Despite his surname, Luke Painter is an artist with many talents. This multi-disciplinary artist graduated from printmaking at OCAD in 2001, attended the Lacoste School of Arts in France in 2002 and finished his MFA in print media from Concordia University in 2005. Now his work consists mainly of drawing, but he also does painting, digital animation, sculptural and installation pieces.
Painter's current work is a series of ink drawn shacks which are inspired by the camp horror genre of the 60's, such at the Munsters and The Addam's Family. He loves the creepiness and sense of mystery of old Victorian homes with lots of gingerbreading and architectural details. The influence of his printmaking background really comes through as his work is based a lot on pattern and repetition paired with the history of ornamentation. The accumulation of each of his strokes pulls together amazing details in each of his pieces.
Over the next few months, his studio space is also doubling as a wood workshop, as he is recreating an old Victorian house which stood next to his father's old home in Madoc Ontario. Painter recalls the creepiness of the house from his childhood and is looking forward to building the 1/5th scale model in collaboration with his father.
Aside from art creation, Painter also teaches at OCAD, The Toronto School of Art and at York University in the new year. Painter is represented in Toronto at Angell Gallery and at the Bonneau-Samames Art Contemporain in Marseille France.
Painter's current work is a series of ink drawn shacks which are inspired by the camp horror genre of the 60's, such at the Munsters and The Addam's Family. He loves the creepiness and sense of mystery of old Victorian homes with lots of gingerbreading and architectural details. The influence of his printmaking background really comes through as his work is based a lot on pattern and repetition paired with the history of ornamentation. The accumulation of each of his strokes pulls together amazing details in each of his pieces.
Over the next few months, his studio space is also doubling as a wood workshop, as he is recreating an old Victorian house which stood next to his father's old home in Madoc Ontario. Painter recalls the creepiness of the house from his childhood and is looking forward to building the 1/5th scale model in collaboration with his father.
Aside from art creation, Painter also teaches at OCAD, The Toronto School of Art and at York University in the new year. Painter is represented in Toronto at Angell Gallery and at the Bonneau-Samames Art Contemporain in Marseille France.
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i like that he works (with the paper attached) right tpo the wall, so simple. In context for exhibition display... it's cool working that large too. I like
your work is excellent
Greetings... Planning on being in Toronto this Friday (possibly Saturday as well) and would like a chance to get to visit your gallery and get a chance to meet. I know very little about Toronto or other art studios/venues within and would appreciate making some contacts...Will be in for an art delivery only for a day or so. Thanks for your consideration
Regards, E
Love the fourth image of the girl, and the last of the house. Amazine!
greetings from australia... your work is amazing! the amount of detail is impressive. when i visit toronto i would love to see one of your exhibitions!
I like a variety of "painters", and even though I just happened upon Painter's work, I am really liking it. I love the seeming simplicity of the black and white drawings, made complex by the attention to detail and spacing on the canvas. Very interesting.