Carmen Larsen

Born in South Africa, I immigrated to Canada in the 1990’s eventually finding my home in Tofino on Vancouver Island 10 years ago … a place where my heart has come alive and my creative expression lit on fire. My creative process is influenced greatly by my relationship with my Coastal surroundings, gathering an abundance of inspiration from the rich, vibrant and wild energy of the ocean, moon and rainforest.

My Oceanic and Botanical mixed media paintings reflect the overall essence of these powerful elements in an expressive way that captures movement, light, patterns and texture then reworking them into dream like visions. A translation of West Coast magic through abstraction.

With fascination I follow the changing
light of the moon, the rhythm of ocean tides, the balance between lightness and darkness from season to season, as well as the accompanying process of bloom to decay. Chasing light and shadows, finding reflections and unraveling layers of time.

I have been a creator my entire life. I don’t recall a defining moment of choosing art or becoming an artist. The only factor that led me to this point is that I never stopped making. My desire to create in prolific proportions propelled me on this wild, explorative, experim...