Jim Visser: The Never-Ending Story

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JIm Visser, "Mid Summer Mellow," 2022

oil on canvas, 30" x 48"

The Opening is on Saturday, May 14, Jim will be in attendance from 1 - 4 pm.

Artist Statement

The movement of changes in the vista of our prairie spaces is a never-ending story. The open spaces of land and sky are ours to contemplate and enjoy. 

My paintings are perceptions of light and space, of time and place. I am drawn to the unencumbered regions of the familiar - the sky as it meets the horizon and the canopy dance over the firmament. 

My interpretation of the prairies is the never-ending story of moods suggested by the entrance of the sky’s light and drama. 

My language of expression is the brush to canvas. My visual voice is a desire to celebrate these moments.

Biography

Jim Visser was born in Holland. He with his family, with post second war immigration to Canada, settled into farming near Edmonton. In 1999 Jim retired from operating a seed potato farm and became a full-time painter. From 1975 through the early 1990s, he studied drawing, printmaking and both watercolour and oil painting at The University of Alberta, Fine Arts, Extension. He attended an artist residency at Emma Lake in 2002. He is a member of The Alberta Society of Artists, Visual Arts Alberta – CARFAC, as well as The Canadian Artists Representation Of Canada. He is represented in corporate and public collections, and has been featured in solo shows in Edmonton, Red Deer, St. Albert and Stony Plain.