Smashing the Bow

Artist's Statement

Spending long summers at the family cottage in Ontario was my beginning attraction to water, sun and sky. Now living and painting on Indian Arm, an ocean waterfront community near Vancouver my physical and spiritual geography have a profound impact on my work. Every morning I wake up to a new soft gray sky with soft grays occasionally spotted with ochres and brilliant crimsons. Living for several months in Indonesia and reveling in the tropical sun impacted on my palette causing me to introduce sharp contrasts and brilliant colours, a challenging and exciting diversion from the west coast. 

I began painting in the mid 1960's while working on my PhD in mathematics. In the 1980's I was strongly influenced in watercolours by my mentor Alan W. Edwards who introduced me to the Federation of Canadian Artists' Salt Spring Island Workshops. I coordinated the workshops from 1983 through 1988 and had the opportunity of being taught and personally tutored by well known painters such as Rex Brandt, Christopher Schink, Kiff Holland, Alan Wylie and Judi Betts.

See more of Bob Rennie's work on his web site at:
www.artistbobrennie.com

Gallery Representation

Boat Show Gallery
(For Boat Shows)
Bellingham, WA

Seymour Art Gallery
4360 Gallant
North Vancouver, BC V7G 1L2
Telephone: 604-924-1378

The following galleries have represented me.

Creekhouse Gallery; Vancouver, BC
FCA Gallery; Granville Island, Vancouver, BC 
Great West Gallery; Chemainus, BC
Grosvenor Gallery; Vancouver, BC)
Humberston Edwards Gallery; West Vancouver, BC
Pegasus Gallery; Salt Spring Island, BC
Sharli Gallery; North Vancouver, BC
Sheck Gallery; Calgary, Alberta
Spirit of the Cove Gallery; North Vancouver, BC

Long Beach

Salt Lake Temple

Workshops

Bob teaches watercolour workshops at Capilano College a few times a year. Also last June Bob and Mike Svogb taught a very successful workshop in Provence. They are repeating the opportunity this coming June 2006.

More information on Bob's Workshops at: www.artistbobrennie.com

Publications

Publications of paintings include:

Painting of Seaspan Queen on the cover of Vancouver's The Mariner magazine. March, 1986.

Painting of Departing Tempest in coffee table book Artists of British Columbia by Derek Morys-Edge. Chartwell Publishing Company, 1986.

Painting of Cates at the Quay featured the 1988 North Shore Credit Union Calendar on "Selected North Shore Artists."

Painting of Miki Tug on the cover of The West Coast Mariner magazine. March 1990

Shows and Recognition

• One Person Shows in The Ferry Terminal Gallery West Vancouver and the Seymour Gallery in North Vancouver. 
• Shared in numerous other  shows.
• Awarded the prestigious AFCA (Associate of the Federation of Canadian Artists) title in 1988. 
• Work in corporate and private collections in Canada and the USA including commission for five paintings in corporate offices of Seaspan International, the largest tug company on Canada's west coast.

Prices

Watercolours
¼ Sheet $670 framed
½ Sheet $1,100 framed  
Full Sheet $1,990 framed

Some Oil Sizes
11 x 14 $640 unframed
16 x 20 $1,035 unframed 
20 x 24 $1435 unframed

Contacting the Artist

• Please contact Bob by e-mail (artistbobrennie@yahoo.com)
  Telephone: (604) 929.3608

Please see more work of Bob Rennie at:

• artistbobrennie.com