Ukrainian artist who escaped to Canada named 2023 Artist in Residence by Boating BC

Kyiv is an odd place to come from, and Calgary a strange place to move to for an artist who is drawn to painting seascapes and coastal scenes.

But this is the path watercolourist Inna Nagaytseva followed from Ukraine to Canada.

“I like the sea, boats and whales and this is what I like to paint,” she says.

The Ukrainian artist has been invited to paint at the Vancouver International Boat Show Feb. 1-5 at B.C. Place and Granville Island. She has also been named Artist in Residence for 2023 by the Boating BC Association.

It’s a first for the boat show to both bring in an artist and support an artist in residence, said Boating BC executive director Bruce Hayne.