Nesdoly-Violet

As the firstborn in a Saskatchewan family where art was valued, I aspired early to become an artist. However, over time I felt I was better at words and writing became my creative outlet, I found expression as a freelance writer, poet, and book author.

That changed in 2017 when I decided to delve back into art and maybe illustrate a children’s book I had in mind. A Christmas gift of sketching pencils and a sketchbook opened the art floodgates. I pursued Bible Art Journaling, watercolour painting, and established a daily sketchbook practice. Though I never illustrated that book, my crush on art continues.

Currently books and online videos are my teachers. I spent two years in Billy Showell’s Online School of Botanical Watercolor, have taken many workshops through Acrylic University, spent six months enrolled in Ali Kay’s Art School, and continue to learn so much from other online instructors.

I love depicting nature and the stuff of everyday life using pencil, pen, mixed media, watercolor, acrylic, and oil paints. “Anything can be drawn and it becomes beautiful once it’s on the page,” says sketch journal artist Samantha Dion Baker. My hope is that my art will open the eyes of the viewer to the extraordinary beauty in the ordinary world that surrounds us.

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Violet’s Art News

SUMMER MEMORIES Exhibition

Three of my paintings are hanging in the “Summer Memories” exhibition, currently on display in the A Step Above Cultural Gallery of the Timm’s Centre – 2nd floor of 20399 Douglas Crescent. The exhibition runs from July 3 – August 13, 2026.

“Beachcomber” & Seagull’s Patio © Violet Nesdoly

THIS EARTHLY GARDEN – Summer Solo Show

My art (poetry & paintings) is featured in a solo show in the Inspired Arts Gallery of Christian Life Assembly Church. The exhibition of paintings and poems, This Earthly Garden, runs from July 5 – September 14th, 2026.

View the exhibit at:
Christian Life Assembly Church
21277 – 56th Ave., Langley, BC
Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Check in at Reception)
Sunday 8:30 – 1:00 p.m.

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Three paintings of mine were accepted into the “Our Community” Exhibition in the Step Above Cultural Gallery – 2nd Floor – Timm’s Community Centre, 20390 Douglas Crescent, Langley, BC. I was thrilled when I discovered one of my paintings also appears on the show’s publicity poster! The exhibition runs from February 27 – April 9, 2026.