He uses the camera as a compositional tool, a way of gathering detailed visual information. Intentionally remaining ignorant regarding the technical aspects of photography he states, ‘it is not my goal to make a perfect photograph, which I can then copy into a painted image. As a painter I have learned that photographs are deceptive, providing either too much or too little information, often of a contradictory nature. The creative method involves manipulating that information by adding or subtracting or by combining two or more images. It’s also a refining process that shapes a personal wonderment into a clearer, more powerful statement.’

Like many of us, he observes the degradation and destruction of the environment with growing alarm. ‘We are quite possibly living in the twilight of the natural world as we have known it. In that regard, my work is an act of preservation. To preserve the natural world is to preserve a language of the wind and shifting light, of stillness, silence and space.’

Selected Public Solo Exhibitions

Travelling exhibitions: 1979-80 and 1995-97

Art Galleries of Hamilton and Windsor, Ontario

Confederation Centre Art Gallery, PEI

Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Mount Allison University, NB

Arts and Culture Centre, Newfoundland

Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador

Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Ontario

Whitby Arts Centre and Gallery Stratford, Ontario

Library and Art Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Ontario, 1976

Art Gallery of Northumberland, 1978/90/94

Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, 1977

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1975

University of Guelph, Ontario, 1972

Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault St Marie, Ontario, 1984

Art Gallery of Peterborough, Ontario, 1988/95

Royal Canadian Academy Galleries, Toronto, 1990
Loch Gallery, Toronto, 2010

Selected International Shows

International Union Tourist and Cultural Association, Istanbul, Turkey, 1979

Canadian Printmakers: Bronx Museum, NY, travelled throughout USA and Mexico, 1982

International Biennial Print Exhibtion, Taipei Museum of Fine Art, Republic of China, 1985/87

39th North America Print Exhibition, Boston, USA, 1987

3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama, Japan, 1989

Canadian Art Fair ‘94, Nagoya, Japan

Pollock House, Glasgow, 1998

Tate West, St Ives, Cornwall, England, 2000

Art Institute of Shen Zhen, China, 2000

Contemporary Art Museum, Guang Zhu, China, 2000

Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2000

What is Realism? Albemarle Gallery London, England, 2005-06

Primal Light, Albemarle Gallery London, England, 2006
Acts of Light, Albemarle Gallery London, England, 2009

Selected Collections

Canada Council Art Bank

Government of Ontario

National Library of Canada

Toronto Reference Library

National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

McGill University, Rare Books Library

Queen’s University, Kingston

York University, Toronto

Concordia University, Montreal

University of Guelph

University of Toronto

University of Western Ontari, London, Ontario

College of Cape Bretton, NS

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

Art Gallery of Ontario, EP Talyor Research Library

Art Gallery of Algoma

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Art Gallery of Northumberland

Art Gallery of Peterborough

Gallery of Stratford

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

The Winnipeg Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador

Air Canada-Teleglobe

National Library Hungary

Canadian Airlines

Northern Telecom Toronto Dominion Bank Royal Bank of Canada Citibank, Canada Toronto Stock Exchange

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Shell Canada Ltd Imperial Oil Ltd

Xerox Corporation

Dow Chemical of Canada Ltd

Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

Touche Ross and Co

London Life Insurance Co

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Price Waterhouse Ltd

BMO Hesbitt Burns

Ernst and Whinney Hudson’s Bay Company

International Business Machines Canada Limited

Rideau Club, Ottawa

The Globe and Mail

Other Private and Corporate Collections

Canada, USA, Germany, England, Scotland, Holland, Australia, Norway, Japan, Spain, Bermuda, Israel, Hong Kong and France

Awards and Accomplishments

Co-founder, ART magazine

Member, Toronto City Hall Arts Advisory Board, 1970

Artist in Residence, Hibb’s Cove, Newfoundland, 1971 & 1972

Visual Arts Ontario, Founding Member, Board of Directors, 1975-81, 1985-86

Elected Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 1985; Executive

Council, 1986-92, 1996-02; President, 2000-02

Trustee, Art Gallery of Northumberland, 1989-90

Award,1st Kochi Intl, Triennial Exhibition, Japan, 1990

Awarded Government of Canada 125 Medal, 1992

Honorary member: Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan; Art Gallery of Northumberland

Artist in Residence Program, Parks Canada, 2000

ARTS 2000 open competition, Canada

Trustee, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum, 2001

Artist in Residence, St Michael’s Print Shop, Newfoundland, 2001

Artist in Residence, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA, 2002

Awarded Queen’s Jubilee Medal, 2002

Yukon 3 Rivers Journey, National, Travelling Show, 2004

Awarded RCA Medallion, 2005

Publications

Acrylics: Ontario Government, Department Culture and Recreation 1976

The Inner Ocean: Merritt Publishing, 1980

The Beat and the Still: A limited edition art book co-published with North Editions Ltd, 1990

Selected Commissions

Canada Post $1 definitive stamp, Fundy National Park, 1979

Royal Ontario Museum limited edition serigraph, 1980

Government of Ontario, Newmarket Court House mural, 1980

Tapestry designs, Elte Carpets, exhibited Stratford Festival Theatre, Ontario, 1982

Sheraton Hotels International, 1985

Adaron, Raleigh, NC, USA, 1986

Minto Place, Ottawa, Ontario, 1989

CH, Toronto, 1991/Telesat, Ottawa, 1991

Microsoft, Toronto, 1991

Government of Ontario, Laurentien University mural, Sudbury, Ontario, 1992

Northern Telecom, Private print edition, 1992

Government of Canada, Canada House, Sydney, Australia, 1992

Bimcor, Division of BCE, Toronto, 1992

Four Seasons Hotels, Board Room, 2006

YMCA Donor Wall, 1999

Richardson Partners Financial Ltd, 2004/05