statement
As a full time artist since 2008, my waking hours are dedicated to understanding painting and the realization that it is not about the final product, but the process itself. Painting is risk taking and constant decision making. It is not a quiet act of peaceful meditation but one of exertion and energy which requires stamina. The strokes which are omitted or removed are often more important than those included. This understanding has lead to an increased maturity with my medium and a questioning of visual reality. I now experience a growing awareness of the irrelevance between the laws which govern nature and the reality of those of the painting. This awareness has lead to my experimentation with a new hierarchy: brushstroke, composition and colour without the retreat into abstraction.
Future works will continue to reveal my intrigue with this structure and will indulge in the sheer joy of painting; a process which only begins when the hours of carefully placed paint are scraped away and the stained canvas is revealed, ready for work to commence once more
bio
born: 1974, South Africa
education
Rhodes University, Bachelor of Fine Art, 1996
selected awards/honors
Grand Prize, Annual International Representational Salon, Federation of Canadian Artists, 2013
FCA First Prize David Molloy Memorial Award, Landscape Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, 2013
selected publications
Front Cover, Art Avenue, November/December 2013
INPA 3, Manifest Press, 2013
INPA 2, Manifest Press, 2012
Chris Tyrell. Making It, Case studies of successful Canadian artists. Vancouver, 2011
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Silk Purse Gallery Ardour with Ekta Nadeau, West Vancouver, Canada, 2013
Art Rental and Sales operated by the Vancouver Art Gallery: Featured Artist November 2012 - January 2013
selected group shows
Paintings by Numbers, Performance Works, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada, 2013
Annual International Representational Show, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada, 2013
A Responsive Landscape, Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, Canada, 2013
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