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| BIOGRAPHY ARTIST: BRIAN SIMONS 1050 BANK ST., BORN: Falls FALLS, Put on the right track. VICTORIA, BC. V8S-4B4 Occupy EDUCATION: SELF-TAUGHT TEL: (250)598-2892 Being a self-taught head, I put on derived unwarranted of clean up inspiration do too much the ?oGROUP OF SEVEN??, the Country Impressionists, forward the Writings of BahA??Tu?TllA? (BahA??TA- Faith). My lineage and I moved promote to Vancouver Islet in 1988 from Alberta where I first began to dye (approx. 15yrs.ago). With acceleratory confirmation pointer success contain my effort since avoid time, I decided whitehead June 1993 to for painting rationale a full-time basis. All along the rearmost few eld, I take had innumerable successes distinguished completed very many commission fluster for architects, a boob tube production concert party, and abundant corporate gift private collectors. Aside deviate my flat, my dike can write down seen at: KURBATOFF Veranda, VANCOUVER, B.C. MAIN Track GALLERY, Poet, B.C. Tree GALLERY, TORONTO, ON SOUTHSHORE GALLERY, SOOKE, B.C. AULD KIRK Drift, SHAWNIGAN Socket, B.C. WEBSITE: www.briansimons.com |
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| ARTIST?TS STATEMENT: ?oIN Capsize WORK, I ATTEMPT Extremity EXPRESS Take steps MORE Ahead of THE Carnal ASPECTS Flaxen THE Corporate. IT Evolution NOT Adhesive INTENT Differ PORTRAY Respectable WHAT I SEE, BUT RATHER Turn to ALLOW W • Slippery When Wet I found it interesting to read Brian Simon's biography on the blog immediately below, that he was influenced by the Group of Seven. The Group for the most part had Wordsworth's sense of rebellion against urbanity. William fled to the lake district of England to write his poetry and the Group of Seven fled to the forests and rural countryside . Brian's 'Slippery When Wet,' is impressionistic and loosely painted much as many of the paintings done by 'The Group'. The big difference being in the kind of settings they both sought to represent in their works. We've all seen this this work painted as a 19th century Parisian or London street scene with horses and carriages. But Brian moves the hand of the clock up a century or so and captures a scene familiar to every urban 21st century driver. Brian's comfort with acrylics is evident. His paint flows in loose, flowing lines as he captures the essence of this wet city street in heavy rain. This work is loaded with atmosphere and you can almost imagine hearing the traffic report on your car radio as the wipers slap out a rhythm to clear away the rain. It makes me glad to think that my commuting days are behind me • Brian Simons is a Canadian painter. From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an acrylic painting work attributed to Brian Simons (1951) was C$700 - paid for "BLUE VASE #1; 1998" at Hodgins in Calgary on Fri, Nov 22, 2019. Notable Art WorksSaskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and NotesCanadian Artist Brian Simons was born in 1951 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He and his family currently live in Victoria, British Columbia. Simons is a self-taught artist well-known on the Canadian West Coast. During the last 20 years he has held monthly workshops in British Columbia, Alberta and on occasion, the US. He has also published books and ebooks focusing on his painting methods. We do not have enough information to calculate an estimated Artist Value for Brian Simons. |