Verne Busby

Painter

Verne Busby has lived and worked most of his life in Edmonton, Alberta He received his BA in 1972 and his Secondary Education Teaching Certificate in 1974 from the University of Manitoba. In 1975, he received his permanent British Columbia Secondary Teaching Certificate. Returning to Edmonton he furthered his design experience with studies at Grant MacEwan Collage Design Arts(1977) and at the University of Alberta.

In 1981, after several years of agency experience in Edmonton, Verne Busby joined Bella Totino in Totino Busby Design Inc., an independent design and illustration studio. Art and Design talent has attracted a wide range of projects and clientele.

Verne has taught as a part time staff at the University of Alberta Faculty of Art and Design, Visual communications. Verne also moderates life drawing sessions biweekly at the Edmonton Wecan Society, Harcout House Annex.

ARTIST STATEMENT

For years I accepted landscape as having a perscrbed look. I live in a country with a strong landscape genre. But I refuse to trade totally in the currency of this established style.

A few years ago imaps.google.com gave us a radical new view of our familiar space. Similarly the look of my paintings pushed to flatten the planes and create shape associations.Reinventing the thought of landscape has changed the content of my works, forcing a reexamination of spatial relationships. The painting growth is dependent upon the tension suggested by these landforms.

Painting for me is like magic, what you see is not what you see at first take.The closer you get to the surface the more the picture fades away and the more the artwork is about paint and texture. Within the marks you can re engage with your subject, recreate a snapshot in time, make a historical observation or record the glimpse of a current dream.

The artwork of Verne Busby is represented by Rowles & Company Ltd., Alberta's Corporate Gift and Art Gallery in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta Canada.