Lot 36

Steve Driscoll creates vibrant depictions of the Canadian wilderness, expanding on the revered national tradition of landscape painting. He translates his encounters into paintings with a unique process of mixing oil pigments with an industrial material, urethane. He applies the liquid medium to panels laid on the floor and works quickly, ‘wet on wet’, with custom brushes to create intuitive compositions of vistas, forest canopies, and lakes that are inspired by his own experiences of hiking and camping.

His signature approach creates a fluidity that captures and heightens the emotional experience of being in the Canadian landscape. Driscoll’s background in abstract colour field painting provides an understanding and adeptness in balancing realistic colours and those more reflective of an emotional response to his environment. His immersive installations and exhibitions in galleries, museums and public spaces over the last decade demonstrate Driscoll’s ingenuity as well as his ability to work on an expansive and mesmerizing scale.