Bob Young, Painter

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"The Bay Awakens," oil on canvas, 12" x 12". © Bob Young

"Power Lines," oil on canvas, 30" x 30". © Bob Young

"Smoky Sky," oil on canvas, 24" x 24". © Bob Young

"Heat and High-Rises," oil on canvas, 24" x 30". © Bob Young.

"Backyard," oil on canvas, 12" x 12". © Bob Young

"Connections," oil on cradled board, 12" x 12". © Bob Young.

"Spring Runoff," oil on canvas, 12" x 12". © Bob Young. SOLD

"Dune Forest," oil on board, 11" x 14". © Bob Young

Portfolio

Near Glarus, Switzerland, 1781 by John Warwick Smith

colorful abstract painting texture and background

An Alpine Valley, the Matterhorn in the Distance.
Artist: John Ruskin

Title: The Explosion of Gunboat nr 2, under Command of Jan van Speijk, off Antwerp, 5 February 1831.
Date: 1832.
Institution: Rijksmuseum.
Provider: Rijksmuseum.
Providing Country: Netherlands.
Public Domain

The Night Train, [undated, 19th Century]
By: David Cox

For prints and original paintings: www.artbystevej.com

Landscape of the Moon's First Quarter, 1943 by Paul Nash (d. 1946)

The Many Wintered Crow, 1880. By James Smetham.
Inscribed with a line from Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem, 'Locksley Hall':
'As the many winter'd crow that leads the clanging rookery home'.

Lauffenburg on the Rhine, 1863.
Artist: John Ruskin

Bob YoungEducation<ul><li>1988 Bachelor of Architecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver</li><li>1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art—Studio, Honours), York University, Toronto</li></ul>Solo Exhibitions<ul><li>2020 “Leaf Dances,” Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON</li><li>2017 Miijidaa Bistro, Guelph, ON</li></ul>Selected Group Exhibitions<ul><li>2025 "Connections," Four-person group show, Works Art Gallery, Kingston, ON</li><li>2024 “Renewal,” Melt Studio+Gallery, Base31, Picton, ON</li><li>2013 “12-by-12 Show,” Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, Guelph, ON</li><li>2010 “The ArtsInform Show,” University of Guelph Library, ON</li><li>2009 Society of Canadian Artists 41st Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON</li><li>2000 Guelph Studio Tour, Studio 404, Guelph, ON</li><li>1998 Lakeshore Arts Juried Exhibtion, Humber College Studio Theatre, Toronto, ON</li><li>1984 “Viewpoints,” Regional Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON</li></ul>Awards<ul><li>2010 2nd Prize, “The ArtsInform Show,” University of Guelph Library.</li><li>1997 Elora Festival Award. “Insights”: Elora Arts Council.</li></ul>Press2017 "A Marriage of Styles," by Troy Bridgeman, GuelphToday.com. 10 August 2017.

Curriculum Vitae

St Paul's from the River Thames, 1877 By Henry Dawson

Bob Young is a Canadian painter in Southern Ontario who captures the urban and natural landscape, in a loose impressionistic style. With subject matter from overhead power lines to natural Ontario landscapes, he uses oil paint for its slow drying time, pleasant smell, and ability to hold crisp brushstrokes.Young was born in Guelph in 1960. He did a BFA degree (Visual Arts – Studio) at York University, Toronto. After then getting a Bachelor of Architecture at UBC, Vancouver, he worked in that field for five years. Subsequently he worked in urban planning and web design, before returning to painting. In 2017, Young donated a portion of exhibition sales to the Grand River Conservation Authority in Southwestern Ontario. He is based in Kingston, Ontario.