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Annesley Studio
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#artist 🇨🇦 Jennifer Annesley B.F.A., C.S.P.W.C., F.C.A., A.W.S
Painting historic architecture, landscape & still life in watercolour & charcoal. Here to share my work and keep an eye on the issues at hand. #art All work is my own annesley.ca
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🇨🇦 For those who need a timeline cleanse (a.k.a. everyone) these are a few of the paintings I have made over the years inspired by one of my favourite spots in the Canadian Rockies that we ski tour up to annually for the past 30+ years... 1/2
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 24
"Swan Lake" 😉 Not a painting this time, but another medium I like to work in...Gingerbread! (@thedecemberpeople on IG)

Wishing you the best of the season, and may light and beauty never be far from your hearts.
#gingerbread #art #winterwonderland
A photograph of a gingerbread cookie (a ballet dancer, a play on Swan Lake) in an arabesque position in powder snow by a creek with the words "wishing you and yours joy and wonder." I make gingerbread each year and call them "The December People," taking them with us on our skiing/climbing adventures, and then photograph them in situ. Each one is a kind of cookie avatar, a reflection of what we're up to in the back country.
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 23

"Tangled Shore"
Watercolour, 14 x 14" (sold, private collection)

#canadianart #canadianartist #landscapepainting #art
square watercolour painting of a tree covered lake shore reflected in calm water. The sun sets behind trees shining gold and crimson though a tangle of branches, landing on summer grasses and reeds at the water's edge.
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 22

"After Hours, In Bruges"
Watercolour, 26.5 x 40"
(Currently at Canada House Gallery, Banff)
#canadianart #art #canadianartist #historicarchitecture #belgium
Belgium's irresistible city of Brugge (Bruges) has a rich history of trade and an affluent merchant class who built lavish houses on a maze of canals and cobblestone streets; a medieval labyrinth in which to wander and wonder. One is lured down endless passageways by the enchantment of light, conversations, music and aromas spilling from restaurants, cocktail bars, lobbies. Late at night, there is a moment when most reasonable people have gone home and businesses are preparing to close but lights are still on, revealing elegant & inviting interiors. Another passageway invites the wanderer to keep discovering new processions of ancient houses, another canal, another square, maybe another café open for a nightcap. Warm amber light and red brick contrasts with midnight blue sky and deep shadows, café chairs cast serpentine shadows on table tops after a fleeting rain shower.
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 21
"Evening Waltz" Watercolour 10.5 x 7"
(sold, private collection)
Still life painting of a black, red and gold Venetian mask placed on antique sheet music of a Chopin Waltz. Light shines through the mask and casts a portrait in shadow onto the creamy aged paper, a black satin ribbon curves through the foreground, a hint of burgundy brocade in the background adds richness and depth.
December 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 20

"Amsterdam"
Watercolour, 14 x 21" (sold, private collection)

#art #canadianart🇨🇦 #nightpainting #architecture
Watercolour painting of a row of 5 story houses on a canal in Amsterdam at night. Bicycles are parked for the night canal side, the lights of the houses are reflected in gently undulating water, a tree softens the geometry of repeating windows and doors. A hint of midnight sky can be seen in the top of the composition. Colours are predominantly yellow, oragne, ultramarine blue and pure black.
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 19

"Rocky River Paintbrush"
watercolour, 8 x 8" Sold, Private collection

A summer memory to share with you as we get closer to winter solstice!
#canadianart #stilllife #canadianartist #art
A watercolour painting of Indian Paintbrush against a backdrop of a remote riverbed and forest in the Canadian Rockies. The red blooms are back-lit by the sun giving the effect of glowing from within.
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 18

"Skoki Aprés" watercolour, 27 x 21" (Sold, private collection)

#stilllife #canadianart🇨🇦 #art
Vertical still life painting of a red wine glass and glass oil lamp inside the historic ski-in Skoki Lodge in the Canadian Rockies. Afternoon light illuminates the log interior through a vintage mullioned window, a framed topo map adorns the wall in the background, a #burrowingowl wind bottle sneaks in from the left. Colours are firelight - warm golds, reds, burnt sienna, contrasting with cool pale blue/green of snow-covered trees seen outside the window. The lamp flame warms the objects and spreads warm light over the wood plank table.
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 17
"Icons on the Bow"
Charcoal | 43 x 10" (sold, private collection)

#art #monochrome #canadianlandscape #canadianartist
A black and white charcoal drawing of a panoramic view in the Rocky Mountains, including from left to right: Valley of the Ten Peaks, Mt. Temple, Paradise Valley, Mt. Victoria and Lake Louise. Clouds are settled in the valley and are caught by the massive face of Mt. Temple, raking shadows create rhythm and shows the architecture of the peaks in high relief.
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 16

"Driftwood" Watercolour, 30 x 15"
(sold, private collection)
#canadianlandscape #canadianartist #art
Watercolour painting of a West Coast island with driftwood piled in the foreground, water in the midground, and various headlands disappearing into the fog. Sunlight breaks through the clouds. Colours are warm golds, burnt siennas, may greens and deep black.
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 15
"Gothic Barcelona"
Watercolour, 14 x 21" (sold, private collection)

#art #watercolor #canadianart #barcelona
Watercolour painting of the Ponte Del Bisbe in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter at night. A Neo-Gothic "bridge" spans between two stone façades over a cobblestone street, lit with wall sconce lanterns vanishing down the slightly arced street into the night. In the top third of the composition is the bridge with a triple Gothic arch and lattice railing forming not only a connection between the buildings but a vantage point from which to watch over the street. An arched door is slightly ajar in the foreground and together with warmly lit windows, extend the narrative to the interior. Colours are mostly warm ochres, golds, deep reds, burnt sienna, with values ranging from pure black to white.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 14
"Blue Notes"
Watercolour (10.5 x 7" sold, private collection)

#stilllife #canadianartist #art
Still life painting of a crystal glass of brandy casting light and shadow over antique sheet music, specifically Duke Ellington's Mod Indigo. A string of pearls winds through the foreground, echoing the creamy pearl brocade that forms the backdrop. Colours range from white, parchment and gold to deep crimson and black.
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 13
"Raven Lilies"
Watercolour, 10 x 10"
#canadianartist #canadianart #art
square watercolour painting of nearly-black Calla lilies on with black brocade background. Colours range from ruby red highlights on the blooms through to burgundies, purples to black, contrasting with bright green leaves. Water droplets adorn the surfaces of leaf and petal.
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 12
"Rock, Wood, Water"
Watercolour, 14 x 14"
(sold, private collection)

(Point of trivia: This calendar is/will be composed of paintings from my 2025 solo exhibition in November. )
#canadianpaintings #canadianlandscape #art #watercolor
Watercolour painting of a rocky lake shore. The top 1/3 of the composition is rocks and a bit of cedar bows above the water, the bottom 2/3 is rocks under the water in shades of green, ochre, sepia and gold. Slight ripples on the water's surface distort the shapes of the rocks below, creating abstract patterns.
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#adventartcalendar Day 11

Something to remind you of warmer times on this cold winter's day!
"Summer Vintage" Watercolour, 7 x 10.5"
(Sold, Private collection)
#stilllife #canadianart #watercolor #art
Watercolour painting of a crystal wine glass with red wine on an antique silver tray, with grapes and grape leaves from our garden arranged around the stem. Black brocade fabric forms the backdrop.
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 10 (finally caught up!)

"A Gift to Reims"
Watercolour, 7 x 21", 2025
(Sold, private collection)

#canadianartist #art #historicarchitecture #library
A vertical watercolour of one of the great arched windows in the reading room in the Carnegie Library in Reims, France. A curved mahogany table echoes the curve of the window and leads the eye to an open book under the window and to full bookshelf. Intricate Art Deco leaded glass allows light into quiet interior of the library.
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 9
"Temple Rises" Watercolour, 24 x 8" (sold, private collection)

#Canadianartist #art #banffnationalpark #landscapepainting
Watercolour painting of the east face of Mt. Temple in Banff National Park. the snowy peak and feathery clouds are warmly lit by the morning sunrise, snow-covered evergreens frame the bottom foreground. The colours modulate from indigo, black and blue lower on the mountain rising to majenta and gold at the peak.
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 8
"Sagrada Familia"
Watercolour, 9 x 29" (Sold, private collection)

#canadianartist #spain #art #gaudi
Watercolour painting by Canadian artist Jennifer Annesley of one of the soaring Gothic and rose stained glass windows inside the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Light shines through the miraculous stained glass resulting in pools of colour painted across the stone floor.
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7
"Silvered Sugar"
Watercolour & Charcoal
8 x 8" (sold, private collection)

#canadianartist #stilllife #art
Watercolour & Charcoal square painting of an antique silver sugar bowl with silver spoon buried in sparkling sugar. The background is silk burnout velvet sweeping behind the subject in soft golds. The palette is a range of ochres, golds, and bronze contrasted with black and white.
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 6 (Yes, I'm late)

"The Passage" | Watercolour | 21 x 29" | Awarded the Michael Harding Prize at the 100th Anniversary exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Nov. 2025.
Available at annesley.ca #canadianart #art #fineart
Watercolour painting entitled "The Passage" by Jennifer Annesley, of the entryway to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Arched doors with stained glass lead the eye to complicated ceiling vaults and tall intricate iron gates open to the interior space.
December 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 5 “Jackpine Mist” watercolour
8 x 24” (sold, private collection) I am behind on posting as I am travelling. Will catch up in a few days! #art #canadianartist
A watercolour painting of a misty calm lake, high in the subalpine of the Canadian Rockies. The sun is trying to break through heavy grey clouds. Evergreens are reflected in the glassy water, bright green moss and grass cover a peninsula and elegant black trees anchor the foreground
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#Artadventcalendar Day 4

From my most recent exhibition:
"Chaise Rouge"
9 x 30"
Charcoal and Watercolour
(contact for more info) #art #painting #canadianartist
A mostly black and white vertically oriented interior painting of an elegantly draped window with sun shining in across a wooden floor and a Queen Anne style chair in the foreground, painted in claret red. The view beyond the window is of a veranda of the house next door, covered in the iron lace common in the Garden District and French Quarter of New Orleans. (Hang in there #NOLA!) Available: www.annesley.ca/31online
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day 3

From my latest exhibition:
"Apricity"
Watercolour, 36 x 20"
(sold, private collection)

#art #watercolor #canadianart #alberta #landscape🇨🇦
Watercolour painting by Jennifer Annesley of a Alberta prairie in winter. February sun sets over a frozen lake rimmed with silhouetted evergreens, undulating snowdrifts are fringed with back-lit bulrushes. Colours range from golds, pinks and oranges to indigo, blues and deep black. "Apricity" means the feeling of warmth of the sun in winter in spite of cold air - something I strive for in my winter paintings, and a somewhat unexpected joy to experience when pursuing outdoor adventures or simply walking in the city.
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A big shout out to Jay for spearheading this wonderful annual event, the #ArtAdventCalendar, filling your feeds with human-made art for the pure joy and beauty of it. Thanks Jay and all who participate! #art
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And let's get December going!

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1

Nightwatch 22x44in 56x112cm
Oil on Canvas
2023

#Art #Painting
Abstract landscape of a storm front at night with lightning in the distance
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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It's that time! #artadventcalendar Day 1
"Alpine Emeralds"
Watercolour, Charcoal & Pastel
21 x 29"
#art #fineart #canadianart
Original watercolour/charcoal/pastel by Jennifer Annesley. A pyramidal mountain catches afternoon sun with clouds drifting in and casting shadows on a glacier fed emerald coloured lake. A smaller lake can be seen in the background, a sunny bright green alpine meadow accents the foreground. An unnamed peak & alpine lakes in a remote part of Alberta's Rocky Mountains. It took us 4 summers & a helicopter drop + 4 days of backpacking (one way) to reach this spot - was worth the effort to see and breath in such pristine wilderness.
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM