Born and raised in Kelowna, BC, Tess Paul moved to the West Coast to study creative writing and film production at the University of British Columbia. An avid hiker, she sources imagery from personal photos and responds to them in the studio, building her paintings intuitively around a tone or colour, resulting in a harmonious, variously hued monochrome aesthetic.

In her latest works, Paul’s personal visual language emerges in undulating rhythms of line and lucid colours. Her hypnotic flow with the fluorescent punch of Kim Dorland or Tom Thomson expresses the hyperconnectivity and psychic intensity of the unknown that lies at the heart of nature. In approaching the sublime, Paul routes us through dreamlike landscapes to sensuous pacifying effect. As felt in her paintings, there is peace and joy in the surreal enormity of nature and in one’s awareness of being enveloped in something that cannot be fully grasped.

 

 

Tess Paul Burning Hour

Burning Hour  2023
Acrylic on canvas  36″ x 54″
$3,900.00

 

Tess Paul New Metal

New Metal  2022
Acrylic on canvas  48″ x36″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Setting Violets

Setting Violets  2023
Acrylic on canvas  48″ x 36″
SOLD

 

Flux  2022
Acrylic on canvas  48″ x 48″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Atlas

Atlas  2022
Acrylic on canvas  48″ x 36″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Vivid Dream

Vivid Dream  2022
Acrylic on canvas  36″ x 54″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Skywave

Skywave  2022
Acrylic on canvas  36″ x 48″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Northern Wind

Northern Wind  2022
Acrylic on canvas  48″ x 48″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Genesis

Genesis  2022
Acrylic on canvas  36″ x 48″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul Fog

Fog  2022
Acrylic on canvas  36″ x 48″
SOLD

 

Tess Paul pool

Pool  2021
Acrylic on canvas  36″ x 48″
SOLD

 

Life Force  2022
Acrylic on canvas  48″ x 60″
SOLD