Kanita Phonthepsone

Kanita is a Canadian traditional illustrator who turns ideas into clear, engaging, and unforgettable watercolour illustrations. She’s proficient in technical skills that explore colour, light and space. Known for her natural landscapes and architectural scenes, she excels at creating rich, immersive backgrounds. Despite their small-scale, her paintings are highly detailed. She’s dedicated to crafting high-quality, memorable, tailor-made worlds full of ambience. When she’s not painting, she enjoys getting lost in the great stories of video games.

The Undercity of Lower Thyme

A collection of six postcards from a fictional world. Lower Thyme, an undercity cast in the shadow of the thriving modern city-plate above it. Blocked from the sun and under a steel artificial sky, this city is the slums. This series captures small moments from a wayward travelling artist, preserved through a postcard.

The 8th Wonder

A project for a series of seven chocolate bar packaging designs inspired by the Seven Wonders of the World: the Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon, Parícutin, the Northern Lights, Victoria Falls, Mount Everest, and Petra.

Dreamlike 

A series of three illustrations that explore a dreamlike atmosphere in a quiet moment in reality through colour and a magical sense of light.

Scenic Views

Selected illustrations from journeys through a variety of landscapes: the rolling hills, under the sea, a molten volcano, up into the clouds, and beyond into outer space.