Artist: Douglas Edwards
Medium: Oil
Dimensions: 36'' x 24''

Bidding on this artwork will take place at the Live Auction event, Friday, April 10. Tickets available at the link at dvsa.ca. Absentee bids can also be placed in advance – request a form at the school office or email bid@dvsa.ca.

About This Piece
Charolais Grazing was inspired to capture and express the colours and lights and shadows created by sunlight. They were local cows near our family farm near Creemore, Ontario.

Biography
I painted all my life and was asked to do school Christmas cards and other projects in my school years.  Upon graduating High School, I went to Ontario College of Art and Design to study Fine Art. Wanting to learn more classical techniques and mainly impressionism, I ended up studying at the Academia  De Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, and took courses at the portrait academy there as well.  I had exhibitions in Italy, Sweden, and England before returning to Toronto where I had annual shows in Qhan Sheider  Gallery, Gallery Rochon, and Hollander York Gallery as well as many group shows.  My work is shown in many prominent public and private collections. I have taught courses in life drawing, portraiture, and landscape at Ontario College of Art and Design, Sheridan College in Oakville, and various other schools and academies. Every year I go to art colonies in different countries to paint with artists from all over the world.  Last year, I was in Kazakhstan and among the other countries I’ve been to are Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Russia, Crimea, Romania, and Turkey. Eventually, I would like to run my own art colony in Canada and rejoin with the many friends and great artists I have met on my trips.