Artist Statement

In my art practice, the process often feels as important as the final result. I like exploring ways to visually capture my experience of the environment in which I exist. Whether I’m working from life or from a photo I’ve taken, I strive towards accuracy on an emotional level, regardless of how closely I’m following my reference or how much I’ve ignored it to suit my composition. My most common subjects are forests, whether as full scenes or as studies of close-up details, and animals.

Biography

Fern Donovan is a graduate of NSCC’s Graphic Design program as well as NSCC’s Digital Animation - 2D Concentration program, with several years of experience as a storyboard artist, working on various animated series and shorts. In her art practice she primarily works in watercolours and acrylics, but her personal art also often includes other media and techniques such as gouache, ink, charcoal, and coloured pencils, and crochet and linocut printing.