signed and dated “96-8” upper right; signed, titled and dated 1996 on the reverse
32 × 35 in (81.3 × 88.9 cm)
Auction Estimate:$3,000 - $5,000
Sale date:November 23, 2017
Price Realized
$4,600
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Calgary
Born in Toronto in 1938, Ron Bolt carries on the tradition of Canadian landscape painting through a more contemporary vision. The artist focuses more specifically on capturing the sublime coastlines and flowing rivers of the vast nation. His early work embodied a reductive, minimalist approach that was largely influenced by abstract painting; soon it evolved into detailed and dramatic compositions in a vivid colour palette. Residencies in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland, the Mohave Desert, as well as a fourteen day expedition down the Snake River in the Yukon, all played a role in this new preoccupation with showcasing the Canadian wilderness.
