The Fine Art of Canadian Landscape Artist Shelley Leach
Shelley has practiced in the visual arts professionally since 2005. Her training and experience in fine arts have spanned over 40 years. She was raised in a military family living both domestically and abroad. Shelley has lived most of her years living in rural areas of eastern Ontario that lend themselves to her artistic vision.
Shelley's art medium is oil and acrylic painting; her genre is landscape and wilderness. Her style is described as realism and impressionism. She occasionally does plein-air painting with with oil or watercolours although all her larger pieces are created in studio in oil or acrylic paint. She is a second-generation professional artist and the daughter of artist Mary Louise Leach. Shelley worked from her home-based studio in Kars, Ontario for 10 years. Since 2018 she has resided in Lanark County, Ontario in the town of Smiths Falls. In 2023 she opened her art studio to the public in Smiths Falls. Shelley has original artwork in permanent collections with the Canadian War Museum, and City of Ottawa Fine Arts collection as well as numerous corporate and private collections.
Shelley often creates a series of original paintings from an area she finds interesting. Her vivid landscape and wilderness paintings tell a story that she is sure to share with you, fostering a deeper appreciation of these areas and the uniqueness that connects them to our daily lives.
Shelley has exhibited her paintings at the Home and Cottage Show and the Outdoor Adventure Show in Ottawa and Toronto as well as numerous art events with her original wilderness paintings. Large solo exhibits included Ottawa International Airport and The Museum of Nature where her original Dumoine River series of paintings were exhibited for a special event.
Shelley has practiced in the visual arts professionally since 2005. Her training and experience in fine arts have spanned over 40 years. She was raised in a military family living both domestically and abroad. Shelley has lived most of her years living in rural areas of eastern Ontario that lend themselves to her artistic vision.
Shelley's art medium is oil and acrylic painting; her genre is landscape and wilderness. Her style is described as realism and impressionism. She occasionally does plein-air painting with with oil or watercolours although all her larger pieces are created in studio in oil or acrylic paint. She is a second-generation professional artist and the daughter of artist Mary Louise Leach. Shelley worked from her home-based studio in Kars, Ontario for 10 years. Since 2018 she has resided in Lanark County, Ontario in the town of Smiths Falls. In 2023 she opened her art studio to the public in Smiths Falls. Shelley has original artwork in permanent collections with the Canadian War Museum, and City of Ottawa Fine Arts collection as well as numerous corporate and private collections.
Shelley often creates a series of original paintings from an area she finds interesting. Her vivid landscape and wilderness paintings tell a story that she is sure to share with you, fostering a deeper appreciation of these areas and the uniqueness that connects them to our daily lives.
Shelley has exhibited her paintings at the Home and Cottage Show and the Outdoor Adventure Show in Ottawa and Toronto as well as numerous art events with her original wilderness paintings. Large solo exhibits included Ottawa International Airport and The Museum of Nature where her original Dumoine River series of paintings were exhibited for a special event.
Recommendations
Anne-Marie Langan B.A. B.S.W. LL.B. LL.M.
Thanks to Shelley Leach, my favourite Canadian landscape artist, I have become an art investor. In the past several months, after she gifted me one of her beautiful paintings and I realized how incredibly talented she is, I have purchased three more as birthday gifts and to adorn my house. Below you see me in front of a gorgeous painting she did of horseshoe falls in Niagara and a painting of hers that is of a quintessential Canadian Shield landscape. Her love of the Canadian wilderness is reflected in each and every painting. She has inspired me to start painting landscapes again and I have really enjoyed our expeditions seeking new places in nature to explore and capture in our future artwork.
Anne-Marie Langan B.A. B.S.W. LL.B. LL.M.
Thanks to Shelley Leach, my favourite Canadian landscape artist, I have become an art investor. In the past several months, after she gifted me one of her beautiful paintings and I realized how incredibly talented she is, I have purchased three more as birthday gifts and to adorn my house. Below you see me in front of a gorgeous painting she did of horseshoe falls in Niagara and a painting of hers that is of a quintessential Canadian Shield landscape. Her love of the Canadian wilderness is reflected in each and every painting. She has inspired me to start painting landscapes again and I have really enjoyed our expeditions seeking new places in nature to explore and capture in our future artwork.
Shelley's Studio is located at
10 Maple Ave. (inside the Artisan Village)
Smiths Falls, ON, Canada
email - windrockridgeartiststudio@gmail.com
Check the contact and gallery page for additional info for
how, when, and where to contact me, additional locations to find my art
and some art currently for sale.
click on the paint brush and it'll directly you there.
10 Maple Ave. (inside the Artisan Village)
Smiths Falls, ON, Canada
email - windrockridgeartiststudio@gmail.com
Check the contact and gallery page for additional info for
how, when, and where to contact me, additional locations to find my art
and some art currently for sale.
click on the paint brush and it'll directly you there.
