{"product_id":"calm-before-the-storm-48x30","title":"Calm Before the Storm 48x30","description":"\u003cp\u003e48\" x 30\" Oil on Canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAn award winning graphic designer with over 40 years in the corporate art world. Once a promising illustrator, he switched to a more practical career in graphic arts. The illustrative talents were left behind, while he obtained professional designations from The Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) and Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (MGDC) in graphic design. He participated on local, national and international judging panels for creative excellence and chaired the Advertising Creative Excellence Awards for 10 years. He is also a juried in member of the Colour and Form Society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe started painting at the age of 18 and continued painting until he got sick from the fumes of the paints and solvents used at the time and was forced to quit at about the age of 24 (1974). He did not pick up brushes again until 2011 when he started working with water colours for the first time. He continued with them until the paint companies came up with a solution to the fumes and about 6 years ago switched over to the newer oils and hasn't \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003elooked back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince than he has sold numerous pieces across the country, as well as prints from his water colour days which have sold both across North America and Europe. People compare his works to those of Tom Thompson and others to Monet, regardless he just hopes people enjoy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoving nature and the natural beauty of our great country Ron’s paintings are a little bit of self indulgence. Creating images, (using his graphics background to create images) that challenge his \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ecreative skills. He just enjoys painting them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe hopes that others simply enjoy them as much as his collectors do.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ron Wilkie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50518156640514,"sku":"1-2256-5343","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0755\/2424\/3714\/files\/File-3361_medium_d81ffc7c-5324-48db-8f0e-fdcff7b74eab.jpg?v=1790109213","url":"https:\/\/artgallburl.myshopify.com\/products\/calm-before-the-storm-48x30","provider":"Art Gallery of Burlington Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}