RON KINGSWOOD | THE NATURAL WORLD Ron Kingwood's playful yet carefully crafted paintings contain the natural world at their core. Born in 1959 in St. Thomas, Ontario, and after studying 2 years of art at H.B. Beal in London, Ontario he then proceeded to study Bird Ecology and Ornithology at the University of Western Ontario. This education gave him a keener sense of his subjects and art itself. Over the last decade searching for a deeper response to nature painting has led him away from pictorial representation and closer to a metaphorical stance. His portrayals do not aim to reveal empathy or contentment towards his subject - they are instead abstract compositions that reveal the pure and natural qualities of the space through the eyes of the artist. Recently Ron has revisited the subjects that once gave him international recognition for his depictions of animals in their natural setting. The Narrows, oil on canvas, 86 x 100 inches, $78,000
Anticipation, oil on canvas, 64 x 40 inches, $23,000
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Autumn Song of the West, oil on canvas, 72 x 64 inches, $38,000