Dana Irving
is a Canadian artist, living working in North Vancouver,
British Columbia. She was born in Prince George in
1959. Dana studied at Douglas College and Emily Carr
College of Art and Design in Vancouver and at Victoria
College of Art in Victoria. Her diverse background
includes formal fine art, interior design, graphic
design and photography.
In 1987, Dana
began a commissioned arts company called "Famous
Painters Ltd". This company has produced some
of the largest and most ambitious custom artworks
in the world. Murals by Famous Painters have been
contracted for corporate and private clients all over
North America. Dana continues with commissioned work
as well as her more personal style of gallery painting.
Dana’s
landscape paintings have been described as “Emily
Carr” meets “Dr. Seuss”! Her work
is dramatic and yet whimsical at times, powerful and
coy.
Dana is inspired
by the nature of the Pacific Northwest and is influenced
by North American landscape painters of the 1930’s
and 40’s.
Dana is concerned
with the drama of light and shade, the animation of
trees and hills and the weather around them. Her work
is a constant exploration and expression of these
ideas.
Dana’s
paintings are available here online, Ian
Tan Gallery in Vancouver
and Steffich
Fine Art on Salt Spring Island.
