Morning light has a certain energy to it that I hope I captured in this painting, which depicts my love of human-horse interaction.
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William Rogers Morning Training, Northlands
William Rogers is a Nova Scotia artist working in oil, watercolour, and printmaking. He is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) and is currently the Vice President. He is also a signature member of the Transparent Watercolour Society of America (TWSA) and the Societe Canadienne de l’Aquarelle (SCA). The effects of light and colour dominate his award winning work, and he has exhibited
Oil, 24� x 24�
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with major watercolour societies in Canada and the USA. Bill has been the recipient of numerous awards including the A. J. Casson Medal for the best painting in the CSPWC Open Water Exhibition at the Leighton Centre, Calgary in 2009. Horses are a recurring theme in his work, his love for them stemming from a twenty year period of owning and working with them. He also paints and draws the human figure of a live model twice a week for most of the
year. En plein air painting is a big component of his landscape work, and his travels always include time for this passion. He has participated in the juried en plein air events at the Carmel Art Festival in Carmel CA, and Plein Air Easton in Easton MD. Bill lives with his wife Joanne in the town of Antigonish, where he maintains a working studio. He exhibits principally at Lyghtesome Gallery, also in Antigonnish.
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