Ronald Boaks

Ronald Boaks career as an artist spans 30 + years.  He has exhibited throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. His artwork has been widely collected and can be found in many public, corporate and private collections nationally and internationally.

"Spirit Arise Series, New Paintings. From 2013 to the present. With this new body of work, I am trying to capture "the lightness of being", that essence of life, state of grace, of being alive right now. In 2013 two very dear people to me died. Awile after their passing, I began to feel lighter in "spirit", as, if they were now free, that it was OK for me to feel that too. This lightness is translated into these paintings as the energy or spirit entity, surrounded by rich colour. The paintings are grounded by the almost drafted line, measured, as it were, like distance markers on a map. X and Y coordinates are usually there, doubling as chromosomes. There are collaged bits, often as the pieces on each side edge that mark my boundaries. Balance and the interplay of opposites is as important as ever. Some of these paintings are serene and sublime while others are happy in their intensity or darkness. These are complex relationships made visible as simply as possible. These works need to be mulled over, absorbed and enjoyed." Ron Boaks