Paintings by Don McMaster
Don McMaster Paintings will be on display in our Main Gallery from October 12 to November 19, 2020 by appointment only, Monday to Thursday, 11 am to 3 pm. Please call 204-239-6029 or email pdac@mts.net to book your appointment.
Artist Biography:
Don McMaster, artist, naturalist and outdoorsman, lives in the landscape he loves to paint. His work, his recreation and his major interests all revolve around the prairie provinces, where he lives, and North-western Ontario, where he maintains a summer studio. A well known advocate for wildlife and habitat preservation, McMaster has worked for many organizations dedicated to those purposes.
Since moving from Winnipeg in the mid 1990’s, Don and his wife Ardythe work at maintaining the native mixed grass prairie on their property overlooking the Assiniboine Valley southwest of Portage la Prairie. Winter finds them skiing the trails of the beautiful Assiniboine Valley.
Don McMaster’s paintings explore the western Canadian landscape in all its changing lights and seasons. A member of the Assiniboia Group of Artists, he exhibits and sells his new work each year at Art Expo, the first weekend of November.
Artist Statement:
The acceleration of change in our society exerts pressures and tensions not experienced by earlier generations. Many of us look back to simpler, more peaceful times when we had a closer bond with nature and the land. Even at our home in the woods of rural Manitoba, the growl of bulldozers clearing woods and the whine of aircraft spraying crops remind us of the relentless forces arrayed against what is left of our vacant spaces and quiet places.
Although I paint to please myself, I hope that others with similar interests will enjoy my work. At the heart of all my paintings is the sentiment expressed by Thoreau: "In wildness is the preservation of the world."
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