Bob Young, Painter

"The Bay Awakens," oil on canvas, 12" x 12". © Bob Young

"Power Lines," oil on canvas, 30" x 30". © Bob Young

"Smoky Sky," oil on canvas, 24" x 24". © Bob Young

"Heat and High-Rises," oil on canvas, 24" x 30". © Bob Young.

"Backyard," oil on canvas, 12" x 12". © Bob Young

"Connections," oil on cradled board, 12" x 12". © Bob Young.

"Spring Runoff," oil on canvas, 12" x 12". © Bob Young. SOLD

"Dune Forest," oil on board, 11" x 14". © Bob Young

Paintings

Near Glarus, Switzerland, 1781 by John Warwick Smith

colorful abstract painting texture and background

An Alpine Valley, the Matterhorn in the Distance.
Artist: John Ruskin

Title: The Explosion of Gunboat nr 2, under Command of Jan van Speijk, off Antwerp, 5 February 1831.
Date: 1832.
Institution: Rijksmuseum.
Provider: Rijksmuseum.
Providing Country: Netherlands.
Public Domain

The Night Train, [undated, 19th Century]
By: David Cox

For prints and original paintings: www.artbystevej.com

Landscape of the Moon's First Quarter, 1943 by Paul Nash (d. 1946)

The Many Wintered Crow, 1880. By James Smetham.
Inscribed with a line from Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem, 'Locksley Hall':
'As the many winter'd crow that leads the clanging rookery home'.

Lauffenburg on the Rhine, 1863.
Artist: John Ruskin

I took this photo at a an art class I used to go. I just loved looking at people’s palettes and accidental patterns made by splashes of paint.

Bob Young did a BFA at York University, Toronto, and a Bachelor of Architecture at UBC, Vancouver. He paints natural and urban landscapes in oil, and his novel <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.rbyoung.ca/">Crimes of Disrespect</a> came out in 2020. He is based in Kingston, Ontario.

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Bob YoungEducation<ul><li>1988 Bachelor of Architecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver</li><li>1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art—Studio, Honours), York University, Toronto</li></ul>Solo Exhibitions<ul><li>2020 “Leaf Dances,” Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON</li><li>2017 Miijidaa Bistro, Guelph, ON</li></ul>Selected Group Exhibitions<ul><li>2024 “Renewal,” Melt Studio+Gallery, Base31, Picton, ON</li><li>2013 “12-by-12 Show,” Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON</li><li>2010 “The ArtsInform Show,” University of Guelph Library, ON</li><li>2009 Society of Canadian Artists 41st Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON</li><li>2000 Guelph Studio Tour, Studio 404, Guelph, ON</li><li>1998 Lakeshore Arts Juried Exhibtion, Humber College Studio Theatre, Toronto, ON</li><li>1984 “Viewpoints,” Regional Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON</li></ul>Awards<ul><li>2010 2nd Prize, “The ArtsInform Show,” University of Guelph Library.</li><li>1997 Elora Festival Award. “Insights”: Elora Arts Council.</li></ul>Press2017 "A Marriage of Styles," by Troy Bridgeman, GuelphToday.com. 10 August 2017.

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