Parkade Painting

Shelley Mansel's work is predominantly landscape but spans many sub-genres within the subject of landscape. Through exhibitions of thematic progression, she has explored sub-groups of landscape such as: pastoral, aerial, industrial, interior, underwater and macroscopic subjects. Shelley Mansel has been painting since 1993. She grew up in British Columbia's lower mainland where she began formal study at the University College of the Fraser Valley on Canada's west coast before moving to Nova Scotia to continue her studies. She completed three years in the Bachelor of Fine Art Program at NSCAD University from 1995-1998. Mansel has shown in solo, two-person, and group exhibitions in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver. Mansel's works have been reviewed and featured on online blogs and Halifax and Toronto newspapers, and have been published in House & Home magazine and on HGTV. Mansel's works are held in numerous private collections in Canada, France, Germany and the United States and in permanent collections including St. Mary's University, Halifax and UBC Faculty of Dentistry, Vancouver. She has served as a peer committee juror for the Nova Scotia Culture Division/ Grants to Individuals Program. Mansel has received two Creation Grants and a Presentation Grant for past exhibitions through this provincial program. Her work is represented by: Harvest Gallery (Wolfville, Nova Scotia) Gibson Fine Art (Calgary, Alberta) Gallery B (Castine, Maine) The Prow Gallery (Halifax, Nova Scotia) She currently lives and works in the rural countryside of Nova Scotia.