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about the artist
Keith Stelling has been painting since the age of 13 when he attended the Southampton Summer School of Fine Art. At 15 he held his first one-man show in a Hamilton public library.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he is a graduate of McMaster University with a master’s degree in English literature and a thesis on T.S. Eliot. As a student, his interest in painting led him to take a year visiting all the major European galleries and museums studying the great masterpieces of Western art. And during graduate school, he spent another year in the Middle East and India.
Photo: Skinners Bluff
For 10 years he lived in London England painting and drawing and studying the collections in the Victoria and Albert, the Tate, and the National Gallery. During this period his painting was influenced by the work of Max Ernst and Wols. While in London he produced a considerable collection of abstract drawings in sepia and India ink, some of which are now in private collections in the U.K.
Photo: Rupert
He is also a graduate of the School of Phytotherapy (Herbal Medicine) in England. For 13 years he practised as a medical herbalist in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Many of his detailed botanical drawings from this period were published in the Canadian Journal of Herbalism, the magazine he founded and edited for 12 years. The drawing below is made up entirely of dots.
‘Angelica archangelica’ (1996) Pen and ink on paper 8 x 10
Keith has taught art to children as an Ontario Arts Council artist in the schools for the North York Board of Education and also at the Royal Ontario Museum. He has also taught drawing and marionette making at the Southampton Art School. In 1999, he moved to Bruce County to concentrate full time on painting. He is an enthusiastic cyclist, organic gardener, and teaches Tai Chi.
His paintings are in public and private collections in the United Kingdom, France and Canada.
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