“There is a feeling you get when painting in the woods, to become one with God and universal nature. Touched by this Holy Spirit a deep sense of acceptance prevails. As everything begins to interact you begin to feel the energy, the power and the peace all around you. You become suspended in time, your mind becomes clear and you see things that you have never seen before and you know you’re alive"
Making my home in Killarney Ontario, landscape painting is my passion...to be outdoors... to paint and draw en plein aire . I have discovered and accepted that everything comes from the source changing my life and the way I see and feel. As a young man I was fortunate to travel across Canada from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island which instilled a sense of National Pride in Canada’s beauty and diverse culture. My experiences on the Mackenzie River in the North West Territories helped develop my values on Wildlife and Nature. Most importantly growing up in Sudbury Ontario during the peak of nickel smelting in the 50s and 60s and experiencing the destruction of Nature was the most profound influence. Education and training include the study of Fine Art at the University of Ottawa and University of Calgary and one year apprenticeship with European landscape painter Ferenc Szeles of Hungary.
Artistic influences include Tom Thomson, J.E.H. Macdonald, Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, Vincent Van Gogh, Igor Grabar, Camille Corot and Edouward Manet. I am drawn to bold expressionism with rich color and thick impasto and love to manipulate paint and create shadow.
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