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Ryan Annett — Canadian contemporary artist
Between darkness and light, I paint what I feel.
Enter the workSelected works · Two worlds
Paintings born from
feeling, not explanation.
From intuitive abstraction to the quiet, storybook world of Blueberry Borough, each body of work begins in emotion and becomes a place the viewer can enter.
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Photography
Photographs from quiet places, passing weather and life close to home.
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Ink & Watercolour
Hand-painted storybook work rooted in nature, animals and imagination.
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Digital / AI Collaborative
Digital works developed through an artist-led collaboration with AI, built from a clear creative direction and finished eye.
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Abstract
Intuitive works made from feeling, movement and the things that resist words.
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Five hundred small beings, each drawn from the marks, texture and feeling inside one original painting. Choose what you feel, then meet the Observer waiting there.
Enter the collection →Books by Ryan Annett
Stories from a
gentler world.
Step into Blueberry Borough Farm through Ryan’s illustrated stories—quiet adventures about courage, belonging, friendship and finding light.
Geo Critters Christmas
A gentle winter story about friendship, kindness and the light we share with one another.
Buy on Amazon Canada ↗The Thistlewicks
A heartwarming Blueberry Borough tale of love, healing and the comfort of finding where you belong.
Buy on Amazon Canada ↗The Faverolles
A Blueberry Borough Farm Tale following Axel, a young Faverolles rooster learning courage, self-acceptance and the value of his own voice.
Buy on Amazon Canada ↗The Crystal of Peggy’s Cove
A calming, screen-free Geo Critters adventure filled with animals, imagination and pages to make your own.
Buy on Amazon Canada ↗Artist statement
“I paint the things that are difficult to put into words—the pressure, the movement, the moments when darkness pushes in and light still finds a way through.”
Ryan Annett
Read Ryan’s story →Selected recognition
Internationally exhibited
Italy · Canada · Scotland
Indonesia · United States
Three museum exhibitions
Charity work supporting Mount Sinai Children’s Hospital, NYC
Over $200K in cryptocurrency art sales
Featured by The Beatrix Potter Society ↗In the press
Artist
Showcase
Ryan Annett was featured in The Art Gallery e-mag, in a profile exploring his mixed-media practice and early creative journey.
CTV News Atlantic · 2022
New Brunswick’s disability arts collective holds its first gallery showing.
Ryan was featured by CTV News Atlantic during the collective’s first gallery exhibition.
Read the CTV News story ↗Collectors · galleries · collaborations
Live with the work.
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