"Coastal Sculptures"
watercolour on paper
29" x 40"
"Kluana National Park"
watercolour on paper
15" x 21"
"Lake Louise"
watercolour on paper
11" x 15"
"Mountain Fantasy"
watercolour on paper
15" x 21"
"Spring Break Saskatchewan River"
watercolour on paper
22" x 30"
"Sunshine Coast"
watercolour on paper
11" x 15"
"Thule Muskox Wall, Elesmere Island"
watercolour on paper
15" x 21"
"Walker Glacier"
watercolour on paper
11" x 15"
"Writing On Stone Provincial Park"
watercolour on paper
22" x 30"
In person, Jack Reid
looks nothing like you’d expect a painter
should. He is a physical person, built thick
and powerful, with hands that could grip a miner’s
sledge as easily as he handles the daintiest
of brushes. His manic energy is of a man decades
younger than his actual age which is in the
seventies. Jack worked as a graphic artist until
1970 and only then did he venture into the world
of pure art, full time, without the benefit
of formal training. What he knows, he taught
himself; what he paints is what he feels. His
love of the art of watercolour is total.
Since Jack started teaching others his renowned
techniques in 1971 throughout Canada, England,
Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Mexico and the
United States. More than 11,000 people have
attended his watercolour workshops, demonstrations
and foreign tours. Each year more students add
their names to his class lists as his passion
is infectious and invigorating.
Today,
Jack’s paintings endure in the collections
of major corporations, everyday Canadians and
the Queen of England’s own at Windsor
Castle. In 1992 Jack was awarded the Commemorative
Medal by the federal government for his contribution
to Canadian art and honoured to be Arts Person
of the Year in his hometown in Ontario.
Artist’s statement: There is a tremendous attraction that the
transparency of watercolour holds for me. The
things i want to paint have to do with water:
snow, rain, fog and reflections. I’m fascinated
by their translucent nature. And what do i paint
with? A water-soluble pigment! It’s profoundly
appropriate.
Selected Exhibitions & Juried Exhibitions:
1998 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
1994-97 McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, ON
1990 Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON and the
Great West Gallery, Chemainus, BC
1989 - 90 CSPWC National Ballet of Canada, Toronto,
ON
1988 Diamond Jubilee Collection, Ontario House,
London, England
Selected Auctions:
1994 - 97 McMichael Gallery Fund Raising, Kleinburg,
ON
1980 - 90 Toronto Symphony Dream Auction
1973 - 74 Sotheby’s Canada Limited, Toronto,
ON
