Basking in the Sun Painting

Pina Manoni-Rennick was born in Bassano Romano - a town north of Rome, Italy and moved to Canada in 1965. Her Grandmother inspired Pina’s life-long interest in nature that nurtured her desire to recreate it with oil, watercolours and acrylics. Pina has enhanced her skills by taking the Visual Arts Programs at Algonquin College and St. Lawrence College, The Ottawa School of Art, and through ongoing study with National and International artists such as Alex Power, Skip Lawrence, Karla O’Connor and Frank Webb. She paints each day in her studio "The Loft Art Studios 951 Gladstone, Ottawa" and on location. Since joining the Friday Morning Painters in 1999, each Friday she meets and paints plein air with the Ottawa-8 and on Wednesdays she can be found with fellow artists figure drawing. She is a member of the Ottawa Art Association, Eastern and Central Ontario Art Association and she is an associate of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. Pina has enjoyed displaying her work in three solo shows and several group showings in Ottawa and the surrounding region such as: the Ottawa Art Festival, The Rideau Valley Art Festival in Westport, Russell's Autumn in the Country, the Merrickville Art Festival and was part of the successful “Points of View”, “Ottawa Alleyways”, “Ottawater”, “Ottawa Alleyways-II”, “Hidden Gems” and “Dominion” shows at Ottawa's Cube Gallery. During 2016 Pina has also shown her work at Toronto’s Norman-Felix gallery. She has work on display at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Pina has won several awards including the Blythe MacDonald Award for her watercolours. I have a new studio in Ottawa and spend most of my time there. The Loft Art Studios 951 Gladstone Ave. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada "Painting for me is a pleasurable, ongoing journey of discovery. It's a wonderful way to express myself. Colour has always been the constant force behind my paintings. It’s what I love most. Through my paintings I want viewers to see the colourful beauty that surrounds us and to feel the same sense of joy and excitement I feel when creating them.”