CANAL JAGERROOS

Born in 1968 in Macau / China of an artistic family, while describing herself as a painter with roots in Chinese traditional painting, Canal has won international recognition for her unique motifs of blending the ancient and new elements. Most of Canal’s works are inspired by Chinese ancient philosophies, poems, nature and seasons.

At the time other children her age were picking up crayons, Canal’s father taught her the fundamentals of traditional Chinese ink brush painting. Though Canal was receiving intensive training painting course for three years at the Fine Art Academy of Guangzhou, one of the top Fine Art Colleges in China and later on studying Modern Graphic Art in Hong Kong University, Canal’s father’s teaching has remained the strongest influence in her journey to find artistic expression. Another major factor that has left strong mark in Canal’s work is the very special experience of having lived in numerous different countries in the last 15 years. Consciously and subconsciously, cultural experiences from the Orient to Europe, Africa & Scandinavia permeate her later works.

As the artist said the process of painting is like magic, it motivates and invigorates her with boundless energy. When looking at Canal’s paintings, we can feel the immense range of ancient philosophical world she is portraying where love, joy and freedom meet in harmony.

All elements in Canal’s paintings, be it the main object or a small detail, are painstakingly worked on with equal devotion. She paints on multiple layers of rice paper with acrylic, ink, Chinese pigment and then incorporates these together by using mixed medium to derive the sense of depth on canvas.

Canal has enjoyed considerable success over the last fifteen years.  Since 1986, she has had numerous solo and selected exhibitions in Sweden, Germany, Finland, Belgium, USA, Senegal, Italy, Switzerland, France and China, she has been featured in important art publications world-wide and more than 250 of her paintings can be found in private collections in many different countries.

We believe that Canal has an extremely bright future and we are delighted to have the opportunity to introduce her beautiful work to UK collectors.