Bio

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Rick Collins Photo

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born: Vancouver, B.C.,Canada January 20, 1959.

Lives: Cultus Lake, B.C.,Canada

Education: Received Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts with Honours

1984-85 University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.,Canada

1980-84 David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, B.C.,Canada

Awards: 2001 Former Prime Minister of Japan Award (shows top award), Contemporary Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan

On top of Mount Seymour 2003 Tim Watson Photo

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Solo

2020 "Love This land" O'Connor Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

2001 Plasket Gallery, New Westminster, B.C., Canada

2000 Downstairs Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

2000 Plasket Gallery, New Westminster, B.C.,

Canada

1993 Downstairs Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C.,

Canada

Group

2020 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2019 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2018 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2017 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2016 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2015 "Upstream – Moving Images of Salmon" Roundhouse Community Centre Great Hall, Vancouver. BC.

2015 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2014 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2013 Cultural Centre, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

2013 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2012 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2011 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2011 Grey Area Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

2010 "Tribute to Dr. Norman Bethune", Guangzhou Library Museum, Guangzhou, China.

2010 "Tribute to Dr. Norman Bethune", Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre, Van., B.C., Canada

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., Canada

2006 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2005 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2004 National Museum of China, Beijing, China

2004 Canadian Embassy, Beijing, China

2004 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2003 Contemporary Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2003 Aaron Ross Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

2003 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2002 “Three For Trees”, Langley Centennial Museum, Fort Langley, B.C., Canada

2002 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada

2001 Contemporary Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan

2001 Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

2000 Downstairs Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

1999 Art Works Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

1998 Centerville Co-op Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

1998 Marshall Road Gallery, Abottsford, B.C., Canada

1997 Centerville Co-op Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

1996 Centerville Co-op Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada

1994 Big Red Dot Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1993 Artropolis 93, Old Woodwards Building, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1992 Black Orpheus Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., Canada

1992 56 Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1991 Black Orpheus Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., Canada

1991 56 Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1990 Mind and Matter Gallery, White Rock, B.C., Canada

1989 Langley Centennial Museum, Fort Langley, B.C., Canada

1986 X-Changes Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Canada

COLLECTIONS

Private collections throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

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

Along the Journey

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

"The Last Shot", oil on panel, 18"x 24", 1981

Tree planting, near Williston Lake, Northern BC. 1987.

"Supernatural B.C.", oil and acrylic on canvas, 48"x72", 1986.

Geophysics, near Spatzizi Plateau, Northern BC, 1987.

"Ridge Walker 1", acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", 1998.

Geophysics, Brunne Lake, Northern Manitoba, 1988.

"Old Trappers Cabin", acrylic on canvas, 22" x 30", 1992.

Lindeman Lake, BC, 2012

"Summer Afternoon, Lindeman Lake No. 2", acrylic on canvas, 42"x 60", 2008

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

In the studio, working on "Fire and Ice, Black Tusk", acrylic on panel 32" x 72", 2018.

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 chord with me. I've always felt excited when thinking about the paintings that I would do as I became 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.

2020, On top of Needle Peak 2095 M/6,873 ft, Coquihala Recreational Area, shared territory of the Nlaka'pamux, Sto:lo, and Yale First Nations people.

In the Studio.