Brenda Isaak Takao

Brenda Isaak Takao is a multi-media artist living on beautiful Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. While in university, Brenda’s minor was art. She also has a diploma in interior design for which she earned the Governor General’s Collegiate Bronze medal. She displayed an early aptitude for drawing and has a vague memory of her mother furiously scrubbing her artwork off the walls. Brenda enjoys exploring many media – mild steel, felted wool, paper, paint, and wood all make their home in her art. Recently, she has begun to explore unconventional ways to bring some of her media together, for example, bringing felting into her metal sculpture. While this eclecticism exists with media, the sources of her inspiration remain the same. Brenda’s infatuation with the natural world and her love of colour, as well as her obsession with the organic line are evident. Curves, vines, trees, flowers, seed pods and spirals all grace her work. Their soft lines pull the eye, create movement, and transport the viewer into their own liminal space. Artist Statement I have always wondered how my art, being so tied to my own inspiration, could contribute to the world, but in t... more...