ENIGMATIC REFLECTION
MAGICAL OCEAN
SELF PORTRAIT AS A NEW CANADIAN
INTO LIQUID
Zaan is in love with the detail and beauty of the natural world, particularly the ocean. Pure awe and adoration exist for the creative process, from first contemplating something beautiful, be it a thought or a thing, to analysing it, to capturing, reproducing and recreating its essence.
“I make use of reflection to abstract or distort reality. It is through the water that recognisable objects become transmuted. A transformation occurs, and new objects and shapes appear. Something is born in the water, something greater than the sum of its parts.”
- Zaan
MIRROR TO THE MOON 2022, 200cm x 140cm / 79" x 55" (oil on canvas) Sold - Niagra-on-the-Lake, Canada
LUMINOUS LIQUID II 2022, 100cm x 40cm / 39" x 15.7" (oil on canvas) Sold - Sydney, Australia
AT THE PIER 2021, 200cm x 135cm / 79" x 56" (oil on canvas) Sold - Pender Harbour, Canada
EVENING GLOW 2022, 100cm x 100cm / 39" x 39", (oil on canvas) Sold - Ontario, Canada
SMALL FISH & TREASURE III 2023, 100cm x 100cm / 39" x 39" Sold - Cape Town, South Africa
ELECTRIC LIGHT 2022, 200cm x 140cm / 79" x 55" (oil on canvas) AVAILABLE
BLUE MOON 2016, 110cm x 106cm / 43” x 42” (oil on canvas) Sold - UK
GIRL DAZZLED 2011, 100cm x 100cm / 39” x 39” (oil on canvas) Sold - Germany
BRILLIANT REFLECTION 2014, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold - New York
WEST COAST 2009, 122cm x 127.5cm / 48” x 50” (oil on canvas) Sold - Australia
SUMMER’S EVENING 2018, 200cm x 100cm / 79” x 39” (oil on canvas) Sold - Washington DC
THE WISHING WELL 2009, 210cm x 87cm / 83” x 34” (oil on canvas) Sold - Australia
GEMS & SMALL FISH II 2013, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold - USA
WATER - THE FOUR ELEMENTS 2003, 160cm x 160cm / 63” x 63” (oil on canvas) Sold - Madeira, Portugal
FULL FATHOM FIVE 2015, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold - London, Canada
JOURNEY FROM THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH 2018, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold - Wien, Austria
INTO LIQUID 2020, 100cm x 100cm / 39” x 39” (oil on canvas) Sold - Viadana, Italy
RIVER REEDS DANCING 2020, 100cm x 100cm / 39” x 39” (oil on canvas) AVAILABLE
MAGICAL OCEAN 2014, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) - NFS
GEMS & SMALL FISH 2013, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold -South Africa
LUMINOUS LIQUID 2015, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) NFS
WATER LILIES IN GREEN 2017, 210cm x 110cm / 83” 43” (oil on canvas) Sold - New York USA
HERE SHE WAS BORN 2011, 160cm x 110cm / 63” x 43” (oil on canvas) Sold - South Africa
LOOKING THROUGH 2016, 100cm x 100cm / 39” x 39” (oil on canvas) Sold - BC Canada
SMALL FISH & TREASURE 2011, 100cm x 100cm / 39” x 39” (oil on canvas) NFS
SPRING JOY 2016, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold - San Francisco USA
VIBRANT OCEAN 2015, 150cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) NFS
WALKING ON WATER 2013, 150cm x 150cm / 60” x 60” (oil on canvas) Sold - Cape Town, South Africa
TWO TREES REFLECTED, 2012, 122 cm x 153 cm / 48” x 61” (oil on canvas) Sold - South Africa
SUMMER’S DAY 2016, 100cm x 100cm / 39” x 39” (oil on canvas) Sold - USA
FALL REFLECTED 2015, 150cm x 150cm / 50” x 59” (oil on canvas) Sold - Austin, Texas USA
WATER LILIES IN THE MORNING 2018, 210cm x 110cm / 82.6” x 43.3” (oil on canvas) Sold - Koln, Germany
SHIMMERING LIGHT 2020, 150 cm x 120cm / 60” x 47” (oil on canvas) Sold - Niagra on the Lake, Canada
INTERTWINED 2004, 160cm x 140cm / 63” x 55” (oil on canvas) NFS
SELF PORTRAIT AS A NEW CANADIAN 2003, 140cm x 120cm / 55” x 47” (oil on canvas) NFS
THEY CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE 2010, 175cm x 122cm / 69” x 48” (oil on canvas) Sold - South Africa