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'Blue' from the
series:
Urban Street Art - A Tribute
2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
'Loaded Soda' from
the series:
Urban Street Art - A Tribute
2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
'Smirnoff' from
the series:
Urban Street Art - A Tribute
2007
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
'Streetscape 2'
from the series:
Urban Street Art - A Tribute
2007
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Barber Shop from
the series:
Urban Street Art - A Tribute
2007
Oil on Canvas
24 x 20 inches, 61 x 51 cm
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Light and
Shadows Exhibition March, 2008
Paul Knowles was born in Hamilton,
Ontario in 1945. He developed an interest in art in public school,
and won numerous awards at an early age. He studied drawing and
painting with Eleanor F. Clinton, Jean Wishart and Jose Collega.
Paul graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art where he
studied advertising, photography and design. After graduation he
worked for the McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences and
established the Medical Illustration and Design Department. One of
the highlights of his career at McMaster was winning a Canadian
Productivity Gold Medal for co-developing the McMaster/Mohawk
College digital print-on-demand custom courseware program.
In 2002, he retired from his career
as the Director of Media Production Services, McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON.
Paul currently lives in Ancaster,
Ontario and spends his time painting in his studio and travelling.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The subject
matter for much of my work comes from my everyday surroundings and
my frequent travels to northern Ontario and the east coasts of
Canada and the USA. My art reflects an appreciation of light and
shadows. It is the inspiration for my painting.
I always
carry my camera with me looking for interesting subject matter for
my paintings. I like to take a scene, a building, a back alley or an
object such as an old window or truck and break it down into simple
geometric shapes creating planes of colour and patterns of light and
shadows.
I also like
to close crop my subject matter and design the negative shapes to
create the shape of the scene or subject. I enjoy experimenting with
its placement on the canvas simplifying its colour into shadows,
mid-tones and highlights using a clean, precise and flat application
of oil paint.
I enjoy
pushing the local colour to heighten the response of the viewer.
Paul Knowles
A.O.C.A.
Ancaster, Ontario, March 2008
Streetscape # 1
from the series:
Urban Street Art - A Tribute
2007
Oil on Canvas
30 x 24 inches, 76 x 61 cm
Paul Knowles Biography
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