Luella Gilchrist

I paint lots of plein air, portraits and figure painting and animals from life. In fact almost all of my paintings are from life, just rarely from a photo. I love oil paint but sometimes do pastel or acrylic. I live in the Canadian Rockies, so often do paintings of the mountains. Occasionally my art drifts into fantasy with sparkles and luminescence.

I have 2 university degrees, neither in art. I did a year of painting and sculpture at university in Fine Art and then switched to another field---and continued on in my self taught art.

Shows at galleries, businesses, and art houses here in Calgary and in the U.S.A