Chrissy Nickerson
“Spring, 2026”
Chrissy Nickerson “Spring, 2026”
Welcome to “Sping 2026” by Chrissy Nickerson. The fourteen large format exhibition pieces will be a compilation from her sketches over the last 6 months as she travelled into the backcountry from Skoki to Elk Lake. Whether the sites seem familiar to you (or not), Chrissy’s uncanny sense of place and her mastery of colour in nature will capture you. We hope you will love this exhibition opening on June 13th at Elevation Fernie.
“I Rarely work from photo. I’ve always maintained a strict regime of working from my own site-specific drawings created in larely overlooked and rugged spots across North America. It is only in the last 5 years that my interests have shifted to some of the more classic scapes…..O’Hara, Skoki, Island Lake….I sill insist on being there and experiencing the discomfort and unpredictability of a place but notice myself inadvertently tracing the path of the masters.”
~Chrissy Nickerson
“He Is Still Fly Fishing #2, Elk Lake” 72” x 36” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6860
Sold. “Elk Lake, Upper Lake” 72” x 48” Oil on Canvas 2026 $7620
“He Is Still Fly Fishing #1, Grassi Lake” 72” x 36” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6860
“. Scarab Lake Revisited” 48” x 72” Oil on Canvas 2026 $7620
“Balls Falls Approach” 48” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6860
““Skoki, Lower Lake With Larches 40” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6350
“The Drama of the Bog” 48” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6860
“Above Takakkaw Falls” 48” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6860
“Elk Lake, Lower Lake” 48” x 72” Oil on Canvas 2026 $7620
Sold. “By Shark Mountain” 48” x 72” Oil on Canvas 2026 $7620
Sold. “Skoki, Ptarmigan Lake” 40” x 72” Oil on Canvas 2026 $7115
“Skoki Meadow and Creek Revisited” 36” x 60” Oil on Canvas 2026 $6100
Chrissy Nickerson is an artist who draws inspiration from the landscape. Her work celebrates grandeur and simple beauty while drawing attention to issues relevant to the way in which we live, issues of habitat, natural resources and environmental planning. Her paintings bring an awareness to the importance of proper research, consultation and thought as to how land is sold, planned and developed to maintain and nurture our urban forests, established parks and wilderness.
Seizing opportunities to explore new landscapes she paints whenever she travels. Frequent subjects are the Canadian Shield of her birth province of Ontario and the majestic Rockies of her mountain home in Canmore, Alberta as well as the Pacific and Atlantic coast of Maine where she summers.
Nickerson’s work is bold and contemporary, pushing the limits of landscape painting and the culture of such.
Educated in Europe, Graduate of NSCAD and Dalhousie University and with multiple residencies, one of which is the Banff Centre, she is represented in five galleries across Canada and one in the US.