A passionate landscape painter, Maria Josenhans creates oil paintings both outdoors on location and in her North Vancouver studio. As an artist for nearly four decades, Maria’s work plays back and forth between representation and abstraction, as she allows each painting to find its own unique path.
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Her career has been shaped by long periods of immersion in large format photography, working as an illustrator, training and competing in Highland dance, teaching, as well as travelling the world by bicycle.
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Maria holds a BFA (with Honours) from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, and continues to take part in Invitational Plein Air events both nationally and abroad.
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Maria’s clear and concise approach to teaching makes it easy for her students to integrate new concepts and skillsets into their artwork.