Hi folks, I’ll be at the show opening on Friday night at Gallery 8 (Nov 28) on Saltspring Island! This is the gallery’s annual small works show where my small painting “Radiant Bear” and miniature “Winter Walk” (which I don’t have a picture of yet – sorry!) will be featured. These larger paintings will be there too. The opening is from 5-8pm and lots of fun so come by if you’re in the area and say hi!
How quickly the years pass! 25 Years ago I painted my very first miniature with great excitement. The idea of rendering the world in tiny detail was both fascinating and an excellent creative challenge I couldn’t resist! This is one of the first four miniature paintings I created: “Geese At The Fence” (2.5 x 4 inches), acrylic on art board.
I remember how nervous and excited I was to enter it at a local art show with the Federation of Canadian Artists, a great bunch to work with. Twenty five years and hundreds of miniatures later, I am deeply grateful for this experience, for friends made along the way and for students who taught me more than I taught them! So many good memories, good laughs and always more to learn.
Many kind thanks to everyone who has supported my artwork and this site over the years. Cheers!
Most days in the studio boil down to one question for me: will it be the tiny brush or the big brush first? Will the day start with the cultivation of a miniature world or the abstraction of an observation? And sometimes the answer is: no brush. Instead, a walk, a course of errands, a pattern of bricks in a sidewalk, a conversation with a friend will fill the well of being-ness that I need to create.
My new painting titled “The Bridge” represents the crossing over to something different, something important perhaps, or safe passage through an uncertainty. This piece speaks to me personally as I enter my 25th year of painting miniatures and feel the pull to pursue new creative ideas. It isn’t always easy to cross into new territory and keep your footing, but sometimes it’s necessary to try – if for no other reason than to view more clearly, where you’ve been.
The Bridge (30 x 40 inches), acrylic on canvas.
This is another large piece that was a lot of fun to create. I love the possibilities that abstracts offer for interpretation. Are they flowers? Trees? Giant leeks?? 
“Into the Garden” (30 x 48 inches), acrylic on canvas:
I’m happy to share that all of the paintings are now up and online to view and the show will run through to July 11th. I’d like to send out a huge Thank You to everyone for your very kind encouragement, it has been an adventure! 
Here is a link to Peninsula Gallery for more information: https://www.pengal.com/events/tiffany-hasties-artistic-renaissance
After many years of studying and painting external landscapes it has been an adventure of a new kind to reflect on the curious nature of internal landscapes and what existential aspects of them might look like painted in a simple form.
Block paintings – What are they about?
My purpose for this series of paintings is to create an expression of the dynamism of the human spirit (represented by the circle) as it navigates a journey through the experience of life (represented by the blocks). The black line surrounding all objects signifies the great mystery that holds things together, and yet separate from each other, creating a perfectly imperfect motif of existence and what one makes of it.
Below is one of the images from my new series for the current Spot Light show at Peninsula Gallery in Syndey, BC. The show continues to July 11th.
Journey (30 x 40 inches), acrylic on canvas.
For anyone who’d like to see some of my non-miniature artwork, here is a peek at my new show opening on Saturday, June 15th. I often paint tiny miniatures and large abstracts on the same day, switching between the two for a nice change of pace. Thank you to Peninsula Gallery for hosting this show, it was a lot of fun to do. I’ll be in the gallery on Saturday from 11am – 3pm for anyone who wants to stop by and say hi! 
Please click here for a link to the Peninsula Gallery show.
“Embers” (40 x 30 inches), acrylic on canvas.
New mini painting: “The Eyes of the Forest” acrylic on art board measureing a tiny 4 x 2.25 inches, set in a larger style frame.
This painting is part of the 15th anniversary exhibition currently happening at Gallery 8 on Saltspring Island. The runs through to May 17, 2024.
Can you spot the watcher? 👀
A great big Thank You to everyone supporting this site through another year!! Your kind words and continued interest in my artwork mean a great deal indeed. Cheers everyone! 
And a very Happy New Year to you! 
A big thank you to the kind folks at Peninsula Gallery and to everyone who supported or came out to see the show in Sidney – it sold out!! All ten miniature paintings featuring aspects of beautiful Vancouver Island have found new homes. Thanks everyone! 
Tiffany Hastie Art 
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