AUTUMN WATERS

Artist: Don Graves

Medium: Oil on canvas

24" x 30"

Don graduated from McGill University’s Faculty of Music in voice and conducting. He co-founded the International renowned Music Theatre School at Sheridan College and later served as their Dean of Arts with service on their Board of Governors. 

After retiring, he returned to painting Canada’s landscape and focussing on Ontario’s northland and Quebec. He studied at DVSA with V. Jane Gordon and with Gordon Harrison in Ottawa. His studios are in Burlington and Lac Ste. Marie in the Gatineau region. 

2020 eliminated most of the shows that Don has been juried into due to COVID. Gallery shows have included: STAX, The Tiger Group, Sketch 337, Gallery 402 in Toronto and recently the Picture Perfect Gallery on Yonge Street in Toronto. His work is included in private collections in Ontario, B.C., Alberta, Quebec, New York State and the Netherlands. 

Rob Cowley, Canadian art specialist and President, Cowley-Abbott auctioneer, has this to say about Don’s work: “His passion for this art form and life shines through his fantastic work.” 

Artist’s Statement 
My landscapes are a moment of intensity that reveal the energy of our waterways, the haunting symmetry in our trees, the history of our rocks and the majesty of the sky. I hear the music generated within their stories. It’s great fun hearing the individual stores as they emerge from each viewer.