Felice Mazzoni is best known for his modern monochromatic landscape depictions and minimalist twisted windblown trees. His relationship with the west coast landscape stems from his experiences and memories having been born in Tofino and raised in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, Canada, where the rugged beauty of the West Coast and the Pacific Rim National Park became an indelible part of his upbringing. With oil as his medium, Mazzoni builds the surfaces of his canvases with many layers of thinned paint and is particularly known for his fine detailing and use of light in his pieces. Light is the essential element that threads his works together and, as he notes, “I want the subjects of my oil paintings to exhibit emotion, for the audience to experience the gnarly bent trees… to smell the ocean and feel the wind”. Mazzoni’s use of light and shadow was recently honoured by the Maryland Federation of Art by awarding him with the “Juror's Choice” Award in the 6th Annual Light and Shadow International Art Competition, and the "Best in Show" Award at the Camelback Gallery Black and White International Juried Award Exhibition.