R Eastland

Artstudio by Ralph Eastland
Ralph Eastland is an internationally recognized artist whose work hangs in collections across Canada and the USA as well as in England, Australia, and Germany. He works in primarily in Acrylics, watercolors and woodcuts to capture the magic of the Pacific Northwest.

watercolors woodcuts 1 woodcuts 2 greeting cards

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Watercolors

Woodcuts

Woodcuts 2

Greeting Cards

Artstudio by RALPH EASTLAND

1027 MacCleave Ave.
Penticton, BC
Canada V2A 3C7
Phone (250) 492-0505
[eastland@telus.net ]
Ralph was born on the west coast of Canada and grew up on Quadra Island, the northernmost Gulf Island. He spent much of his youth messing about in boats and exploring the local waterways, developing an interest in sailing and boatbuilding. Ralph worked in logging camps as a youth and began sketching at this time. A growing interest in art led him to study briefly with Sybil Morgan. Sailing took his attention in 1969 and he signed aboard the tall ship "Monte Christo" where he worked his way up to first mate before leaving the boat in San Francisco to travel briefly in the British Isles. He returned to Canada and enrolled at the Vancouver School of Art where he majored in painting and printmaking. In his third year at VSA he began a project which took most of his attention for the next five years, the construction of the 43 foot wooden hulled schooner "Nevermore". Although he continued to paint during this time, "Nevermore" was his major focus. Truly a "from the ground up" project, he milled the lumber with an Alaska sawmill, forged much of the bronze hardware by hand and made patterns for many other pieces of the hardware. Ralph has found skills developed during the construction of "Nevermore" very useful in the pursuit of his art. After "Nevermore" was launched in 1981, he and his family lived aboard and cruised up and down the coast for seven years. Much of the inspiration for his art came from traveling the coastal waterways of BC and Washington State.
Rather than call himself an artist Ralph often refers to himself as a person who makes things. He makes all kinds of things including furniture, sculpture, hand painted lamps, paintings, woodcuts, greeting cards and watercolours. Basically anything that he finds interesting or necessary. After 50 years of living on or near the ocean and "messing about with boats" Ralph has truly swallowed the anchor and moved to the dry, semi desert climate of the south Okanagan valley.

Influenced in particular by Canadian artist Lauren Harris as well as a host of other artists, and also by the art (especially woodcuts) of Japan and the Orient, Artist / printmaker Ralph Eastland has his own unique style combining both Japanese and western woodcut printing techniques.

Early Morning Reflections © acrylic
20 inch x 32 inch $980.00

Ralph's paintings range in size from 3 inches x 5 inches for the smallest watercolors to 32 inches x 48 inches for the largest acrylics. The woodcut greeting cards are $4.00 Cdn. A catalogue containing over 40 card images is available for $2.50 to cover shipping and handling. Purchases may be done through PayPal or send email to:
[eastland@telus.net]

Or contact me at the above address or phone no.