Janna Watson

Janna Watson's compelling abstract compositions use colour, line, and variegated brushstrokes to evoke emotion in the viewer. Her works possess an elegant and powerful yet light-hearted energy, created with a carefully balanced pairing of loose painting and gestural mark-making. They are honest, confident and evocative portraits of colour, texture, space, and movement.

Watson holds an honours degree in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design and has exhibited extensively across Canada and internationally in more than 30 solo exhibitions. Her work has appeared in notable public collections including those of TD Bank, CIBC, Nordstrom, Telus, the Ritz-Carlton, ONi ONE, the Soho Metropolitan Hotel, and Saks Fifth Avenue. In 2013, she was commissioned to create an impressive, 11 x 31-foot painting for the lobby of AURA, Canada’s tallest residential building.

Watson’s paintings circulate regularly at international fairs, including the Toronto International Art Fair, CONTEXT Art Miami, and in Seattle, where they were featured by Artsy in its list of “10 Works to Collect at the Seattle Art Fair.” Watson’s work has been covered by publications such as The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, NOW Magazine, and House & Home.

WATCH: Janna Watson artist talk at Bau-Xi Gallery | Dufferin 

Janna Watson artwork featured in Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Janna Watson featured in essay written by art critic and curator Donald Brackett

Janna Watson interview with Artist Decoded podcast

Janna Watson artwork featured in JW Marriott Vancouver

Listen to Janna Watson's interview on The Jealous Curator podcast

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60 X 60 in. - $12,100 CAD
Rivers Of Joy
60 X 60 in. - $12,100 CAD
Flip It And Reverse It
60 X 60 in. - $12,100 CAD
Ace Of Cups
72 X 72 in. - $16,000 CAD
Janna Watson artwork 'Never Underestimate A Comma' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Vancouver
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72 X 96 in. - $20,200 CAD
Places I've Never Been
72 X 84 in. - $18,400 CAD
Tongue In Cheek
Bite The Slice, Toss The Rind, Skate Away
48 X 48 in. - $8,900 CAD
Tongue Twister
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40 x 40 in. - $6,800 CAD
Iron Fist Clad In Red Velvet
At Sunset We Sat With Our Eyes Closed Doing A Sun Meditation
40 X 40 in. - $6,800 CAD
Passion As Juicy As A Grape
72 X 72 in.
Enchanted Garden
36 X 48 in. - $7,100 CAD
Beats My Heart
36 X 48 in. - $7,100 CAD
Blue Butterflies Come In the Summertime
60 X 60 in. - $12,100 CAD
Janna Watson artwork 'Practice in Wu-Wei I' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Vancouver
52 X 80 in. - $13,600 CAD
Soggy And Perfect
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The Most Esoteric Thing You Can Do Is Be Yourself
40 X 40 in. - $6,800 CAD
Saturn’s Peach
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54 X 54 in. - $10,600 CAD
God's List of Liquids
55 X 60 in. - $11,500 CAD
Silence Happens Inside Words
84 X 72 in.
Speaking in tongues
48 X 40 in. - $7,700 CAD
Spring Blossoms Early
48 X 36 in. - $7,100 CAD
Warm Sleeves of You
30 X 40 in. - $5,400 CAD
Lunch Poems
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72 X 84 in. - $18,400 CAD
Rainbow Bridge
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60 X 60 in. - $12,100 CAD
Trees Drip In The Night
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72 X 72 in. - $16,000 CAD
A Useful Mental Event
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48 X 60 in. - $10,100 CAD
Words Turn On Their Tap
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30 X 30 in. - $4,500 CAD
Happiness in the form of a sandwich
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48 X 48 in. - $8,900 CAD
It’s A Really Weird State Of Mind
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30 X 30 in. - $4,500 CAD
Skywritten
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10 X 8 in. - $20 CAD
Janna Watson Artwork | Bright, colouful, expressive, gestural abstract paintings inspired by emotions.
44 X 84 in. - $12,700 CAD
Janna Watson artwork 'Sails in the Wind' available at Bau-Xi Gallery Vancouver
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