Ana Jurpik
Home of the Heron (Gabriola Island, BC), 30 x 40 Oil
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton
Ana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in the Seattle area of Washington State. She now resides in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Throughout Ana’s adulthood, she searched out various ways of expression… experimenting with paints, sculpture, and music. Ana is the lead singer and lyricist with the Toronto based Indie band “KRoVE“. Her music is as diverse as her paintings. “Art comes not from ego, but from being open to inspiration. It is truly magic this thing we call creativity”, she says.
She was one of the 25 selected Canadian “Arctic Quest” artists who voyaged to paint Greenland and the High Arctic in the summer of 2006. It was glorious to see the massive icebergs, but what truly moved her was walking along the shores of Beechy Island and witnessing the relics of the ship “Mary”. In 1926 the Mary was still recognizable, in the 1980’s the mast was still standing, and in 2006, Ana painted the lonely mast. The oil paintings’ home “Mary’s Mast” is now in the Permanent Collection at the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
Her work is also located in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States and at the City of Spoletos’ collection in Italy.
Ana is the Web Designer for The Art Guild of Scarborough, Toronto Watercolour Society, Central Ontario Art Association, and many more. Her niche is highlighting artists and their work. Please visit: jurpikdesign.com
Email: ajurpik@gmail.com
Lead Me Home, 30 x 40 Acrylic, Private Collection
Side By Side, 30 x 40 Acrylic
Nature Curtain, 20 x 24 Acrylic