User talk:Errol Mitris

INTERNATIONAL CANADIAN QUEBEC ARTIST --- LAIMON A. MITRIS (1920 – 2009) A native of Riga, Latvia where he studied art and architecture, the artist immigrated to Canada in 1948 to settle down in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec to work as  an art director at the local television station and pursue his passion for painting

The artist has exhibited locally and at galleries in Toronto & Montreal through individual and group showings. His many works from the past 40 years are in many private and corporate collections around the world -Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Greece, Lebanon, Portugal, and extensively across Canada and the United States. Works are represented in numerous art publications.

His style is truly unique and highly specialized – complex detailed wood pieces are superimposed on masonite to create sculptural montage, a futuristic     relief in vivid-hued acrylic.

The artist favored working in acrylics for their range of color and their ability to act as a bonding agent allowing the introduction of other materials into his works. He enhanced his masterpieces in varying degrees with natural elements like sand, stone, natural grains, driftwood, as well as the occasional electronic component to create masterpieces that are built up and layered to sometimes four or five inches deep without the use of any glue or nails. The artist was greatly influenced by technology, science fiction and the “greater forces of influence on our lives from the past, the present, and the future”.

As a futuristic artist with a geometric tendencies, he was highly influenced by subjects concerning the cosmos and developed abstract themes resembling a type of petrified reality. The concept of "The circle of life" is evident in many of his works.

The artist had a preference for spectacular, futuristic abstracts, however occasionally the artist indulges in realistic northern Canadian Quebec landscapes to present natures forms, vivid colors, perfumes, and moods.

His artwork has sold for up to $10,000