Canadian Art has a long history of landscape painting. While many artists have historically submitted that the spirit of Canadian art lies in the land, some contend that the spirit of Canadian art lies in the mind of the artist and in the culture of the people, making way for Canadian abstract art. I have tried to honour both traditions by merging disparate schools of thought. While I do not always try to literally depict urban or rural landscapes, I aim to capture the forms and rhythms of the land or the bustling motion and excitement of a busy urban environment. I use colours and patterns found in nature or in the architectural vernacular of a city and try to capture their essence, as seen from above. As a Canadian artist interested the environment, urban development and sustainability, the relationships we have with the land fascinate me. I seek to recreate the gestures a changing landscapes, striking a balance and harmony between the rigid man-made infrastructures and the organic and fluid way of the earth’s natural geography. In creating paintings I hope to evoke the same feelings one gets when flying over a forest or field or into a new big city for the first time. They are the lasting impressions stored in our memories of traveling anywhere far from home.
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