BIOGRAPHY ~ DAVID McEOWN

Canadian artist David McEown was born in 1963 in Toronto. The love of art and nature was influenced early from his great grandparent's homestead, set amongst the Precambrian rock and lakes of the Muskoka region, as well as from early years residing on Canada’s west coast.

While attending the Ontario College of Art and Design, David spent his graduating year of independent studies at the Algoma School of Landscape Arts in the remote wilderness of Northern Ontario, a region steeped in Indigenous culture and Canadian landscape painting art history.

After five years painting from an Algoma cabin, he painted a large body of work of brilliantly light-filled watercolours celebrating the wonder and regenerative powers found in nature.  For this work, David was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant in 1994 and in 1999, which afforded him the opportunity to paint some of this earth’s most remote and endangered landscapes.  To further enhance these studies, David has accepted several artist residencies, including a 2005 residency in Antarctica and the High Arctic by a world leader in polar cruise expeditions.

In 1999, David was elected a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, which in 2005, awarded him the society’s prestigious A.J. Casson Medal.  David’s work has won numerous awards and has been exhibited across Canada and internationally.  His watercolours can be found in many public and corporate collections.   Currently residing in Richmond Hill, Ontario, David teaches watercolour at the Royal Ontario Museum.  He also conducts many workshops and presentations across Canada, sharing his passion to celebrate and bring an awareness of our diverse yet fragile natural heritage through the creative act of painting.



"This experience is healing.  The process of painting in the ancient groves or from a blade of grass always gives me a feeling of being connected to something greater than ourselves, a sense of love flows through nature with all of it's interrelationships"




Curriculum Vitae


David McEown

CSPWC    AOCAD

ph/fax: (905) 884-8720      414 Becker Rd, Richmond Hill,  Ontario,   Canada   L4C-2S4
www.artistjourneys.com         david@artistjourneys.com
Education
• Graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Fine Arts, 1992.

Awards/ Grants
• 2006  Woolfits Award, C.S.P.W.C. 81st annual juried exhibition
• 2005  A.J. Casson Medal, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, 80th annual juried exhibition
• 2003  Trophy of Excellence, "5th Mexican Biennial", International Works, Mexico
• 2000  HK Holbein Best Watercolour Award, 39th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
• 1999  Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, 74th exhibition, Bobs and Peter Haworth Award
• 1999  Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
• 1996  Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, 71st exhibition, Bobs and Peter Haworth Award
• 1994  Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
• 1992  David L Stevenson Scholarship, For Proficiency in Drawing and Painting

Selected Exhibitions
• 2006  C.S.P.W.C, 81st annual juried exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
• 2006  "Artist's Odysseys, The Arctic", Varley Art Gallery, Markham ON. juried exhibition
• 2005  C.S.P.W.C, 80th annual juried exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
• 2005  "Endless Possibilities", Roberts Gallery, CSPWC 80th juried show, Toronto, Ontario
• 2005  "Art of History", Alberta's Centennial, Num-ti-jah, Lodge, Banff, Alberta
• 2004  "Painted Sound", Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts, CSPWC Juried Show
• 2004  43rd Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (watercolours)
• 2004  Richmond Hill Studio Tour and Art Sale (juried)
• 2003  "Diploma Collection", C.S.P.W.C National Watercolour Collection , Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
• 2003  "Source", Celebration of U.N International Year of Fresh Water, Num-ti-jah, Lodge, Banff, Alberta
• 2003  "5th Mexican Biennial", International Works, Museo Nacional de la Acuarela, Coyoacan, Mexico
• 2003  "In Case of Rapture: The Herbert O. Bunt Donation", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, On.
• 2003  42nd Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (watercolours)
• 2002  "Vital Waters", Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Art Gallery of Bancroft
• 2002  "Canadian Waters", Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
• 2001  40th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition  (watercolours)
• 2001  "Southern Waters", C.S.P.W.C Exhibition, The Arts Centre Gallery in Leamington. On.
• 2001  "Flood Waters", Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Wallace Studios, Toronto
• 2001  "Winter Season Art Show and Sale",The Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts,Toronto
• 2000  39th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition  (watercolours)
• 2000  Solo Exhibition "Ocean To Icefields", Watercolours, Richmond Hill
• 2000  "A Brush with History", C.S.P.W.C, 75th Anniversary Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga.
• 2000  "Expressing Watercolour", C.S.P.W.C, Exhibition,Barber Gallery,Guelph,On.
• 2000  "Watercolours", The Hummingbird Centre, The National Ballet Of Canada , Toronto
• 1999  "Canadian Spaces", The North American Centre of Oriental Arts, Toronto
• 1999  "Art Focus", The Galleria B.C.E Place, Toronto
• 1999  "The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, 74rd annual exhibition", Aird Gallery, Toronto
• 1999  38th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition  (watercolours)
• 1998  "The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, 73rd annual exhibition", Aird Gallery, Toronto
• 1998  37th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition  (watercolours)
• 1998  "Reverence Lost?", Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto
• 1997  "McMichael 7th Annual Art Sale, McMicheal Canadian Art Collection" Klienburg Ontario
• 1997  "The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, 72nd annual exhibition", Etobikoke City Hall
• 1997  Solo Exhibition "Watercolours by David McEown", Richmond Hill Heritage Center
• 1997  "Taku Wilderness Art Auction", Vancouver Public Library
• 1997  "Worlds of Light", The Gibson, Toronto
• 1996  Solo Exhibition "Canadian Landscapes in Watercolour", 177 Danforth, Toronto
• 1996  "The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour 71st annual exhibition", Aird Gallery, Toronto
• 1996  "Give Light and Dreams", Epilepsy Ontario Art Auction, Winsor Arms, Toronto
• 1996  "Majestic Mountains", Libby's of Toronto
• 1995  Solo Exhibition "Forest Primeval", Landscapes, Balmy Beach Club, Toronto
• 1995  Solo Exhibition "Rainforest Edge", International Center, Toronto
• 1991  "Art For Preservation", Temagami, Ontario and Quebec, Market Gallery, Toronto)
• 1988  Solo Exhibition "Artists Environment Forum", (A travelling exhibit of watercolours in Metropolitan Toronto Public Libraries)
• 1988  28th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition  (watercolours)
• 1987  26th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition  (watercolours)

Selected Publications
•  Artists Magazine.com, "Painting at the End of the Earth" web Blog, Antarctica, Nov 2006-April 07
•  Watercolour Magic, "26 Best Watermedia Paintings of 2006", Feb 2007
•  "Being In the Zone, Letting the Landscape Paint Itself", Feature article in - International Artist Magazine Oct/November, Issue 51.
•  "International Artist Magazine", April /May 2006 CSPWC award winners
•  "Num-ti-jah Celebrates Water",  Rocky Mountain Outlook, May 22, 2003
•  "Artist wins Second Grant",  The Liberal, 1999
•  "Artist Profile",  Shaw Cable, Video, 1997
•  "The Temagami 49",  (Featuring watercolours of the vanishing old growth pine ecosystems) Borealis Spring, 1991

Selected Collections
• Peel Regional Gallery
• Agnes Etherington Art Centre
• Town of Richmond Hill
• Rogers Cable
• Sunoco
• Bayer Inc
• Eurasian Concepts
• Num-Ti-Jah Lodge

Teaching
•  Royal Ontario Museum, Watercolour, 2002-2007
•  Visual Art, Watercolour and drawing, Town of Richmond Hill, Recreation and Culture, 1999-2007
•  Art Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Oct. 2006
•  White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake Ontario, 2001
•  Jsano School of the Arts, Northern College, Kirkland Lake Summer 2000, 2001, 2003
•  Toronto Watercolour Society, Presentation and Demonstrations, October 2000, May 2001, Feb. 2003, Jan2006
•  Society of Canadian Artists, Presentation, Spring 2001
•  Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Presentation, Spring 2001
•  Scarbourough Arts Guild, Presentation and Demonstration, Spring 2000-2001
•  Algoma School of Landscape Arts, Landscape painting and wilderness guide, 1990-1995

Selected Lecture and Slide Presentations
• Mountain Equipment Co Op
• Indigo Books
• Cyclepath
• York Central Library
• Royal Ontario Museum (education room)
• Neilson Park Creative Centre



David McEown
414 Becker Rd Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4C-2S4
ph/fax(905)884-8720
David@artistjourneys.com
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