Tom Grainger

A Northern Ontario visual artist and poet, my work explores the ever changing phenomenon of human relationships. Digital imagery, photography and sculpture provide the visual medium to explore our familial, spiritual and environmental experience in terms of there impact on contemporary life.

My fascination with creating the illusion of reality with pencil and paper began as a boy. I studied colour, design, typography, serigraphy, life drawing, painting (water colour & acrylic) and photography while taking Graphic Design in college. In university, colour, design, life drawing, 3dimensional work, and painting (water colour & oil) were the focus of my studies.

But the discovery of the computer as a medium for creative expression has thus far provided me the greatest degree of artistic satisfaction – since then digital art has become the focus of my 2-dimensional work.

I also look to nature when sculpting – not only for inspiration but also as a medium. Much of my 3 dimensional works are done in wood, a natural consequence of my many years as a woodworker/cabinetmaker.