Ted Duncan

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Ted Duncan - Statement/ Background

Discovery – be it subject matter, design, or materials and where it leads – is why I do this work. Regardless of the painting concerns below, I try to maintain some of the visual experiences and ideas that catch my sense of awe and other intangibles. It is my hope that these are passed on to the viewer.

Objects and figures are largely represented and there is a story aspect to my work, but I try to limit perspective illusion. (Although, I do wander off this path when seduced by nature.) At the same time I want to maintain the modeling of form; closer in some
respects to pre-renaissance paintings. I think line, shape, colour and texture can be emphasized more with this approach while still working representationally.

 I formally studied studio painting,, drawing, graphics, printmaking and art history, at Sir George Williams University (Concordia ). I am an elected member of The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and Fellow of The Ottawa Watercolour Society. I have shown at several galleries in Toronto, Montreal, Brampton and Eastern Ontario. My works are in private, and institutional collections across Canada and elsewhere.


Exhibits:

The Abbey for the Arts, "Festival", Glen Nevis, ON '08 - The Cube Galery, Ottawa Watercolour Society Exhibit, Ottawa, ON '07 - Ottawa Art Festival, Ottawa, ON '96-'07 - Ottawa Jazz Festival,  Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON '05, - Carlen Gallery, Ottawa ON '04. - Mill Street Gallery, Almonte, ON, '04-'05. - Art gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON .'03-'04.- Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, ON '02. - Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival,Ottawa ON '01. - . Marchant Gallery, Lancaster, ON '95, '00. - Galerie de la Ville, Dollard des Ormeaux Mtl QC '99,'00. - Telpaz Gallery, Kanata ON '98. - Galerie Old Chelsea, Chelsea QC '98. - Ottawa Watercolour Society '94-'98. - Michelle Villeneuve Gallery, Ottawa ON '98. - The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Etobicoke civic Gallery, Etobicoke,ON '97 - John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON 94,96. - Balderson Gallery, Balderson ON '95. - The Main street Gallery , Stittsville, ON - Rideau Valley Art Festival, Westport ON '94-'98, '00. - Pinhey’s Point Heritage Museum, Ottawa.ON '93 - Kanata Civic Art Gallery, Kanata ON '93. - Sir George Williams University (Concordia University) Mtl, QC '72.