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Doug Swinton
Monthly Art Instruction For Adults + Workshops
Oil, Acrylic, Gouache, Graphite and Charcoal are mediums welcome in my classes.
I never really intended to make art a career it just keeps happening. Maybe its living in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and being surrounded the spectacular landscape. Maybe it’s that my mom was always in the kitchen painting wicker baskets of bright fruit with Chianti wine bottles, or may it was all the doodles and drawings that adorned each and every page of my math book. But some how, art has now become my career.
Since my childhood, drawing and painting have always played an important role in my life. A big part of me never really left kindergarten. I still live for the “Hey Mom, look what I made!” I think exhibiting in galleries is just a bit of an extension of that. And today, besides being an artist.
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Adult Class Times:
Tuesdays
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Wednesdays
12:30am - 3:30pm
Thursdays
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Fridays
10:00 - 1:00pm
How do you describe my art? That’s like trying to hit a moving target. Just when I think its going one direction ever elusive leopard slips away and changes its spots. Slathering thick viscid paint on a freshly unwrapped canvas is sensual and venereal. For me it’s always been more about the doing than the end product. It’s like being at a live concert. The energy that comes from the doing is a highly powerful thing. I also get board very easy so I tend to flit from subject to subject. As J R Tolkien said, “not all that wander are lost”. No matter what the subject, it’s always the same, the most amount of information with the least amount of brushstrokes.
Canada couldn’t be a better place to live. But for me as an artist, the close proximity of the prairies, foothills and mountains of Alberta makes my home province a never-ending dream. I’ve been lucky, and have painted in many countries, but to me there is still nothing more beautiful than a cold beer and a hot Calgary summer sunset.
Doug Swinton Artwork
![Mountain landscape painting.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_a8a0ea87989f4dad9c8de7a40b9e5a84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_347,h_272,q_90/98fc93_a8a0ea87989f4dad9c8de7a40b9e5a84~mv2.jpg)
![Figure painting of a blond woman looking down.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_04107bfcea3540beaa4f33be8ffa0144~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_136,h_272,q_90/98fc93_04107bfcea3540beaa4f33be8ffa0144~mv2.jpg)
![Figure painting of a woman laying on a bed.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_b5eec51658284997a4b81be348523e86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_203,h_168,q_90/98fc93_b5eec51658284997a4b81be348523e86~mv2.jpg)
![Landscape oil painting of a mountain in the winter.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_e275e055b1d944a98b015fe5e23b0f84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_203,h_162,q_90/98fc93_e275e055b1d944a98b015fe5e23b0f84~mv2.jpg)
![Figure painting of a woman of a woman looking down.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_fd118a96993e4ba1bde68436b133512f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_279,h_335,q_90/98fc93_fd118a96993e4ba1bde68436b133512f~mv2.jpg)
![Oil painting of a woman on the beach.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_78045edb8ab0462c81aab70610027bc8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_294,h_393,q_90/98fc93_78045edb8ab0462c81aab70610027bc8~mv2.jpg)
![Oil painting of a woman on the beach.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_68be9674fba6497e98facb1fa76be69e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_189,h_237,q_90/98fc93_68be9674fba6497e98facb1fa76be69e~mv2.jpg)
![Oil landscape painting of a lake.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_51d4260b233f462286c96c77088ba57b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_189,h_151,q_90/98fc93_51d4260b233f462286c96c77088ba57b~mv2.jpg)
![Oil landscape painting of some trees.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_47eeeb65ba154d70ba7703ada2682b1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_358,h_359,q_90/98fc93_47eeeb65ba154d70ba7703ada2682b1c~mv2.jpg)
![Charcoal drawing of a woman.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_33588fd6981d464d9369ff8947030f67~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_124,h_200,q_90/98fc93_33588fd6981d464d9369ff8947030f67~mv2.jpg)
![Charcoal drawing of a womans face.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_743008291a47473f9dd2be0f07240e1e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_124,h_154,q_90/98fc93_743008291a47473f9dd2be0f07240e1e~mv2.jpg)
![Charcoal drawing of a blond woman with her hand on her chin.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_a7608c5964c242da948701b2e0a56b00~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_500,q_90/98fc93_a7608c5964c242da948701b2e0a56b00~mv2.jpg)
![Landscape oil painting of a mountain and trees in the winter.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_181bf130895348019299bf926ac65ded~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_51,h_50,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/sue-contini-171-small-web-dd970e77.jpg)
Artist Statement
I’ve been lucky, and have painted in many countries, but to me there is still nothing more beautiful than a cold beer and a hot Calgary summer sunset. - Doug Swinton
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Questions?
![Paint brush and palette.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/98fc93_886aaa9c795c45e1bdb7e8e419d54b67~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_63,h_63,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/paint.png)