SIX NEW PAINTINGS IN THE RETROSPECTIVE SERIES:
These new paintings are a continuation of the series I began in June 2009. The idea is to take a retrospective view of the nearly eight years I have been working in my woodland surroundings. We put the house on the market in February 2009 because my wife left to run a large health care enterprise in Halifax. As of now, we have accepted an offer, so these latest six paintings may be the last in the series. New vistas await.

Rather than my usual focus on seasonal rhythms, and changes in the trees and land and light, I have found myself pre-occupied with my own life’s imminent change. I was feeling loss and I was feeling celebration at the same time. I had a strong sense of transition and becoming, and I was aware that I was putting elements of myself into the paintings, represented by a lone tree, or a group of trees, in the foreground of some paintings. What I am making, I believe, are portraits of my life in these woods that are a more pure expression of that aspect than anything I have previously done.

In the “Current Work” section thumbnails, the new paintings come at the top of the array, prefixed with “AL0x”.

ABOUT SEEING MY WORK:
If you are interested in acquiring any of my work, and you are located in the area bounded roughly by Montreal, Ottawa, London and Toronto, I will be very pleased to bring a selection of pieces to show you and you can evaluate them in your own setting.

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.

You can also see my work in Toronto at Canvas Gallery, in Ottawa at Koyman Galleries, in Clarksburg, Ontario (Blue Mountain) at Matilda Swanson Gallery, and in Aurora, Ontario at Venus Gallery. All four venues usually have several pieces to show.

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 six years I have painted the woods I live in. 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.

© Dave McIntosh, May 2010