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Bill Colley

Oil

Artistic Training

Formal Education in Fine Art

Bill has a degree in Fine Art from the University of Guelph and an Honour Specialist in Fine Art from York

University. Bill has been a practicing artist for over forty years, but has been able to pursue his dream full

time for the past eight years after a rich career in education.

Mentorship and Teaching in Fine Art

Bill has been teaching Art classes and lecturing across the region since 1990. Bill teaches several classes a

year at the prestigious Southampton Art School and to several artist cooperatives in the region. Not only

does he teach, but has continued his passion to learn through active mentorships from well established

artists in Ontario. Bill takes classes in technical areas of painting from artists throughout Canada and the

U.S.A.

Administrative Training

Extensive training and experience in budgeting, asset allocation, staffing and conflict resolution as an

administrator with the Bluewater District School Board 2003-2017. These skills are invaluable in managing

grant allocations and budgeting for exhibitions and the required documentation.

My work mainly revolves around the landscape. I am attracted to images where the beauty and influence of nature is enduring and powerful. I use colour and expression as my way of capturing what I experience. I enjoy each brushstroke of pure colour as they work together to create my paintings. I am entranced in the surface of each painting, creating textured layers which drive the image as the viewer gets closer to the piece.

Southampton Arts would like to acknowledge the Traditional Territory of the Anishinabek Nation:

The People of the Three Fires known as Ojibway, Odawa, and Pottawatomie Nations, and the Métis Nation.

We further give thanks to the Chippewas of Saugeen, and the Chippewas of Nawash, now known as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, as the Traditional Keepers of this Land.

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