Home Gallery Artists Painting Drawing & Prints Photography Sculpture Fibre Art Other Media Historic Canadian Artists Additional Canadian Artists International Artists Exhibitions Media/Press It's All About Art   Videos   Podcasts   Blogs Services Art Rental Shipping & Taxes Contact Us Mailing List	R.B. Wainwright  Bio  ·   "Nothing happens unless first a dream" - Carl Sandburg In the early 1960s, I was introduced  to the theories of Rolf Loehrich, a European psychoanalyst who had settled in Vancouver. Encouraged by Carl Jung, Loehrich developed a thesis of psychoanalysis based upon ONEIRICS (the study of dreams) and PSYCHOSOMATICS (the integration of mind and body). Under John Denny, who collaborated with Loehrich in his researches, I began an intense period of dream analysis which led to my initial understanding and interpretation of dream symbols. Over time, this experience became an integral element in my work. Since the 1980s, I have been committed to developing the theme of dreams, signs, symbols and scenarios. Printmaking and oil pastels were the principal mediums used in the early stages, but I know concentrate on paintings. Four series on the theme of dreams have been completed - DREAMWORLD LANDSCAPES - UNDERSTANDINGS - A DRESS HAS MANY MEANINGS - AND SO TO DREAM AGAIN - each focusing on different dream points of view. In developing the theme of dreams and symbols, a broad spectrum of images have been woven into my art - symbols, surrealism, invented mythology, icons, the demi-monde, the erotic and exotic, conventional and contrived signs and scenarios, both in figure and abstract idioms. The result is a cornucopia of images reflecting the human condition and human experience. Rather than developing a defining style or manner, I have focused my work on the diversity of dream images as they would be experienced in dreams. Each work has a unique focus. There is no intention or need to create a formal, mannered or identifiable look or style - each work must stand for itself - as dreams do. It is by allowing each work to express its own uniqueness and diversity that makes possible the images and symbols used. The scenarios that represent the dream world can be likened to science fiction - deep space, distant planets, unfamiliar terrain, unknown civilizations, the unexpected, the exploration of new frontiers. Both seek adventure, challenge, knowledge, understanding. One in outer space. the other in inner space. As we experience life, it becomes apparent that everything has a meaning - that everything has a consequence. We know more of consequences, but less of meanings. It is through dreams that symbols, signs and scenarios help make possible the unraveling of meanings and consequences. To unravel a dream is the challenge. To unravel and give meaning to the symbols in my art -  is my challenge. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with sleep" - William Shakespeare ... and so to dream again. Printable Version of Artist Statement and Bio. Click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image. Mrs. Klimt's Dress Once Again 48 x 36 Inches  acrylic on canvas $8,500 Himalayan Poppy 36 x 36 Inches  acrylic on canvas $6,500 Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly 36 x 36 Inches  acrylic on canvas $6,500 Pleased as Punch 11.5 x 12 Inches  linocut & chine collé $2,000 edition 1/5 Lolita 30 x 22.5 Inches  water-based crayons on arches paper $3,000 monoprint An Apparition 48 x 36 Inches  acrylic on canvas $8,500 Woman Walking Her Dog on the Strand 25 x 16 Inches  drypoint &chine collé $4,000 W/P #1 Manzanilla's Journey - Part 3 30 x 22.5 Inches  chine collé & collage $3,400 monoprint They Call the Spirit Yanu 17.5 x 24 Inches  linocut & chine collé $3,600 edition 1/3 Continuity 24 x 17.5 Inches  linocut & chine collé $3,400 edition 1/5 Cloud Over Memphis 36 x 36 Inches  acrylic on canvas $6,500 Scheherazade 25 x 17.5 Inches  linocut & acrylic cellulose compound $3,000 edition 2/3 Continuity Redux 24.75 x 17.5 Inches  linocut & chine collé $3,400 editon 1/2 Whence and With The World 28.5 x 23 Inches  charcoal pencil $1,800 Under the Volcano 28.5 x 23 Inches  charcoal pencil $1,800 The Beginning of Something New 28.5 x 23 Inches  charcoal pencil $1,800 A Certain Disquiet Arises 28.5 x 23 Inches  charcoal pencil $1,800 Please email the gallery to view more works by R.B. Wainwright. Education Vancouver School of Art, gradutated 1962 Atelier 17 with S.W. Hayter, Paris, 1962-4 Bibliography The Montreal Gazette - February 18th 1967;January 11th 1969;June 14th 1997 La Presse, Montreal - January 18th 1969 The Montreal Star - January 18th 1969; August 4th 1973; February 14th 1976 l'Art au Québec depuis 1940 - Editions La Presse - 1973 l'Estampe, Editeur Official du Québec - 1979 Canadian Who's Who - since 1981 Artmagazine - Toronto - March 1981 Artistes Plasticiens - Editions Bellarmin - 1983 Who's Who in American Art - since 1984 le Devoir - Montreal - March 10th - 1984 CBMT (C.B.C. TV) - "City Scene" segment ,"City at Six" - Montreal - October 11th 1991 CBM (C.B.C. Radio) - "Saturday Spotlight" - Montreal - October 19th 1991 CBM (C.B.C. Radio) - "Daybreak" - Montreal - October 24th 1991 CBM (C.B.C. Radio) - "Home Run" - Montreal - June 13th 1997 COAST CABLE VISION - Interview by Kay Bonathan - Sechelt, B.C. - August 20th 1998 COAST CABLE VISION - Interview by Kay Bonathan on exhibition, "Purpose and Possibility" - Sechelt, B.C. - October 6th 2000 COAST CABLE VISION - Interview by Kay Bonathon - Sechelt, B.C. - July 26th 2006 COAST CABLE VISION - Interview by Kay Bonathon on exhibition, "And So To Dream Again" - Sechelt, B.C. - September 29th 2009 Teaching Assoc.Prof.of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal Public and Corporate Collections Art Bank (Canada Council), Ottawa Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Banque Nationale du Canada, Montreal CAFCO Collection, Montreal C.I.L. Collection, Montreal Concordia University, Montreal Confederation Centre Gallery-Museum, Charlottetown Dept. of External Affairs, Ottawa Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, NY/Washington DC Ministere d'Education, Gouvernement du Québec, Ville de Québec Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Musée d'Art Contemporaine, Montreal Musée du Québec, Ville de Québec National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton Ray Torresan & Associates, Montreal Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal University of Victoria, Victoria Selected Group Exhibitions 2010    FOG Exhibition, Doris Crowston Gallery, Sechelt 2008    La Cabana Art Gallery, Sechelt 2007    Summer Invitational Show, Sunshine Coast Gallery,Sechelt 2007    La Cabana Art Gallery, Sechelt 2006    Printers and Painters, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver 2006    Wainwright/Biden,Malaspina Printmaking Society,Vancouver 2006    Marks of Distinction, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt 2005/2006/2007  Re-identification, Tri-lateral Art Exhibition, Utrecht,Yokahama, Vancouver 2005    FOG Exhibition, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt 2004    Artropolix Road Show, tour of B.C. 2004    25th Anniversary Exhibition, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt 2004    FOG Exhibition, Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt 2003    Artropolis, C.B.C. Vancouver Studios, Vancouver 2002    La 2e Biennale internationale d'estampes de Montréal, Miniare, Montreal 2001    Prints from Canada's Pacific Province, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2001    Artropolis, C.B.C. Vancouver Studios, Vancouver 1999    Graveurs Canadiens a Paris, Galeries Sous le Passe-Partout, Montreal 1997    Wainwright/Jones: Experimental Printmaking, Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal 1995    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1995    Group Show, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal 1994    Impressions: 4 Printmakers, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal 1994    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1993    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1993    Art Promade, RCA Montreal, Galerie Eleca London, Montreal 1992    Professors' Choice, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal 1992    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1991    Québec Artists of the RCA, Dominion Gallery, Montreal 1991    Tableaux du Québec: RCA, Academy House, Toronto 1991    Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal 1991    Print '91,R.C.A., Academy House, Toronto 1990    Shriners Art Auction, Montreal 1989    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1986-1989 Gallery Artists' Group Show, Galerie Daniel, Montreal 1986    Celebrating Nature, Galerie Continental, Montreal 1986    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1985    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1983    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1979    Estampes Québecoise Actuelles, Musée du Québec, 1978    Faculity of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal 1976    Premio Internazionale Biella per l'Incisione, Biella, Italy 1973    Premio Internazionale Biella per l'Incisione, Biella, Italy 1972    Biennale de Gravure de Paris, Paris, France 1972    Creation Québec Salon International Art, Basel, Switzerland 1972    Wainwright, Whittome, Wong, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby 1971    Inernational Exhibition of Graphics, Montreal 1971    Premio Internazionale Biella per l'Incisione, Biella, Italy 1970    British Print International, Bradford, England 1968/70  International Biennale of Graphic Art, Cracow, Poland 1967    Vancouver Print International, Vancouver 1967    Wainwright/Fortier, Montreal 1963/4   New International Gravure Group, travelling show, Belgium, Canada, England, France, India, Italy 1958-1960  British Columbia Annual Exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Catalogues Artists of British Columbia, Vol. 2, Leighdon Studio Gallery, 2011 Dreams, Symbols and My Art: Exhibition Catalog, Vernon, BC Public Art Gallery, 2010 R.B. Wainwright – Paintings, Drawings, Prints – Blurb, 2010 Preview Magazine – November, 2005 – Cover and feature article Affiliations 1976    Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Scholarships & Awards Mrs. Jonathan Rogers Scholarship, Vancouver School of Art, 1956 Henry Birks and Sons Scholarship, Vancouver School of Art, 1957 Emily Carr Travel/Study Scholarship - to the most promising artist in British Columbia under the age of 30, 1962 Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation Grant - British Columbia, 1963 Canada Council Research Grants,1963/64,1967/68 Erindale College (Toronto) Purchase Prize - International Exhibition of Graphics, Montreal, 1971 Concours Artistique du Québec, Acquisition Award, 1971 Hadassah November Art Auction, Montreal, Third Prize, 1981 - Honourable Mention, 1982 Concordia University Art Development, Research and Travel Grants, 1979/1980/1987/1988/1995/1996 Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011    Dreams, Symbols and My Art, Vernon Public Art Gallery,  Vernon 2009    And So To Dream Again, Doris Crowston Gallery, Sechelt 2005    Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo 2001    Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver 2000    Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt, B.C. 1984    Galerie Elca London, Montreal 1980    Concordia University, Montreal 1977    Mazelow Gallery, Toronto 1976    Concordia University, Montreal 1972    Galerie Martal, Montreal 1969    Concordia University, Montreal Printable Version of Artist Statement and Bio. 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