Hi there! I am an emerging artist based in Calgary, Alberta, who embarked on this creative journey in early 2024. After years of keeping my love for art as a quiet hobby—discouraged from pursuing art in school and as a career—I finally chose joy over caution and I leapt into full-time painting, determined to make myself happy and let my heart lead the brush.

I find pure joy in painting and sharing my vibrant works with the world. Deeply inspired by nature, my artwork captures the beauty of the outdoors, especially dramatic skies, the jagged peaks of the Rockies, wildflower meadows, and the ethereal aurora borealis dancing overhead. I work primarily with acrylic paint and I may dabble in watercolour from time to time. When not painting, I embrace fleeting moments in nature, drawing endless inspiration from the natural world. I also love travelling to new destinations to see more of what this beautiful world has to offer and elevate my evolving artistry with new perspectives.

My journey as an emerging artist in Calgary has been thrilling thus far! I’ve sold many paintings through group shows, painted a mural for a family friend, joined the Calgary Sketch and Painting Club to grow alongside seasoned painters, landed my largest commission yet—a grand Rocky vista—and in 2025 was selected for a Calgary Zoo exhibit, where I playfully painted and sculpted concrete into believable rock formations. My work is a love letter to nature: dreamy yet deeply real, full of light, detail, auroral magic, and the quiet thrill of finally following what sets my soul on fire.

 

Ventia D’Souza

Precision has always been a fascination. My works are created entirely from memory, which is unfortunate, because my memory of what a human body looks like is apparently a circle on top with five lines coming out of it.

Through my process I develop original interpretations of the world around me. By simplifying and reducing, I can showcase the essential truth of any subject — that at its core, everything can be expressed in five lines or fewer. My loop-da-loops demonstrate a mastery of the continuous curve. My snowflakes contain multitudes.

So, as you can no doubt tell, I am an artist. Maybe? Probably... Yes, probably.
— Carlos Hernandez-Zelaya

— ARTISTS STATEMENT

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