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Grant Leier
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acrylic, canvas
48 x 48 in. | | | $ 6800 CDN |
|  | | EVENING | GL905
acrylic, canvas
48 x 36 in. | | | $ 6000 CDN |
|  | | TEA | GL904
acrylic, canvas
36 x 48 in. | | | $ 6000 CDN |
|  | | MY TIME | GL902
acrylic, canvas
36 x 36 in. | | | $ 5000 CDN |
|  | | GOOD READ | GL901
acrylic, canvas
36 x 36 in. | | | $ 5000 CDN |
|  | | FISH BOWL | GL900
acrylic, canvas
36 x 36 in. | | | $ 5000 CDN |
| | | | | | | |  | | PEACE | GL810
acrylic, canvas
84 x 24 in. | | Artist Studio | | TYPEface | | $ 7500 CDN |
|  | | HARMONY | GL804
acrylic, canvas
84 x 24 in. | | TYPEface | | $ 7500 CDN |
|  | | JUSTICE | GL802
acrylic, canvas
84 x 24 in. | | TYPEface | | $ 7500 CDN |
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Grant Leier
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Born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan in 1956, Grant Leier studied at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary (1974-78) before honing his skills further at the Illustrator’s Workshop in New York (1978). It was here that Grant became fascinated with pattern
and decoration. A proficient painter, Leier has had numerous solo exhibitions in Canada and California and has been featured in important group exhibitions in public and private galleries. His work is represented in many corporate and private collections
including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Public Archives Canada and Chevron Canada.
Grant feels a need to create intense color, pattern, and a sense of celebration into everything he paints and wants his images to evoke feelings of well
being and goodness.
Grant Leier once compared himself to a crow who sets out to collect the most beautiful and colourful objects it could find. His whimsical and wonderful art works are technically perfect and his sense of design complete. His
love of pattern and his proficiency of hand make him a master at illustration. This, a quick wit, and a quirky sense of humour combine to makes works that both titillate and excite the viewer.
Combining found objects, odd photographs and other
imagery with a symphony of patterns and designs, Leier collages his images and ideas by both painting and drawing them together into a story-like setting. Monkeys or people or even fruit and flowers are intertwined into a world of both fantasy and
reality. He takes his everyday life and creates his playful realms full of beautiful colours and forms both for himself and his viewer.
The combination of design, bold colours and interesting imagery excite the viewer and cause them to react to
the works in a positive and joyful manner. Leier works in bold, bright acrylics with festive and decorative colours often framing the works with patterns of ornamental designs. These works are flamboyant expressions of fabricated realities. These often
sentimental recreations can elicit nostalgia in the viewer and sometimes embellish memories of times gone by.
Leier sets the stage, poses the actors and tells his story and the stage sets are always sublime.
Grant Leier now lives in
British Columbia with his wife, also an artist, and their son.
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Grant Leier
Collections
Esso Resources Canada
Chevron Canada
Alberta Art Foundation
Canadian Pacific Hotels
Delta Hotels
Medicentres Alberta
Texaco Resources Canada
Amoco Canada Resources
Trimac Corporation
Westmin Resources
Canadian Utilities
Nasus Corporation
Air Canada
Athabasca University
Public Archives Canada
City of St. Albert
The Belfry Theatre
Education
Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
Illustrator's Workshop, New York City, NY
Exhibitions
Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Best of the Best, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Robertson Rat, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Wonder of Water, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Year of the Mountain, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Dynamic Duo, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Year of the Great Bear, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Nixie Barton & Grant Leier, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
3 Squared, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Publications
The Romance Continues, Goodie Noisi, Surrey, Touchwood Editions
Artists in their Gardens, Valerie Easton and David Laskin, Seattle, Sasquatch Books
Robertson Rat, illustrated by Grant Leier, authored by Gillian B. Davies, Victoria, Cherubim Books
Heritage House
Galleries West
Victoria Garden Tours
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