Artist Bio

Brigitte Klassen is a Canadian watercolour artist based in the National Capital Region, known for large-scale floral paintings that explore presence, stillness, and the quiet dynamism of flowers.

Working in transparent watercolour, she combines rigorous technical precision with painterly spontaneity to create conceptually considered works built from thin, luminous layers of pigment.

Mainly self-taught, Klassen has dedicated over a decade to independent study, mastering a wide tonal range that uses negative space as a deliberate element to let her subjects breathe.

 Her practice centres on realism as an invitation to slow down, notice, and connect with the fleeting nature of life.

In 2025, her painting La Beauté au Naturel was accepted into the Society of Canadian Artists Open International Juried Exhibition. She has exhibited across Ontario, including the Riverdale Artwalk in Toronto and Art in the Park in Ottawa, and her paintings have twice been featured on the cover of the Picton Gazette. Klassen is currently represented by Carleton Place Gallery in Carleton Place.