I’m interested in making the familiar strange, and showing the darkness in beauty and the beauty in darkness. Utopia and dystopia co-exist in palm trees blown by hurricane winds. Oil on aluminum

Neil McClelland

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Neil McClelland is a Canadian painter whose work focuses on human relationships to nature and the cosmos. Originally from Quebec, Neil lives and works in British Columbia where he received his MFA from the University of Victoria in 2014. He is a 2016 and 2020 grantee of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. His solo exhibitions include Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, AB; Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC; Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON; Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC; Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC; Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC. Neil’s paintings are in collections including the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Colart Collection. He teaches fine arts at The University of Victoria, Thompson Rivers University, and The Vancouver Island School of Art.