Athabaska River

''My work deals with landscape as a vessel that poses visual questions and suggests narrative. This new work is process driven. There is minimal preliminary planning involved. The process maps place through constructing layered passages of mark-making and imaging, revealing and concealing, of tagging objects and unveiling dialogues. The works are more about exploring the ‘scene’ rather than recreating ‘what’s seen’. The intention is to create immersive environments that promote discussion with the viewer." A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Rod Prouse exhibits mainly in painting, printmaking, photo-based and video art. His professional career has so far seen 40 solo exhibitions, and as many group exhibitions across Canada, the U.S.A., England and Germany. Solo exhibitions have included such public institutions as the McMichael Canadian Collection. Over the years, he has received numerous teaching and project grants, as well as awards of recognition for photography and design and culture. His work is included in private collections in Europe, Asia and North America.
Recently he was awarded an ‘Established Visual Artist Creative Grant’ from the OAC and was also awarded the ‘Excellence in Culture’ award from the town of Midland, Ontario. His current paintings reference Canadian landscape in a refreshing contemporary style. Rod lives beside Georgian Bay inspired by its wind, rocks and water.