Exhibiting Oceanic Mindfulness: Sensing the Sea, which explores awareness and aquatic realms, and their effects on our health and well-being.

Probyn is a contemporary artist best known for her breadth of creative expression including abstract painting, hand embroidery and music. She inherits her creativity from a family line of painters, craftspeople and performing artists. Probyn works between her urban Eastside Atelier studio and home in South Delta.

Her experience spans decades with a through-line of growth, time and space, the human condition and interconnection. Her new body of work has been informed by her mindfulness practice and research on the mental and physiological benefits of being on, in or near the ocean. The release of this series coincides with the United Nations Ocean Decade, a 10-year framework initiative to identify, generate and use critical ocean knowledge to manage the ocean sustainably.

Past professional activities include teaching therapeutic art for over eight years. Probyn has been hired by Eastside Arts Society multiple times to teach and assist at CREATE! Arts Festival. While living in New York, she mentored for the High School of Art and Design, an institution for gifted students. Probyn has collaborated on multiple murals including two in Vancouver Mural Festival.

Probyn's creative pursuits have been exhibited and published widely including Fun Size, an art book published by Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico. Career heights include local and international awards such as North Van Arts Award for Excellence in Painting. Her art is regularly featured in Canadian Cancer Society’s prestigious Daffodil Ball, a charity she holds dear as she and her brother are cancer survivors.

A passionate community builder, Probyn has hosted various studio events including art workshops and music concerts. She was a First Saturday steering committee member for over two years, focused on marketing strategy and forging a new Creative Mornings Vancouver partnership.

Probyn has studied with teachers including renowned painter, Kiff Holland, and Governor General Award recipient, Eric Metcalfe. She completed her IDEA School of Design education at Capilano University and holds a certificate in marketing management from University of British Columbia (UBC) Sauder.

Her artwork is collected locally and internationally. Probyn’s art may be available to view during First Saturdays, Eastside Culture Crawl, North Van Arts Rental program or by appointment. She teaches in her Eastside Atelier art studio.

Probyn's exciting body of new work will be officially released on Thursday, November 7th at 8am. To be informed of this and other upcoming arts events, sign up for her mailing list at http://eepurl.com/hJMyor

Learn more at www.probynart.com.