Nadine Bradshaw
Whether I am painting people, plants, or animals, I consider all of my work to be a form of portraiture. Through the use of oil paint, I love to capture my subjects with brushstrokes of colour that attempt to layer their essence upon the canvas. With my paintings I showcase a character at a particular moment in time, preserving them in a perpetual bloom before they wilt, grey, or lose their baby teeth.
“When I paint there is this moment, between one brush stroke and the next where what I am painting comes to life.”
Biography
Nadine Bradshaw was raised in the wide-open landscapes of the Canadian prairies. She went on to study Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia before establishing her professional practice in the Netherlands, where she has been based since 2013.
Living and working in The Hague, Nadine’s work is a continuous exploration of colour and its ability to hold emotion, energy and memory. She is drawn to the unexpected colour combinations she notices in faces, plants and landscapes, and uses painting to explore how those colours can be translated, exaggerated and pushed beyond what we see in real life.
Specializing in portraits, botanicals and domestic scenes, Nadine’s work reflects a deep curiosity about what it means to be here, to be alive, and about the small details that give people and landscapes their unique character.
