Sleeper Hold (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
James Gordaneer Art
Canadian, 1933-2016
James Gordaneer painted in oils, acrylics, and watercolours from the 1950s until his death on March 9, 2016. One of Vancouver Island’s most prolific painters and a prominent art instructor to hundreds in Victoria, B.C., Gordaneer has a huge following of former students and collectors. Born in Toronto in 1933, Gordaneer was the youngest son in a working-class family. He quit high school after Grade 8 to work at the local grocery store alongside his older brothers, Harry and John Gordaneer. While he’d always doodled on anything he could, from playground dust to a pad of paper on the family table, Gordaneer's parents were shocked when at age 19, he decided to take his talent for painting and drawing to art school — something that was a world away from their East-End Toronto experience. Gordaneer found himself at the Doon Summer School of Fine Arts at the historic Homer Watson house in Doon, Ontario. It was a prestigious art school, staffed by members of the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. Gordaneer almost left the same day he arrived, feeling the weight of impostor syndrome. Who was he to be part of such an elite group? But when he went for a walk and crossed over a bridge near the school, he was struck by the beauty of the river water running under it. Back at the residence, he was welcomed by the other art students, and never looked back. Learning from renowned artists like the Group of Seven’s Frederick Varley and J.E.H Macdonald, and recognized for his talent, he became an instructor at Doon the following year, teaching alongside renowned artists like Carl Schaefer, Yvonne Housser, Dorothy Stevens, and Jack Bechtel. Over six decades, Gordaneer was involved with many artist societies and groups, including the Canadian Group of Painters, the Chapman Group of Artists, the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour.to
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By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Bow Spirit
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
40" x 40" Unframed Original Acrylic on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
James GordaneerGolden, 2010-
$12,800
Golden
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
30" x 40" Unframed Acrylic on board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Meares and Cook, Victoria
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
18" x 24" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
36" x 24" Unframed Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Oregon Eastern (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Team Bout (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Sarah (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Acrylic on Panel Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Acrylic
Engine, Orangeville
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
16" x 20" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by James Gordaneer 2012
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening Run
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
16" x 20" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Last Run
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
16" x 20" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
David's Decision
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 24" Unframed Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer 2011
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil, Board
After Sauna
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
42" x 36" Unframed Original Acrylic on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Sunning (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Panel Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Saturday Morning (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Yolanda (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Off the Ropes (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Two in a Mirror (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Oil
Turbulence (Original)
By James Gordaneer
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Acrylic on Board Hand Singed by James Grodaneer
Category
2010s Abstract James Gordaneer Art
Materials
Acrylic
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