Ronald Langley Bloore

Art Brokerage: Ronald Langley Bloore Canadian Artist: b. 1925-2009. Ronald Langley Bloore is a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, muralist and educator who was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. He's lived in St.Louis, Missouri (1953-55); London, England (1956-57); Toronto, Ontario (1957-58); and Regina, Saskatchewan (1958-66). His medium is primarily oil or stovepipe enamel on masonite applied with palette knife; however, there is a large body of important ink drawings done in the 1960's and ink paintings done in the 1980's. He has also worked in gouache, collage and mixed mediums. His sculptures are created from found items especially wooden spoons and are referred to as "Sploores". They depart from his usual subject matter because many of them have eyes or other features that give them a whimsical appearance, and, though quite different, remind the author of some of Picasso's work. Other than the "Sploores" his subjects are pure abstraction, focusing on colour (mostly white), pattern, line and texture. His style is abstract expressionism, geometric abstraction and lyrical abstraction. It is usually recognized by monochromatic shades of white on white with highly textured impasto, patterned surfaces and large simple shapes. They also seem to exude a sort of elegance. Artist Quote: "I am not aware of any intention while painting with the exception of making a preconceived image function formally as a painting." He is a very intellectual artist. Listings wanted.