Renay Taylor-Besant

Renay has made art her whole life but only began sharing her creations publicly in recent years. Her work has since won awards, and cultivated dedicated collectors across North America. Created using her deeply intuitive approach, a sense of energy and life emanate from her paintings, almost moving right before you on the canvas. Renay seeks to capture the beauty in the world as a moment in time, and invites you to immerse yourself into her world of colour and texture, and travel wherever your imagination may take you.

Renay has been driven to create art her entire life - it was as necessary as breathing; helping her to feel whole and content. Drawing and painting were always part of her childhood growing up in Manitoba, Canada but her practical side did not allow her to pursue a career in art in her youth, so she followed her other passion - changing the world!

Completing a degree in social work, Renay has worked in social services for three decades, moving with her husband to live across western Canada, raising two sons and many dogs along the way. Through it all, making art was a source of peace, meditation and rejuvenation, influenced by her varied geographic locations.

Working in the painful sides of human existence...

Renay's vision and techniques for her art developed from high school art classes, community courses in both watercolours and acrylics, plus decades of self-study via books, videos with intensive practice.

Eastern Manitoba Juried Art Exhibition (2013) in Manitoba, Canada

Red River Art Juried Exhibition (2013) in Manitoba, Canada

Rural and Northern Art Show (2013) in Manitoba, Canada

Cre8ery Gallery, Members' Exhibition gallery, (2015, 2018 and 2019) in Manitoba, Canada

Red River Art Juried Exhibition (2019), in Manitoba, Canada

Cre8ery Group Show 100 +/- (Nov 2019) in Manitoba, Canada

HairXetra Salon, Solo Show (Nov 2019-Jan 2020) in Winnipeg, Manitoba