My art is very rooted in place. I want to celebrate the landscape I live in, and not only the vast mountain views but the lovely small moments you find in a sunlit creek, a forgotten marsh, or a soft patch of moss. Everyone should have the opportunity to appreciate where they live, and I hope my art can help people notice beauty in their everyday lives.
A self-taught artist, I began my journey seven years ago while earning a degree in Biology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. During a natural history lecture I discovered the art of Tom Thomson and decided to venture to the source of his inspiration in Algonquin Provincial Park with the acrylic paints in hand, hoping to follow in his tradition. Since then, I have explored oils, watercolors, block printing, and most recently, gouache. My sources of inspiration are always the landscapes I inhabit, whether the rocky shores of an Ontario lake or the tea-colored rivers of western Maine. I find it meditative to get lost in the shapes, shadows, and colors of a landscape, and love to bring those elements into my artwork.
Curiosity drives me both in art and in life. Outside of my artistic pursuits, I am a passionate naturalist, amateur geologist, and outdoorswoman, often found deep in the woods or on high mountain peaks. I worked in nature conservation and environmental education until 2024 when I pursued being an artist full-time. I also love to read, write, photograph, and share her love for nature with the world.
You can find a nature guide I created for my childhood hometown here.
Currently I am a Canadian living in the mountains of Western Maine and am overwhelmed with inspiration from the New England landscape.
C.V.
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Education
2015- 2019 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Teaching Experience
2025
• Learning to Paint the Landscape, Lovell ME
2024
• Learn to Sketch and Identify Evergreens at Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Conway NH
• Learn to Sketch and Identify Pollinators at Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Conway NH
• Learning the Fundamentals of Composition Level 1, Lovell ME and Conway NH
• Learning the Fundamentals of Composition Level 2, Lovell ME
2023
• A Walk Through Time: Mosses, Lichens, and Clubmosses at the Greater Lovell Land Trust, Lovell ME
• Learning the Geology and Weather of Maine (Maine Environmental Science Academy, middle-school aged, weekly during school year), Lovell ME
• Learn to Sketch Pollinators at the Greater Lovell Land Trust, Lovell ME
• Plein-Air Painting Workshop at Whitney Pond, Stoneham ME
2022
• Learning Maine’s Waters (Maine Environmental Science Academy, middle-school aged, weekly during school year), Lovell ME
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Exhibitions
2025 (Accepted)
• Love Letters to Mt. Washington Juried Show, Jackson, NH
• Paradise City Juried Art Festival, Marlborough, MA
2024
• Great Glen Trails Holiday Fair, Gorham, NH
• Pop-Up Art Show at Settlers Green, North Conway, NH
• Fall Wentworth Pop-Up Art Show, Jackson, NH
• Juried Yarmouth Art Festival, Yarmouth, ME
• Charlotte Hobbs Juried Arts and Artisans Fair, Lovell, ME
• Whitney Center Summer Art Show, Jackson, NH
• Gallery 302 Art in the Park, Bridgton, ME
• Barn Gallery’s Juried Mid-Season Exhibition, Ogunquit, ME
2023
• Fall Wentworth Pop-Up Art Show, Jackson, NH
• Solo Exhibition at Tin Mountain, Conway NH
• Charlotte Hobbs Juried Arts and Artisans Fair, Lovell, ME
• Mt. Washington Valley Arts Association Art in the Park, North Conway, NH — Honorable Mention for "Cornshop Road"
• Gallery 302 Art in the Park, Bridgton, ME
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Gallery Representation
2023- Present Jackson Art Studio and Gallery, Jackson, NH
2020-2022 Ottawa West Arts Association, Ottawa, Canada
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Bibliography
Laurie LaMountain, “Lovely Small Moments,” Lake Living Magazine 26, no. 1 (June 2023). 16
Giacomo Panico, Interview, CBC Radio, Ottawa, Canada, August 18, 2021
Scott Wilkinson, “Jessie Lozanski’s oil paintings capture the rough-edged beauty of the PCT,” Pacific Crest Trail Association, May 20, 2020. https://www.pcta.org/2020/jessie-lozanskis-oil-paintings-capture-the-rough-edged-beauty-of-the-pct-70082/
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Publications as Author
“Wild Stittsville: A Guide to Our Ecosystems and How We Can Re-Wild Our Community,” Canadian Wildlife Federation, August 10, 2021 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qa8Dd1HVdNcUZofWQZWwCv597xlU_AYy/view
