Barrie Chadwick, Artist
Barrie Chadwick, Artist

Barrie Chadwick, Artist

 

I am happy to introduce myself and my artwork.

I was born in Queensland, Australia in 1937 and studied architecture as a young man in Brisbane.

In 1965, I emigrated to Canada and practiced as an architect, working in Vancouver until 2022, when at the age of 85 I retired.

I had been wondering what to do with all the spare time generated by retirement and so I turned my attention to my artwork.

In 2013, while still practicing architecture, I set up my first website to show my artwork. Now, ten years later, I present my revised website showing my continuing art work, and I am hoping you will enjoy viewing the new work.

I invite your comments and questions and your interest.

 

Barrie Chadwick

 

Artist Statement

 

As a young man of eighteen, the one thing I wanted in life, was, to be an artist. My father persuaded me not to pursue a career in art, and convinced me instead, to become an architect, with the advice — "You can do your art in your spare time". As any one older than thirty would know, when you are married with a career, and children, a mortgage, etc., there is no such thing as "spare time". Finally, I traded my T-square for a 1" square soft water colour brush and have been painting ever since. Nothing in the world makes me happier, than to take my sketch book, my pencils and pens, my folding stool, and to climb up (or part way up) a mountain, and then to make my teenage dream of becoming an artist come true. (Oh, and I take an apple and a bottle of water too.)

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