Gretta Gibney

 

Born in Dublin and raised in Vancouver, Gretta has completed formal studies in fine art in Canada (BFA, university of Concordia, Montreal) and Spain (MFA, Universidad de Barcelona). She has also studied fresco painting at the Universidad de Lleida in Spain and painting at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver. She has studied independently at the Prado in Madrid, Spain; the Louvre in Paris, France; and the British Museum in London, England. The study of art through its creation is her lifelong passion and pursuit.

Current theme

Since the birth of her first child, gretta's subject matter has followed a natural progression. After having spent so much time around the raw emotion of a child, gretta projects this experience onto canvas. She has chosen dogs as her subject matter, because, similar to children, dogs reveal their true emotions as they experience them. They are loving beings who need and deserve constant nurturing and attention. Gretta finds dogs to be truly expressive and strives to display their vast array of emotion within her portraits.

 

	In the Ruff
	Bubbles
	Capo
	Rosie