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Artist's Statement

My paintings follow in the tradition of postwar European artists, namely Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon, Nicholas de Stael and Oscar Kokoschka; here in Canada, I greatly admire the works of John Hartman. My paintings utilize abstraction as a method and landscape experience as a source. I use the technique of abstract expressionism and the frisson of colour and texture to create my work. The spark of the initial idea and the energy in the act of painting should go forward in tandem. The paintings must appear to come together effortlessly in order to convey the illusion of light and space. Possibly, because of my year of study in Mexico, I find that much of my work is related to the equatorial light in the landscape and atmosphere of Andalucia.

Arthur Potts

Education I studied Fine Art on a scholarship at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 1960. At the Instituto, I studied painting with James Pinto and Fred Samuelson; sculpture, with Lothar Kestenbaum. Tony Onley lived in San Miguel at the time, and I was influenced by the paper collages that he was creating. After a year in Mexico, I returned to Canada to study design at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and subsequently spent several years in the hospitality interior design industry, with projects in Canada, the USA, Caribbean, Mexico and latterly Russia.

Creative Influences . The work of John Hartman, Nicolas de Stäel, Oscar Kokoschka, Patrick Heron, and Peter Lanyon.

Favorite Places. Andalucia, Venice, and Aix-en-Provence

Pursuits & Interests. Travel, architecture, gardens, heraldry, and jazz.

Gallery enquiries invited. Please telephone 519-653-3646 or fax 519-650-3152 for further information.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004

Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant Conversations in Shape & Colour Brantford, Ontario Two-person exhibition. 2001 Gallery 133 A Series of Large Paintings of Andalucia Toronto, Ontario

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON 2002 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON 2001 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON Won the Juror's Award. 2000 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON Ojibway Club Pointe au Baril, ON 1999 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON BCE Place Galleria Eye of Experience Toronto, ON 1998 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON 1997 Annual Juried Exhibition Glenhyrst, Brantford, ON 1995 Gallery Lambton LOOK Annual Juried Exhibition Sarnia, ON