Ron Bolt
Ron Bolt (RCA) was born in Toronto in 1938. His career spans close to fifty years. As a painter, he has held over seventy one solo exhibitions in Public and Commercial galleries in Canada and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the United States, Mexico, England, Japan and China. Commissions include two Government murals, three books and numerous corporate and private installations. His paintings, prints and limited edition books are in the collections of museums, public galleries and major libraries in Canada and abroad. Bolt has continued the powerful tradition of landscape painting in Canada although with a slight shift in focus. For Bolt, it is the coastal and river waterways that fascinate him – a wilderness that he describes as “sacred”. He sees the wild places as a living record, a perceptible memory of our cultural heritage and a defining characteristic of our nation. In the early years, the artist was profoundly influenced by abstraction and adopted a minimal approach to his subject matter. Gradually, with a return to oil, a subtle change occurred leading to very complex compositions, richer colour and expressive brush work. Two remote residencies in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and in the Mohave Desert helped to promote this change. In 2003, a Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society sponsored an expedition down the Snake River in the Yukon. For fourteen days, this arduous and dangerous voyage challenged the artist physically, emotionally and intellectually. The ultimate effect of this experience on his painting has been to reinforce Bolt as a “northerner” and a “romantic” following but reinventing a Canadian tradition.
Available Artwork
Lakeside #2
- Oil on Canvas
- 10.25 x 32.5 in
- 2023
- CAD $9000.00
Lakeside #1
- Oil on Canvas
- 18.5 x 32.5 in
- 2023
- CAD $10500.00
High Noon on the Bay
- Oil on Canvas
- 24.75 x 29.75 in
- 2023
- CAD $11000.00
Surfscape Atlantic North #1
- Oil on Board
- 24 x 48 in
- 2023
- CAD $16000.00
Surfscape Atlantic North #2
- Oil on Board
- 30 x 40 in
- 2023
- CAD $15000.00
Nameless Hours, August
- Oil on Board
- 36 x 36 in
- 2023
- CAD $16000.00
Night Surf Nova Scotia
- Oil on Canvas
- 30 x 36 in
- 2023
- CAD $14500.00
A Darkness at Noon, North Atlantic
- Oil on Canvas
- 40 x 39 in
- 2023
- CAD $17500.00
Moonrise, North Atlantic
- Oil on Canvas
- 34 x 50 in
- 2023
- CAD $18000.00
High, Bright and Clear
- Oil on Panel
- 19.5 x 29 in
- 2023
- CAD $8500.00
June Melt
- Oil on Board
- 20 x 20 in
- 2023
- CAD $7000.00
Emerald Lake #2
- Oil on Board
- 28 x 22 in
- 2023
- CAD $8500.00
#17
- Oil on Panel
- 36 x 30 in
- 2023
- CAD $13000.00
Spring’s Edge
- Oil on Canvas
- 24 x 20 in
- 2022
- CAD $8000.00
Winter’s End
- Oil on Canvas
- 24 x 20 in
- 2022
- CAD $8000.00
Emerald Lake #1
- Oil on Canvas
- 30 x 24 in
- 2022
- CAD $12000.00
Spring Melt
- Oil on Canvas
- 36 x 36 in
- 2022
- CAD $15000.00
Solitary Silence
- Oil on Canvas
- 24 x 48 in
- 2022
- CAD $16000.00
Sun Mist
- Oil on Canvas
- 30 x 40 in
- 2022
- CAD $15000.00
Evening, Lake Louise
- Oil on Canvas
- 36 x 36 in
- 2022
- CAD $15000.00
Moonrise
- Oil on Canvas
- 30 x 40 in
- 2022
- CAD $14000.00
The Sunwapta Valley
- Oil on Canvas
- 40 x 40 in
- 2022
- CAD $17500.00
Summit #2 Columbia Ice Fields
- Oil on Canvas
- 30 x 60 in
- 2022
- CAD $20000.00
Bow Falls
- Oil on Canvas
- 36 x 48 in
- 2022
- CAD $18000.00
Summit #3 Columbia Ice Fields
- Oil on Canvas
- 40 x 40 in
- 2022
- CAD $17500.00
Storm Clearing
- Oil on Canvas
- 40 x 40 in
- 2022
- CAD $17500.00
Summit #1 Columbia Ice Fields
- Oil on Canvas
- 36 x 48 in
- 2022
- CAD $18000.00
Morning, Lake Louise
- Oil on Canvas
- 40 x 60 in
- 2022
- CAD $21000.00
A Naples Nocturne
- Oil on Panel
- 60 x 60 in
- 2020
- CAD $27000.00
High Noon, Yukon Territory
- Oil on Canvas
- 48 x 84 in
- 2022
- CAD $30000.00
Rocksalt
- Oil on Panel
- 24 x 24 in
- 2021
- CAD $8500.00
Morning, Long Beach Vancouver Island
- Oil on Panel
- 30 x 60 in
- 2021
- CAD $20000.00
Night Music 11, The Goldberg Variations (J. S. Bach)
- Oil on Panel
- 26.5 x 31.75 in
- 2021
- CAD $10000.00
Sparkle on the Bay
- Oil on Canvas
- 30 x 60 in
- 2020
- CAD $20000.00
Yukon Glitter
- Oil on Canvas
- 45 x 44 in
- 2020
- CAD $20000.00
Primal Glitter
- Oil on Board
- 36 x 48 in
- 2020
- CAD $19000.00
A Matter of Time, Georgian Bay
- Oil on Board
- 48 x 48 in
- 2020
- CAD $21000.00
Full Moon Surfer
- Oil on Canvas
- 24 x 48 in
- 2019
- CAD $16000.00
Memories of August Ice on the Beaufort
- Oil on Board
- 42 x 42 in
- 2019
- CAD $19500.00
Cauldron's Edge Atlantic
- Oil on Canvas
- 60 x 60 in
- 2019
- CAD $27000.00
Salt Lace
- Oil on Canvas
- 24 x 24 in
- 2017
- CAD $8500.00
Exceptional Sales
Morning on the Rim
- Oil on Board
- 36 x 48 in
- 2019
- Sold
Cuckold's Cove, Quidi Vidi, NL
- Oil on Board
- 48 x 48 in
- 2019
- Sold
Dazzledance Atlantic
- Oil on Board
- 36 x 48 in
- 2019
- Sold
February Closeup
- Oil on Board
- 24 x 30 in
- 2019
- Sold
Pacific Rim Still Life
- Oil on Board
- 24 x 24 in
- 2019
- Sold
A History of Violence, Part 2
- Oil on Canvas
- 44 x 63 in
- 2007
- Sold
Surf Dazzle
- Oil on Canvas
- 48 x 84 in
- 2022
- Sold
6.30 Pacific Time
- Oil on Canvas
- 46 x 42 in
- 2021
- Sold
A Brightness at Dusk
- Oil on Canvas
- 38 x 44 in
- 2013
- Sold