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Artist Statement:
My nature photography reflects
a personal vision of the
spirituality of the land.
Photographing nature primarily
in British Columbia is a way
of life that translates the
passion for this land into a
shared experience of imagery
through the medium of the fine
print. The challenge when
finding an image ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Bel Art Gallery - current
until November 30th - Suite
100 - 602 West Hastings Street
at Seymour in downtown
Vancouver. Hours are 9am to 5
pm from Monday thru Friday. 18
black and white prints - most
are silver gelatin.
Group Shows
Seymour Art Gallery – North
Vancouver – 2006 – A Black &
White World – 8 ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Corporate Collections
Allen Smith and Associates
Ltd.
Canada Wide Publications
Clark, Wilson
Executive Financial Group
Goodwood Property Investments
Inc.
Harper Grey
Royal Columbian Hospital
Jody Michael & Associates
National Bank Financial
Quantum Financial Services
Group Ltd.
River Rock Casino
Suncor Ltd.
United Properties Ltd.
Yorkton Securities Ltd...
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Commissions:
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Michael Easton Biography:
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Age
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61
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
4
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Post Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Water Polo; environmental investigations; film |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Silver Gelatin
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Impressionism - (1865 - 1885)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Claude Monet
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
William Garnett and his aerial photographic abstract landscapes. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Being an artist is just a way of life that has always been with me. I don't think I ever consciously 'became an artist'. I consciously became a marketer so that I could survive as an artist. I became a philospher that finds expression and outlet in my nature photographs. I draw on the inspiration of the land that comingles with my spiritual side. My church is nature. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Biography – Michael Easton, PhD
I remember, as a child, spending many long wonderful summers with my grandmother in the small Kootenay town of Nakusp. In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s there still remained large pockets of virgin interior rain forest in British Columbia. These ancient trees were hundreds of feet tall and measured 6 to 10 feet in diameter at their base. The woodland caribou were abundant. Large stately cottonwoods ringed the Arrow Lakes. The lake rose and fell with the natural rhythm of the seasons. This was my playground and classroom. My natural sense of curiosity was my teacher. My first encounter with a camera was at age 6 – a Kodak Brownie box camera. I used it to photograph my family and pet dogs and stuff at the aquarium. My first serious camera was a Nikon f with a macro lens. I was now able to photographically consider the world of nature. From my time as a cowboy in the high mountain meadows to working as a Park Naturalist in the BC Provincial Parks system to studying birds on an isolated island off the West Coast of British Columbia to my long-time residency in Newfoundland. It was after my Newfoundland experiences that I acquired my Pentax 645 and a variety of lenses so that I could make good quality prints to 16x20. This when I started to use black and white (and Ilford Pan f film) almost exclusively in my work. My basic darkroom skills were learned during my time as a member of the UBC Photographic Society and later refined through further private study. After my return to BC from Newfoundland, I was invited to join the Western Photographic Circle. This was (and still is) a wide ranging group of photographers who embodied many skills in producing fine prints. We would critique each others’ work on a monthly basis and give workshops on particular processes. This peer review and teaching opportunity enabled a high standard of photographic excellence to be maintained. I am also invited thoughout the year to judge at local photography clubs as well as at national photographic competitions. My prints are represented in many private and corporate collections. I have had 14 group shows and 7 solo exhibitions in selected galleries over the past 20 years. My current main outlet for my work is my website.
Internet Gallery Site
http://www.naturphoto.com - since 1995 – over 900 images available
Publications
Newfoundland Calendar for 1980.
Prints used for TV and Film Production Set Décor
Devrye Internet University – 2003 - Commercial - Area 51 Productions
“Scary Movie 3” – 2003 – Major Film Production - 414 Project Limited
“Fishing with John' - 1999 - TV Movie - Lifetime, Television for Women
'The Sixth Day' - 1999 - Major Film Production - Columbia/TriStar Studios
'X Files' (2 episodes) - 1998 - TV Series
'Cupid' - 1998 - TV Movie - Columbia Tristar Television
'Don't Look Down' - 1998 - TV Movie - CBS
'Twilight Zone' (3 episodes) - 1997 - TV Series
Formal Education
BSc 1st Class with Honours – Zoology - University of British Columbia, Canada
PhD – Evolutionary Genetics – University of Liverpool, UK
Postdoctoral Fellow – Primate ecology – University of Bristol, UK
Environmental Research Publications
Easton, M.D.L. 1978. Some evolutionary consequences of the lobster fishery in Newfoundland. CAFSAC WP 78/38.
Easton, M.D.L. and R.K. Misra 1988. The Mathematics of Crustacean Growth. J. Cons. Int.Explor. Mer, 45:61-72.
Easton, M.D.L. and W.L. Harrower 1990. Comparison of First Winter Performance of 20 Strains of Chinook Salmon. Poster Paper Presentation. Aquaculture International Conference 1990.
Easton, M.D.L., G.M. Kruzynski, I.I. Solar, H.M. Dye. 1997. An investigation into the Genetic Toxicity of Pulp Mill Effluent on juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha) using flow cytometry. Water Science and Technology 35:347-356.
Easton, M.D.L. 1998. Assessment of nuclear DNA damage in the red blood cells of various populations of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Kitimat Arm. Presented at 25th Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Quebec City. October 18-21, 1998.
Easton, M.D.L., R.K. Misra and G.M. Kruzynski. 1998. Genotoxic effect of bleached Kraft mill effluent on juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) – Revisited. Poster Presentation at NHEERL Workshop at Cary, NC.
Misra, R.K. and M.D.L. Easton. 1999. On the number of morphometric characters used in fish stock delineation studies employing a Manova analysis. Fisheries Research. 42:191-194
Misra, R.K. and M.D.L. Easton. 1999. A comment on analyzing flow cytometric data for comparison of mean values of the coefficient of variation of the G1 peak. Cytometry. 36:112-116.
M.D.L. Easton, D. Luszniak and E. Von der Geest. 2002. Preliminary examination of contaminant loadings in farmed salmon, wild salmon and commercial salmon feed. Chemosphere. 46:1053-1074.
M.D.L. Easton. 2002. Genotoxicity and PAHs. Platform presentation at the meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Salt Lake City, Utah.
A. Farag, T. May, G.D. Marty, M.D.L. Easton, E.E. Little and L. Cleveland. 2004. The potential for chromium to adversely affect the health of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, Washington, USA. Aquatic Toxicology.
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