Brandy Saturley

Saturley was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1972. She was raised on a hobby farm in a fishing community in Sooke, Vancouver Island. She is of Ukrainian, Cornish, and Canadian (Vancouver Island) descent. Her mother was a mixed media artist, and her grandmother was a painter. Saturley is also a graduate of the Victoria Motion Picture School, where she earned a degree in cinema. ==Career==

Saturley began her career as a visual artist in the mid-1990s, transitioning to full-time work in this field in the early 2000s. Saturley began her art series Canadianisms in 2011. Over the next five years, she explored various Canadian locales and uncovered their hidden secrets. These explorations were later reflected in her work, showcasing her observations and interpretations of Canadian culture and landscapes. In 2012, her artwork, ''Goalie's Mask'', was added to the hockey gallery at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary. The project was officially launched in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ==Work==

Saturley worked on the I See Mountains series, influenced by her ten-day journey through the Canadian Rockies in 2010. The series used horizontal canvases to depict landscapes such as Babel, Rundle, Crowfoot, Mount Assiniboine, and Mount Robson. Saturley's Canadianisms series, exhibited in cities such as Edmonton and Calgary, reinterprets acclaimed artworks to incorporate Canadian cultural elements, such as hockey masks, into traditional artistic motifs. In 2018, her painting, Balance, was featured in the Society of Canadian Artists' 50th Open International Exhibition in Toronto. The work explored landscape themes, blending elements of realism and abstraction. ==Selected exhibitions==

• #ICONICCANUCK, CARFAC Alberta Gallery at Harcourt House, 2013 • Canadianisms: A Half Decade Inspired by Canada, Okotoks Art Gallery, 2017 ==Permanent collections==

• Canadian Tire Corporation • Canadian Sports Hall of Fame • Colart Collection (Rossy Family Trust) • Banff & Lake Louise Tourism ==References==