
Janna Kumi
Burnaby
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My practice operates between abstracted realism, modernism, and representative art. I am mostly interested in the form, function, and pattern occurring in seemingly insignificant components of the natural world. Building on my work as a forester and natural resource manager in British Columbia for 35 years, my present focus is on the microcosm of wood and bark - its textures, colours, and the life forms which inhabit this substrate. Working primarily with non-toxic colour pencils and ink on paper and wood, I create intimate portraits of tree bark, often in larger-scale work, celebrating what the eye often overlooks. TOAF.ca
I gratefully acknowledge the support I received from the Canada Council for the Arts with two grants during 2019 - to 2022 which made this work possible and also enabled me to attain my Signature Status with the Federation of Canadian Artists in 2021.
2D Works

Early Morning Fog Over Spruce Lake
- 2022
- 46 x 61 x 2 cm
- $1,300

A Silver Lining for Lodgepole Pine
- 2022
- 46 x 61 x 2 cm
- $1,300

Following the Line (Ponderosa)
- 2022
- 20 x 61 x 3.6 cm
- $600

Hemlock
- 2020
- 58 x 58 x 2.5 cm
- $700

Into the Heart of an Old Douglas-fir
- 2020
- 56 x 71 x 0.1 cm
- $1,300

Ponderosa Blues
- 2021
- 48 x 54 x 4.7 cm
- $700

The Cover Up - Western Larch
- 2020
- 45.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm
- $800

Time
- 2019
- 76 x 76 x 3.8 cm
- $1,500

White Spruce: Itty Bitty Piece of Bark
- 2022
- 25.4 x 25.4 x 3.8 cm
- $320