About the Artist

Bronwen Chandler is a native of New Zealand and grew up in Christchurch, a city situated about midway along the East Coast of the South Island, in view of the magnificently scenic Southern Alps.  It was in Christchurch, known as the “Garden City”, that she learned to fully appreciate her surroundings and began to develop her passion for art.

Bronwen characterizes herself as a late bloomer, for although she took several classes in painting off and on over the years, her primary career was in technology working as a Business Systems Analyst and Project Manager.  She felt there was never enough mental energy left to devote to creating art, but found other means of artistic expression through gardening, and piano. In recent years, she has thrown herself wholeheartedly into the arts.

Bronwen loves the bright sunlight, the dramatic rocky coastal views, and the peaceful rolling hills near where she now resides in Oakland, CA. She finds material for her paintings everywhere.  Painting in blues and greens is a favorite, but she finds it important to “change up” and find other subjects to paint to keep her work fresh.  Her travels reveal many other places with diverse scenic opportunities of which to take advantage. Her main medium is oil: she paints on canvas. She enjoys Urban Sketching using indelible pen and ink with watercolors in her sketchbooks. A new venture is in progress using Gouache, a water medium.

In 2026 Bronwen joined the Oakland Art Association and was pleased to win a Second Place award at the Alameda County Law Library show, and a subsequent Merit Award at the Orinda Library show.  Bronwen’s work is available online, and through various shows in the East Bay area - please sign up for my newsletter to stay current on my work and with locations where my pieces are being shown.