SIX NEW PAINTINGS IN THE RETROSPECTIVE SERIES:
I am now located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I brought these new paintings to Halifax as works in progress and finished them here. They are a continuation of the series I began in June 2009. The idea was to make a retrospective of the nearly eight years I worked in my woodland surroundings near Bancroft, Ontario. Even though I am not located there anymore, I feel as if there are still quite a few woodland paintings in me and I intend to keep paintings them. Given my new urban surroundings, I am also planning also to reintroduce the human figure into my work. I am looking forward to bringing new work of both kinds to market by summer’s end.

In the “Current Work” section thumbnails, the new paintings come at the top of the array, prefixed with “AK0x”.

ABOUT SEEING MY WORK:
The paintings in this website are all for sale unless shown as “[SOLD]” in the title line under the website image. I’ve also included the retail price of each available painting. Prices range from $700 - $4000. I often have one or two in my studio.

Most of my work is available through a network of gallery/dealers which at this moment includes Koyman Galleries (Ottawa) and Matilda Swanson Gallery (Blue Mountain, Ontario). I am also represented by Soho Myriad Art Consulting Services (Atlanta, Los Angeles and London, UK)

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
I obtained my Diploma in Fine Arts at the Toronto School of Art (TSA) in 1997 at the age of 50. At TSA, I studied drawing, painting and sculpture, art history and contemporary issues, and I worked with the human figure as my main vocabulary.

In 2002, I started painting landscapes, beginning with a trip to the North Saskatchewan River. That same year, my wife and I moved to the Bancroft area. At first I painted the York and Madawaska Rivers; then I discovered the woodland beauty waiting at my door step. For the past seven years I have painted the woods. Trees emerge from the earth and decay back into it. The seasons change. Light enters the forest canopy and scatters on the leaves and ground. The breeze animates everything. These rhythms are timeless and they enchant me. I try to engage them in my paintings in a flowing union of woodland forms and colours.

My work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States and England.

© David McIntosh, March 2011