Water Watch [sold]
2009
oil on canvas
122 x 152 cm / 48 x 60 in
Painter's Path #11 Sun Kissed Vista Within The Moment Coloured Structures River Rhythm The Ides of March Fallacy of Structure #2 Another Approach Frosty Snow Country From Void to Many Void Fission
John Barkley is an experimental painter living in Chelsea, Quebec. In addition to painting, he is also a dedicated scholar, whose studies and interests factor significantly in his art work. His degrees include a Master of Arts in Religion, from Carleton University (2001); a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Art, Magna Cum Laude, University of Ottawa (1996); Bachelor of Arts, Honours, Psychology, from Carleton University (1989); and a Bachelor of Arts, Law and Psychology, Carleton University.
Barkley’s paintings explore the human impulse to impose structure on nature and nature’s resistance to this attempt at taming. His works also consider man’s desire to ‘frame’ the cosmos by explaining it but, ultimately, this is impossible and mysteries remain. His paintings are also a meditation on lineage, inspired by Barkley’s affection for his late father, who taught him how to paint on sojourns into the country. Abstraction is used as a vehicle to explore the dynamic relationships between colour, light and rhythm.
John Barkley’s works have been exhibited extensively and have been reviewed in LeDroit, The Ottawa Citizen, and The Globe and Mail. His paintings are part of numerous private and corporate collections.