There is certainly no lack of fantastic subjects in Canada for artists. Mostly however nature artists have focussed on Ontario’s often wild northern forests and lakes, and on the magnificence of our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Rocky mountains.
Ken Dalgarno however, says there’s plenty of amazing subjects in the centre of the country, in Saskatchewan.
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We often think of Saskatchewan as a wide flat province with waving and shimmering fields of wheat stretching off into the horizon. There’s no doubt there’s plenty of that, but there is also a wild barren badlands, rolling hills, and forests and lakes.
Ken Dalgano should know. He’s travelled all over the province to find the many fascinating subjects in his paintings, and his photographs. (website)
These range from Van Gogh-like paintings of old barns in the prairie, to the magnificent and fantastic shaped landscape of the badlands, to wildly twisted trees and so much more.
Originally a painter, he morphed into photography and now says he’s doing a little more with the camera than with paintbrushes. He also now is developing a skill in film with a documentary underway.. But he says he doesn’t want to leave painting. Instead he says he may move toward more abstract works in the future.
And although he has enjoyed much success with both painting and photography, including a book on the Badlands, he still says he likes and will keep his day job at the Moose Jaw Public Library,
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