Bio

Lyse was born in Quebec City and obtained her Doctorate in Veterinarian Medicine from the University of Montreal in 1989. While pursuing this career in Ottawa and then Calgary, she continued to develop her artistic skills as a painter, at the Alberta College of Art and studying under Karen Swearengen.  Her body of work mainly consists of acrylic landscape and cityscape paintings along with public art murals.  Deselliers has shown her work in Calgary, Okotoks, Canmore and Waterton National Park, Alberta as well as  Penticton and Kelowna, BC.  She has been involved in numerous fundraising events where her artwork benefited organizations such as Amnesty International and World Wildlife Fund. Her paintings now reside in collections throughout North America and London, UK. Currently, she is focusing on creating larger pieces to better capture the monumental beauty of the Okanagan, using aerial photographs of the area surrounding her hometown of Penticton.

My artwork attempts to engage the viewer’s own imagination in a moment of visual joy. I use elements of design and colour to create movement and rhythms to stimulate the neuro pathways which are responsible for the pleasure found in viewing art. I am interested in using either non local colours or remodeling shapes to pry a moment of insight from the viewer and thus creating a pleasant bond between the artwork and the viewer. Often returning to the tradition of the Group of Seven as a guiding model while allowing my search for esthetic to guide my brush, I want to celebrate my surroundings. Creating art is an act of gratitude for me and at the same time it gives me an outlet using imagery to point to what I believe is worthy of protecting and preserving. That it be the demise of glaciers or the loss of nostalgic urban elements, from the concern over forest fire, decrease in outdoor pursuits to the protection of the Okanagan Water Basin and hillside environment, my daily preoccupations lead to the next series I work on. Although my subject matter may vary, the palette and the material I use (mainly acrylic on cradle wood or canvas) lends to a stylistic signature that is recognizable. My constant curiosity toward scientific and social developments gives rise to my next body of work. Hoping that the simple pleasure of connecting with an artwork may open the door to the why and how of the subject represented.