Past Conversations R. Clarke Ellis

Bold, clean lines and vivid colours attract the viewer’s eye to this minimalist sculpture by Robert Clarke Ellis. The Toronto artist creates expressive pieces forged out of steel. The stick-like figures in black have yellow and red ‘heads’ that appear to be turned away from one another…hence, ‘past’ conversations. ‘Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.’ (Dr. Seus) “The “humanness” of the figures speaks to the viewer to elicit a memory.`` Clarke Ellis He has an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). He began his career as an instructor at NSCAD before completing a degree in education from Queen's University.