Fiona is a Vancouver painter working and living with her awesome family in Strathcona. She shows her work with Diane Farris Gallery, and this month at On the Rise on Granville. Her drive to paint is as inspiring to some as it is annoying to others.

The Proof

1. The home studio – a little table of clutter that grabs at the spare minutes.
2. So simple, so perfect.
3. My 3 loves, husband, son, painting.
4. Setting up shot for painting exhibition with Zoe Pawlak on Granville and 7th. Wokin’ like dogs and loving it.
5. I love how out of place a painting can look outside – like a party dress in the morning.
6. My little man bouncing away at the studio.
7. Big old Parker street studios.
8. Colour!!! Do you ever feel like there’s one missing? Discover it. Bottle it. Sell it. Blow my mind.

The Questions

What neighborhood do you live in?
Strathcona.

What do you do and where?
I make paintings at my studio, down the street from my house.

What are you working on?
My friend Zoe and I are showing together at On the Rise on Granville Street for the month of Feb 2010. Today we started a collaborative live painting in front of the gallery. Best way to sit an art show- start a new painting on the sidewalk out front!
P.S. Paint doesn’t dry in Vancouver.

Where can we find your work?
fionaackerman.com and dianefarrisgallery.com