Artist Rhys Douglas Farrell
Title The Aura of Incandescence
Media acrylic and aerosol on wood panel
Dated
2024
Size 47.5 x 47.5 in. / 120.6 x 120.6 cm.
Sold $2,300
Estimate $2,250 - $4,500
Notes
signed and dated verso; unframed
Provenance
generously donated by the artist; proceeds will be donated to the Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by artists Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe where visitors can visit an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of environment. For more information or to donate directly, visit koartscentre.org
Biographical Information
Rhys Douglas Farrell ~ [21st century] Canadian
Rhys Douglas Farrell is an artist living and working in Calgary, Alberta. In 2016, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Alberta College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts). Farrell is the recipient of a painting scholarship from AUArts where he was also the Representative for the Painting Department and the Director of the Student Gallery, Quoin Gallery. He was signed on with the Herringer Kiss Gallery while still a student and his first solo show was named by Canadian Art Magazine as a 'Must See'.
Farrell was then featured in a seven-page spread in Branded Magazine in the summer of 2016. Farrell has completed a number of public art projects with the Telus Spark Science Center, Beltline Urban Mural Project (BUMP), the City of Calgary and a number of private commissions. His work has been aggressively collected by private and corporate collections alike and he recently completed three international residencies with Pinea & Linea De Costa A.I.R program in Spain, Graniti Murales in Sicily and the TARP Program in Kuala Lumpur with Taksu Gallery. Farrell is also the recipient of the 2019 Alumni Horizon Award from AUArts.
Farrell’s paintings create optical images and illusions through the use of colour and shape. His work pays particular attention to colour theory and how line and shape affect visual perception and optical illusion. A hard-edge painter, Rhys Douglas Farrell pairs elements of graffiti and street painting with the genre of minimal op-art.
see artist's website at rhysdouglasfarrell.com; represented by Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary