours have become a distinctively joyful feature of her artwork, which has gained wide appeal throughout Canada. She grew up in South Africa and moved, in 1980 to Vancouver, working as a designer and illustrator. Since 1990, Greta has lived and worked as a painter from her studio on the Sunshine Coast, BC.