Ancient Landscape 26
Ancient Landscape 113
Ancient Landscape 49
Ancient Landscape 95
Red Horizon
Pendant
Biface
Site
Firecracked
String Weave
Don Pentz
RCA
Born: Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, 1940
Price range: $700-15,500
My new body of abstracted paintings titled “Ancient Landscape” represents a shift from the more archeological themes of previous work. I have changed my focus from that of underground strata and deteriorating object forms to that of an overview of the land itself.
As the title for the new series suggests, the images depict landscapes that have been shaped by millennia of upheaval and weathering from the elements. In some paintings, there’s the suggestion of human structures now fallen into decay. How old or ancient might they be- and where have these civilizations gone?
These acrylic paintings are highly textured. Much of the development of the image relies on the process of applying and then removing paint. Some of these colours remain in the crevices of the texture to help define the shapes that emerge, and create the features of the land and its hint of human habitation.
Born: Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, 1940
EDUCATION
1966 BFA, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
1979 MFA, University of Regina, SK
1979 Summer at Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, AB
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Don Pentz Retrospective, NS Archives Building, Halifax, NS
2013 Black and Blue (with Wayne Boucher), ARTsPLACE Annapolis Royal, NS
2001 Trinity Galleries, St. John, N.B.
2000 Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont, U.S.A.
2000 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, N.S.
2000 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1999 Kejimkujik National Park, N.S.
1998 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1995 Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, N.S.
1991 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1989 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1989 La Galerie Continentale, Montreal, QC.
1987 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1986 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, N.S.
1986 DesBrisay Museum, Bridgewater, N.S.
1986 Atlantic Salmon Federation, Montreal, QC.
1985 Gallery 1667, Halifax, N.S.
1984 Gallery 1667, Halifax, N.S.
1981 Dresden Galleries, Halifax,N.S.
1980 Dresden Galleries, Halifax, N.S.
1980 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg, N.S.
1979 Norman Mac Kenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask.
1979 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 Trinity Galleries, St.John, N.B.
1999 Trinity Galleries, St. John, N.B.
1999 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1998 Visual Arts Nova Scotia, DesBriay Museum, Bridgewater, N.S.
1996 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S. “Far and Wide”, Visual Arts, Nova Scotia
Gallery ‘78, Fredericton, N.B.
American Museum of Fly Fishing, Vermont
1990 Osaka Triennial ‘90, Osaka, Japan
1990 Atlantic Waterfowl Festival, Sackville, N.B.
1990 Miramichi Salmon Museum, N.B.
1989 Studio 21, Halifax, N.S.
1989 “Atque Ars”, Sackville, N.B.
1988 Studio 21, Halifax,N.S.
1988 Bowater’s “Wild Life Exhibition”, Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
1988 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Fish Exhib”, Lunenburg, N.S.
1987 Windsor Wi l d l i fe Exhibition, N.S.
1986 Conclave ‘86, N.B.
1986 Visual Arts Nova Scotia, “10 Years”, N.S.
1985 “The Art of Interpretation”, ParksCanada, Halifax, N.S.
1984 Fraser Cultural Centre, N.S.
1984 R.C.A. ‘84, Holland College, P. E . I .
1984 “Ars Scara”, Halifax, N.S.
1984 University of Regina,“Anniversary Show”, Regina, Sask.
1982 Lunenburg Art Gallery, Lunenburg,N.S
1982 Dresden Galleries, Halifax, N.S.
1980 Nova Scotia Art Bank, N.S.
1980 University of Moncton, N.B.
1980 “Emerging Canadian Artists”, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1980 Shell Canada, “Atlantic Artists”, Calgary, Alberta
1980 Pascal Gallery, Toronto, ON.
1979 Rosemont Gallery, Regina, Sask.
1979 Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, (Young Artists of the Prairies)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
1967 Maritime Art Assoc. Centennial Award for Best Painting
1972 Maritime Art Assoc. Purchase Award for Best Painting
1975 Professional Artists Award (NS Gov.) study in Europe
1976 Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA)
1978 Arts Award: Saskatchewan Arts Board
1978 Nova Scotia Talent Trust
1979 Twining Scholarships: Banff School of Fine Art
1980 Canada Council Grant
1982 Parks Canada Commission
1985 “Wings upon the Wind” Commission: Bradford Exchange
2000 Canada Council Travel Grant
2002 Nova Scotia Arts Council “Creation” Grant
Elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor
Woolfit Award: “Open Water” Exhibit
COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Shell Canada
St. Mary’s University
Mount St. Vincent University
Mount Allison University
Sun Life of Canada
Teleglobe Canada
Bowater Mersey Pulp & Paper
Fraser Co. Pulp & Paper
Coopers & Lybrand
Maritime Tel & Tel
Maritime Broadcasting Corp
American Museum of Fly Fishing
Osaka Foundation of Culture
Nova Scotia Art Bank
Imperial (ESSO) Oil
Husky Oil
Confederation Center Art Gallery, PEI
St. Francis Xavier University
University of Regina
Trans-Maritime Quebec Pipline
Royal Bank of Canada
Parks Canada
NS Dept. of Natural Resources
The Great Eastern Corporation, Ltd.
Acadia University
Irving Ltd.
Cd. Soc. Of Painters in Watercolor
Lt. Gov. of N.S. Province House