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Ian Varney completed his Advanced Diploma of Fine Art at LaTrobe Street College of Art and New Media in Melbourne, Australia in 2004. Prior to this he was a Toronto based Family Physician for 23 years. Varney is a citizen of both Australia and Canada. Locations near water have always attracted Ian. His lakefront home and Studio on Soyers Lake, in the Haliburton Highlands, provides an abundance of inspiration. The ocean, and coastline views also feature prominently in his paintings, and recall his years living in Australia. His art frequently abstracts these various shoreline views. In the current body of work Ian seeks to represent the landscape by employing a variety of techniques and surfaces (canvas, birch panels and Claybord). The use of line, in various forms, is an integral part of the work. Squiggles, straight line, dragged paint are all employed to represent the landscape which he loves so much.