ALFONSO L. TEJADA

Alfonso L. Tejada, Architect/Urban Designer, “plein air” artist, sketching and watercolour painting Instructor, trained in Mexico and Canada, lives and works in Vancouver. His approach to painting follows two traditional methods: ”a la prima” (direct watercolour), and drawing and sketching (ink, pen and conte crayon), both of which are important tools of reference when painting in “plein air”. 

An advocate and promoter of plein air workshops and events; he is a co-founder of the annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s “plein air” sessions and of The Harmony Festival’s “plein air” competition in West Vancouver (2006-2016). Along with his local pursuits in the arts, he was second vice-president and a public relations member on the board of the Canadian Federation of Artists from 2009-2015.Organizer of the International invitational watercolour biennale with the Federation of Canadian ARTSISTS 2013. Alfonso is actively involved in international exhibitions of “plein air” painting in Spain, Portugal and Italy. He annually leads workshops in Mexico and Italy and participates in numerous invitational international events.  He has been an instructor of painting and sketching at the Music Box in West Vancouver for the past many years.

Alfonso is also the FabrianoInAcquarello Canadian representative in charge of curating and organizing the participation of Canadian artists in the annual international watercolour exhibition held in Fabriano, Italy.  And currently  organizer of the 1^st Int. IWSCanada  Watercolour Biennale  2016. He is also the head of the IWSCANADA and member of the IWS Global Board of Directors (2016-2017) Advisory Committee.