Canadian Artists
Canadian Art is enormously diverse, unique and prolific as Canada itself.
Learning and writing about Canadian artists is both an honour and a formidable experience, a wonderful and awe-inspiring voyage through an incredibly diverse and rich visual culture.
Canada has produced a remarkable quality of art over the years which have echoed the diverse ancestries of the artists themselves; their art reflects the merged traditions and realities of life in Canada.
Art in canada dates back thousands of years with the Inuit and first Nations people whose way of life embedded artistic expression in daily life ornamenting everyday household objects and clothing.
From the 1600s onwards Europeans arrived in Canada bringing artisans with diverse styles from every corner of Europe.
Many painters where captivated by Canada's unique and beautiful environment and inspired by the challenges people overcame settling in a new world so different from home.
Since the first Europeans, people have arrived from all over the world to start a new life in Canada whose experiences and hardships have been captured by artisans.
Canada is often described as a melting pot of people from all over the world.
A melting pot of artists, that have combined global artistic influences, at times adopting first Nations or European styles and at other times working to cultivate a distinctly Canadian way.
Artists spend nearly their entire lifetimes fashioning work and endeavouring to explore the complexities of the human condition, the brilliance and intensity of their work cannot be caught at a single glance.
Looking at art is in itself a creative and active encounter that requires the viewer to open themselves to new ways of seeing and new possibilities.
Viewing and appreciating art takes time and promises the thoughtful viewer a journey of adventure and discovery.
Through the artist's work they invite us to travel with them into their dreams and nightmares taking us places we could not imagine without them.
Learning and writing about Canadian artists is both an honour and a formidable experience, a wonderful and awe-inspiring voyage through an incredibly diverse and rich visual culture.
Canada has produced a remarkable quality of art over the years which have echoed the diverse ancestries of the artists themselves; their art reflects the merged traditions and realities of life in Canada.
Art in canada dates back thousands of years with the Inuit and first Nations people whose way of life embedded artistic expression in daily life ornamenting everyday household objects and clothing.
From the 1600s onwards Europeans arrived in Canada bringing artisans with diverse styles from every corner of Europe.
Many painters where captivated by Canada's unique and beautiful environment and inspired by the challenges people overcame settling in a new world so different from home.
Since the first Europeans, people have arrived from all over the world to start a new life in Canada whose experiences and hardships have been captured by artisans.
Canada is often described as a melting pot of people from all over the world.
A melting pot of artists, that have combined global artistic influences, at times adopting first Nations or European styles and at other times working to cultivate a distinctly Canadian way.
Artists spend nearly their entire lifetimes fashioning work and endeavouring to explore the complexities of the human condition, the brilliance and intensity of their work cannot be caught at a single glance.
Looking at art is in itself a creative and active encounter that requires the viewer to open themselves to new ways of seeing and new possibilities.
Viewing and appreciating art takes time and promises the thoughtful viewer a journey of adventure and discovery.
Through the artist's work they invite us to travel with them into their dreams and nightmares taking us places we could not imagine without them.
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