Oil paints had been invented by Jan Van Eyck. There are many kinds of painting media that can be utilized in oil paintings that can enhance the overall appeal of the paintings. Rob Elphinstone is one of the modern-day exponents of oil painting. He presently resides in Canada's west coast region.
Rob Elphinstone grew up in Calgary, Canada and did lot of traveling in his young age. Initially he worked in space physics for many years. Rob Elphinstone has written more than 50 publications on the northern lights and has given lectures on this topic in various places. The main attraction of his art is reflected in his textured wild flowing landscapes.
Rob Elphinstone firmly believes that “the beauty of a place is hardly ever replicated in a photo or a video”. He thinks that “good art” should reflect what is left unseen and not that which is apparent or visible to the naked eye. This genre of art is called Actualism Art and it is different from Expressionism. This kind of art tries to capture the sense impressions in a work of art. Rob Elphinstone however, tries to capture the essence of the visible in a very elemental manner in all his paintings.
Rob Elphinstone has participated in many solo and group exhibitions at different galleries of various places. He has done oil paintings in a few series named Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Mainland, Fauna/Flora, Gardens and Abstract/Drawings . Some of the well-known works of Rob Elphinstone from these few series include Crocuses in my Garden, Sunflowers, Together, Butchart Tulips, Bowing to the Weather, View from Hornby Island, Cape Scott, East Vancouver Island, Nootka, Inland, Harrison Hot Springs, Winter at Horseshoe Bay, Whistler, Flight, Sky Patterns, Traveling and On a Straight Path to Perfection among many others. Rob Elphinstone also works on commission.
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