BHC Gallery • The Healing Power of Art

Blanche Johnston is a professional artist living near Beaver Creek, SK. She creates using a
variety of media including acrylic, oil, watercolour, dry media to create layers of smooth
and impasto textures on a variety of surfaces such as deep sided canvas and cradled birch
panels. Her encaustic (painting with beeswax and damar resin) art making takes place in
primarily in the summer.
 
Blanche draws inspiration from the landscape surrounding her home and travels further afield, portraying a curiosity about place and time. She believes that art consciously and unconsciously fills a liminal space between past and present, here and there, you and me, and often thinks about the people who walked before, the layers of life working underneath the images she paints – a kind of historical underpainting.
 
“I walk a path as ancient shadows wake; with a pulse of flowers beneath my feet”
 
-Allan Dronsfield
 
Formally educated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and the University of
Saskatchewan Art and Design certificate, she spent many years working as an exercise
therapist and educator in chronic disease management.
 
Blanche is a member or CARFAC as well as numerous public galleries in Saskatchewan and is a working member of “Iris” a local art group. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions across the Province and has also led art workshops in various locations. She is also involved with many local art shows and supports community programming by matching businesses with exhibiting artists.
 
 
Blanche is represented by Dandelion Art Framing and Gallery in Saskatoon.
 
Contact and/or e-transfer Blanche Johnston at 5johnston@sasktel.net
INSTAGRAM @blanchejohnston_art.
WEBSITE: blanchejohnston.ca
Other work available through Dandelion Framing & Gallery