Tag Archives: Canadian artist

Canada’s wildlife on canvas

BOLD ● LARGE ● LAYERED ● MINIMALIST – The Wildlife Art of Ron Kingswood, Jonathan Cooper, 20 Park Walk, London SW10, until 28th May 2016  

The Gleaners II Oil on canvas 40 x 45ins (101.6 x 114.3cm)

The Gleaners II
Oil on canvas
40 x 45ins (101.6 x 114.3cm)

One cannot but admire the fusion of realism and abstraction that the Canadian artist Ron Kingswood achieves in his striking depiction of Canadian wildlife and the landscape they dwell in.

Companions Oil on canvas 24 x 24ins (61 x 61cm)

Companions
Oil on canvas
24 x 24ins (61 x 61cm)

The artist says “I’m not fearful of painting the common landscape, what I am fearful of is not being able to paint it in an unfamiliar way.”  He certainly has no cause to worry on that score.

 

http://www.jonathancooper.co.uk

The Comtesse de Provence’s Music Room

Harry Steen: Recent Paintings, Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, 20 Park Walk, London SW10, 5th – 28th November 2015

Round Room, by Harry Steen. Oil on board, 18 x 16ins (45.7 x 40.6cm)

Round Room, by Harry Steen. Oil on board, 18 x 16ins (45.7 x 40.6cm)

This painting caught my eye among the sixteen new works on show in this new exhibition by the Canadian artist Harry Steen.  His inspiration for it was the Music Room in the Pavillon de Musique de Madame which was built for the Comtesse de Provence (Louis XVI’s sister-in-law) near Versailles in 1780.

Steen is a painter of style, elegance and imagination as this show amply proves.

 

http://www.jonathancooper.co.uk