Artist of the Month
Brad Fehr
Paintings are like still stories. It's this quality, the unmoving narrative of the image, which attracts me to oil painting. Regardless of genre or era, style or place of origin, a painting has passion and expression baked into it. It is a living stillness, one we can revisit and reinvest in throughout our own lives. Although I'm in love with it now, I started painting begrudgingly in my first years at the University of Alberta.
Imagine my surprise five years later when I graduated with my BFA and a house full of canvas. While working through the fine arts program I was awarded the Roger S Smith research award for a painting
project of my own design. I was given the opportunity to deliver a paper on art criticism to the Western Canadian Philosophical Association in Saskatoon, and began writing about the arts in Edmonton. Most
recently I have exhibitied my own work at Lotus Gallery, the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, and in association with the Works Festival.