Bob Young, Painter

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

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

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

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

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

Paintings

Near Glarus, Switzerland, 1781 by John Warwick Smith

colorful abstract painting texture and background

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

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

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

For prints and original paintings: www.artbystevej.com

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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