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Olive Chan 🇨🇦

@olivechanart.com

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(she/her) Painter of skies and light. Autistic w a splash of ADHD Conduit of beauty, advocate for rest, practicer of grace. On unceded kʷikʷəƛ̓əm lands (Port Coquitlam, BC) https://olivechanart.com 🚫No AI/NFTs

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jan 28

Intro time! I’m Olive and I love painting skies and light. I hope to find other sky lovers here. If you’re always looking up, please say hi and connect!

This is one of my favourite paintings: “Irresistible Grace”, 30”x60” acrylic on canvas

#art #acrylicpainting #canadianart #sky #clouds #sunsets

Olive, a straight sized Asian woman wearing glasses, a black top, and navy cropped pants, stands next to a large canvas propped on an easel, with a smile on her face. On the canvas is a painting of the sun setting behind a peninsula of land with the ocean waves coming toward the shore which is in the foreground. The sun glints along the water’s surface.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · 15d

New cards and 2026 Art (+ Scripture) Calendars are now available!

Restful paintings of skies and light to lift your eyes and spirits throughout the year.

Find them here: olivechanart.com/shop

Ships worldwide from Canada 🇨🇦.

Thank you for supporting artists especially in tough times! 🫶🏻

A photo of two calendars and five cards along with an evergreen bough. The calendars and cards all feature paintings of skies with some ocean or mountains. black text at the top reads “Now Available! olivechanart.com” and black text at the bottom reads “2026 Art (+ Scripture) Calendars and New Cards!”

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · 26d

This is really lovely

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Oct 4

#blueskyartshow #relax

“A Generous Stillness”
12”x16” acrylic on gallery canvas (sold)
©2025 Olive Chan

More relaxing paintings at olivechanart.com 😌

#canada #britishcolumbia

A painting of layers of mountains reflected in a still lake. The moon shines in the sky and is also reflected in the water.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Sep 12

Today is #cloudappreciationday and I’m prepping 80 tiny cloud paintings to give away at my art show on Sunday! Keep looking up my friends. ☁️

Close up photo of the artist’s hands holding a small square painting of a fluffy cloud against a teal background. On the desk behind her hands is an assortment of other tiny cloud paintings.

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Sep 6

Correction: HERS is the top one. Now this is going to bug me all day. 😂

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Sep 6

While on vacation, my daughter asked me to teach her how to paint clouds. Her’s is the top one. Isn’t it beautiful?

#summer #blueskyartshow #art #cloudappreciationsociety #canadianart #autisticartist

Photo of the insides of two clam shells, both painted with a fluffy white cloud on a blue background. An adult hand holds the bottom shell while a child’s hand holds the top shell. In the background is a scenic view of the ocean with some landforms.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Sep 6

Nothing says #summer like staring up at the clouds.

“Chasing Presence”
24”x36”
Acrylic on gallery canvas
©2025 Olive Chan
Available at olivechanart.com

#blueskyartshow #cloudappreciationsociety #autisticartist

A painting of a backlit cloud against a brilliant blue sky.

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jun 28

Here’s the whole #blueskyartshow feed: bsky.app/hashtag/Blue...

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jun 28

For today’s #blueskyartshow theme of #getoutside

This commission was a wedding gift to a soon-to-be-married couple from the bride’s parents. Keats Island, BC is where the couple got engaged and will be married.

“May Love Bring You Home to Each Other”
9”x12” acrylic on canvas
©2025 Olive Chan

Painting of the sun setting with the sky fading from yellow to pink to blue. The sky colours are reflected in the water. On the horizon are distant mountains and in the foreground are silhouettes of plants on the ground.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jun 17

Ah, yes, that makes total sense!

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jun 17

This is so cool! You have a lot of patience. ☺️

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jun 6

Bluesky newbie here, how do I share the link to the feed when I post?

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Jun 2

Thank you so much for the share!

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · May 24

I love how the sun turned out in this one.

“Linger in the Light”
12”x12”x1.5”
Acrylic on gallery canvas (sold)
© 2025 Olive Chan

#blueskyartshow #lightandshadow #canadianart #britishcolumbia

A square painting of the sun setting just behind mountains, reflected in the ocean. There are a few clouds in the sky.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Apr 26

Thanks Trey!

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Apr 26

Our planet sure is beautiful. #earth #blueskyartshow

“Let the Tide Carry You” (sold)
12”x12”x1.5”
Acrylic on gallery canvas
©2025 Olive Chan

More at olivechanart.com

Painting of a lone boat afloat with a sunset in the sky reflected in the water. To the right along the horizon is a silhouetted land mass.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Apr 18

Thank you! 😊

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Apr 17

“Remember to Breathe”
12”x12”x1.5”
Acrylic on gallery canvas
©2025 Olive Chan

Now available - $395CAD: https://olivechanart.com/product/remember-to-breathe

This painting is an invitation to pause our busyness, to look up, and to remember to #breathe.

#sky #sunset #canada #pnw #calming

A gently glowing cloud hovers in a sunset sky above the ocean. In the foreground are silhouettes of trees and grass. On the horizon are some mountains.

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Apr 15

Hey Mark! Thanks for stopping to say hello! You have some really colourful sky photos. 👍🏼

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Apr 1

Thanks for putting this post together! I’ve been meaning to start doing this - just gotta actually get the supplies to make it happen!

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Mar 28

Thank you so much, Endrené! 💙

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Mar 19

It’s been 6 years since my dad died.

“Invisible Essence” was a gift for my mom of the place where my dad’s ashes lie.

Read the whole story at olivechanart.com/march-2025.

“Invisible Essence”
36”x36”x1.5”
Acrylic on reclaimed canvas
(Private collection)
©2023 Olive Chan

#grief #art #sky #🇨🇦

A square painting of a quiet river surrounded by lush greenery. Dramatic crepuscular rays radiate outwards and upwards from behind a bank of clouds on the left side. A watermark in the bottom right corner reads “@olivechanart.”

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Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Mar 17

Yay! This is one of my favourites too. I’m so glad you like it! 💚

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Mar 16

That’s wonderful!

Olive Chan 🇨🇦 @olivechanart.com · Mar 16

What a wonderful idea! 🌸

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