Vinessa Redford is a self-taught watercolour artist based in Toronto, Canada, whose work captures the raw beauty of nature through a lens of emotion and memory. Growing up in rural northern Alberta, Vinessa was profoundly shaped by her upbringing with her creative grandmother, who instilled in her a love for the natural world. Exploring the wilderness of the boreal forest as a child, Vinessa developed an enduring passion for wildflowers and untamed landscapes, themes that now define her artistic expression.

Beginning with fine art photography, Vinessa learned the fundamentals of the visual arts and later developed a painterly approach to capturing florals and landscapes. Her photography has been exhibited internationally in Athens, Hanoi, Melbourne, and New York. 

In 2021, Vinessa developed an interest in watercolour. Mesmerized by the fluidity and unpredictability of the medium, Vinessa has developed an intuitive, semi-abstract style that draws from memory rather than direct reference, blending her experiences in photography and dance into her creative process. She shares an intimate look of her creative process on social media under the handle @pigmentsandmood.