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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born:
Lives:
Education: Received Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts with Honours
1984-85
1980-84
Awards: 2001 Former Prime Minister of Japan Award (shows top award), Contemporary Art Expo,
EXHIBITION HISTORY
On top of Mount Seymour 2003 Tim Watson Photo
Solo
2001 Plasket Gallery, New Westminster, B.C., Canada
2000 Downstairs Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
Group
2010 Grey Area Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2010 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada
2009 Grey Area Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2009 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada
2008 Grey Area Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2008 "Tribute to Dr. Norman Bethune ", Chilliwack Museum, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2008 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada
2007 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C.,
2006 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C.,
2005 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C.,
2004
2004 Canadian Embassy,
2004 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C.,
2003 Contemporary Art Expo,
2003 Image 54 Gallery,
2003
2003 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C.,
2002 “Three For Trees”,
2002 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C.,
2001 Contemporary Art Expo,
2001 Artropolis 2001, CBC Building,
2000 Downstairs Gallery,
1999 Art Works Gallery,
1998 Centerville Co-op Gallery,
1998 Marshall Road Gallery, Abottsford, B.C.,
1997 Centerville Co-op Gallery,
1996 Centerville Co-op Gallery,
1994 Big Red Dot Gallery,
1993 Artropolis 93,
1992 Black Orpheus Gallery,
1992 56 Gallery,
1991 Black Orpheus Gallery,
1991 56 Gallery,
1990 Mind and Matter Gallery, White Rock, B.C.,
1989
1986
Private collections throughout

On Top of Mount MacFarlane (Mt. Slesse in background) 2007 Tim Watson Photo

"Sanctuary", acrylic on canvas, 54"x 65",1989 Private collection Hollywood, California, USA

First year at Art School, age 22, Nelson, B.C. Canada 1981

"The Last Shot", oil on panel, 18"x 24", 1981
One of my favourite art quotes:
"I have been in love with painting ever since I became conscious of it at the age of six: I drew some pictures I thought fairly good when I was 50, but really nothing I did before the age of 70 was of any value at all. At 73, I have at last caught every aspect of nature — birds, fish, animals, insects, trees, grasses, all. When I am 80, I shall have developed still further, and I will really master the secrets of art at 90. When I reach 100, my work will be truly sublime, and my final work will be attained around the age of 110, when every line and dot I draw will be imbued with life." Hokusai, 19th Century Japanese Painter
When I came upon this quote it really struck a cord with me. I've always felt excited when thinking about the paintings that I would do as I got older and hopefully wiser, bringing together the collective knowledge of a lifes dedication. I'm continually inspired by the notion that "my next painting is my best painting". This is what fuels me everytime I'm faced with a blank canvas or panel.