Discover the colorful art of Olga V. Walmisley-Santiago and be uplifted and inspired. Her passion for the beauty of nature is evident in her work as she transforms familiar scenes through her bold impressionistic interpretation. Using thick brush strokes, lavish detail and bold color, she reveals the unseen. The "hidden colors" of nature and the emotions that fill space and time. Our familiar world is reimagined to capture the magical essence of the moment.  This is modern Magic Realism.

Olga V. Walmisley-Santiago, a British artist based in Independence, Oregon, is known for her vibrant acrylic and watercolor landscape and still life paintings filled with color, movement and detail, and waterscapes that dance with reflections and light.  She celebrates the beauty of nature and brings out the “hidden colors” in the depths of a river, the sparkle of a waterfall, or the edge of a leaf.  Her impressionistic paintings create a world of “magic realism” with dream-like colors and uplifting tones.   Olga was born and raised in London, England, and has strong ties to Spain and Mexico. Having lived in London,  Spain, Ohio, and Kentucky before moving to Oregon. These layers of culture and experience lend her a unique artistic perspective, and a sense of life as a constant exploration and adventure.  As she continues on her exploration of Oregon and beyond, she constantly takes photos, to later recapture some of the essence of a fleeting moment of beauty in a special place. 

She highlights the magic of natural beauty with colorful paintings of mountains, rivers, flowers, fields, waterfalls and coastal scenes, and the creatures and plants that live there. 

SOLD!

16 x 20 in.

Acrylic on canvas.

Gold frame

Comissioned painting.

The Peter Iredale was four-masted British-owned steel ship that ran ashore on October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast while en route from Mexico to Portland to pick up a cargo of wheat. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton.

Here she sleeps under the Milky Way at moonfall.

Would you like me to paint a picture for you?

Contact me at:

olgawalmisleysantiago@gmail.com

Follow me on Instagram!

@walmisley.art.studio

Field of Happiness:

"Stunning!"

"It brought tears to my eyes!"

"The colors are SO bright!"

Lavender Fields:

"This reminds me of  Monet!"

I am a proud member of Artists in Action (the photo above was taken during AiA's Plein Air painting session at Adelman Peony Farm during this summer's Paint and Write the Town event), and my original artwork and art products are now available our lovely space at the Elsinore Gallery, at 444 Ferry St SE, in Salem Oregon. I am currently putting the finishing touches on my pieces for the very popular Something Red show for the month of December.

Stop by the gallery any time. We AiA artists are ALWAYS happy to have visitors!

AND... I will be participating in the Independence Downtown Holiday Market on November 30!! Don't miss this fun event!

And while you're here, check out my adorable Christmas cards and stocking stuffers!

Mount Hood watches over Trillium Lake won the People's Choice Award at the Keizer Art Association December show. The original is available now, and also giclee prints.