Entry 3: Orange, Yellow-Green, Violet

About Entry 3: Orange, Yellow-Green, Violet

Vibrant colour saturates the canvas in this abstract painting by David Sorensen. The venerated Canadian modernist uses alternating bands of hot orange and teal against a backdrop of dark violet. Sorensen’s work was strongly influenced by nature’s light and colours often experienced by the artist in Mexico. This curated strata of fresh colours suggests the horizon seen across the ocean at sunrise.

“Through the medium of his art, a bridge is built between inner sensation and outer world experience, illusion and reality, what we cannot see and what we see, life and afterlife.” John K. Grande, Montreal poet and writer

David Sorensen was born in Vancouver and (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson, Bill Reid and Jack Shadbolt. After moving to Montreal, he taught art at the Montreal School of Art, the Saidye Bronfman Centre and Bishop’s University for almost twenty years. Sorensen, a member of the RCA exhibited all over the world. His work is held in numerous private, corporate and public collections.