"The transforming role of nature is the subject of my landscape paintings. The idea of ongoing uplift, erosion and deposition of the earth's crust over millions of years is a recurring theme." Michael Sproule

"His is not the expression of particular detail observed, but that of greater forces seething below the surface which shape the land... the push and pull of molten rock merges into the push and pull of space, form and colour." Anna Babinska, Curator
Recent Activities

Recent Activities

"The Lure of the Badlands" is a series of paintings based on the landforms and topography of the badlands of Alberta, North and South Dakota, and Saskatchewan. These paintings have been inspired by annual western visits over five years, and by a term as artist-in-residence at the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend Saskatchewan.

"The Lure of the Badlands" opened in Ottawa at the Canadian Museum of Nature in November 2001. A western tour began in August 2006 with exhibitions in Medicine Hat, Red Deer and Lethbridge Alberta.

Other projects in progress include work in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the Scablands of eastern Washington, and sites of glacial activity in Saskatchewan and Quebec.

Background

Born in Ottawa Ontario, 1934
Married with four children
Operations Manager, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Media Centre - 10 years
1976, resigned from the Media Centre to devote full time to his art
Served on numerous juries and committees in the Ottawa/Outaouais area
Taught at the Ottawa School of Art - 10 years
1981, Canada Council Grant

Public and Corporate Collections

Ottawa Art Gallery
Canadiana Fund
T.Rex Discovery Centre, Eastend Saskatchewan
Campeau Corporation
City of Ottawa
Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton
Sceptre Resources
Stentor Inc.
New Sun Technologies Ltd.
Huron Tech Corporation (Jacksonville Florida)
Royal Trust
Morguard Investments

Recent Selected Shows

2010 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
2008 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
2007 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
2007 Yates Memorial Center, Lethbridge Alberta
2006 Kerry Wood Nature Center, Red Deer Alberta
2006 Cultural Center Gallery, Medicine Hat Alberta
2005 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
2003 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
2001 Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa Ontario
2000 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
1999 Galerie McKenzie Marcotte, Wakefield Quebec
1998 Elmwood Art Fair, Ottawa Ontario
1998 Grand Coteau Centre, Shaunavon Saskatchewan
1998 Studio 167, Chelsea Quebec
1997 Macdonald Cartier International Airport, Ottawa Ontario
1996 Corel Viva les Arts, Ottawa Ontario
1996 Artists in their Environment Studio Tour, Wakefield Quebec
1994 Artists at Work- Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall
1991 Robertson Gallery, Ottawa Ontario
1990 Twelve Ottawa Painters, Arts Court, Ottawa Ontario