An MFA graduate of Concordia University and former Calgarian, Kevin
Sonmor has been living and working in Montreal for the past twelve years.
He was born in Lacombe, Alberta in 1959. Sonmor reuses the artistic
vocabulary reminiscent of Dutch 17th Still Life (Jan Steen’s perishable flowers
and grapes), the Romantic German landscapes from the 19th century (atmospheric,
dense, moody, heroic), and the strong chiaroscuro ever present in works by
Caravaggio and early Rubens.
Almost in defiance of logic his seemingly contradictory applications of paint
coalesce into convincing formal elements: earthy terrain, rocks, vegetation
and bodies of water.
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| False Daylight Series: 2 Oil on Canvas 54”x54” 2002 |