Art

Rod Charlesworth
Biography
"Autumn Hillside - Okanagan"
Oil on canvas - 16 x 12 Inches 
"Algonquin Colours"
Acrylic on Canvas - 11 x 14 Inches 
"Early Snow, Quebec"
Oil on canvas - 14 x 18 Inches 
"Rocky Outcrop"
Oil on canvas - 12 x 24 Inches 
"Alpine Lights"
Oil on canvas - 14 x 11 Inches 
"Late September - Jasper"
Acrylic on board - 18 x 24 Inches 
"September, Peggy's Cove"
Oil on canvas - 24 x 30 Inches 
"Naramata - Autumn Colours"
Acrylic on Canvas - 18 x 20 Inches 
"Rosy Cheeks"
Oil on canvas - 40 x 20 Inches 
"All the Way Home"
Oil on board - 12 x 16 Inches 
"Near Golden, BC"
Oil on board - 12 x 16 Inches 

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Born in northern B.C., Rod moved to the Okanagan at a young age. The surrealists influenced his earliest paintings. He then discovered the works of the impressionist's school which has taken him to his current artistic interests which include a keen interest in experimenting with colour and the physical qualities of paint. Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven have also had a profound influence on his work.

"Painting becomes tedious when the ultimate goal of the painter is to recreate the external work. I have always felt that the painting exists only within its own borders. This allows the curious mind of the artist to say -What if I did this?"

Rod's work is now collected worldwide and he is committed to painting images that have a strong Canadian cultural influence. Whether this is expressed through his bold landscapes or his more recent whimsical images of children at play.