FAIR TRADE
chasing the horizon
Steve Driscoll, From a deep dream, 2025, oil pigments and urethane on composite panel, 60 x 90 in. Courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery.
Canadian painter Steve Driscoll invites viewers into his colorful, shifting world. INTERVIEW BY SHELLEY FALCONER
S Steve Driscoll in his canoe with his dog Nellie.
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teve Driscoll debuted his immersive, color-saturated paintings in Texas at the Dallas Art Fair last spring, where an expansive blue-and-white diptych of a West Coast forest drew visitors in and made for a memorable landmark. Since then, Driscoll has been working towards an October exhibition in Toronto at Nicholas Metivier Gallery. Centered on fleeting moments from hikes or camping trips, when shown together the works convey the notion of a journey, drawn in part by Driscoll’s time in North Texas, when he visited for the fair. In this conversation, Driscoll talks with Shelley Falconer, president and CEO of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the largest museum in Southern Ontario, Canada, who will speak with Driscoll at Nicholas Metivier Gallery during the opening of his show Points of Passage, October 4 through November 1. Below is a short discussion in advance of this event, about Driscoll’s unique process, especially his direct approach to color.