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Ralph Eastland is an internationallyrecognized artist whose work hangs in collections across Canada and theUSA as well as in England, Australia, and Germany. He works inacrylics, watercolors and woodcuts.

watercolors     woodcuts1     woodcuts 2     greeting cards

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Watercolors

Woodcuts  

Woodcuts 2  

Greeting Cards  

Treetops© watercolour

framed 16 inch x 20 inch $380.00

Squidegate Narrows© woodcut/edition of 7

framed 16 inch x 24 inch $140.00

Ralph was born on thewestcoast of Canada and grew up on Quadra Island, the northernmost GulfIsland. He spent much of his youth messing about in boats and exploringthe local waterways, developing an interest in sailing andboatbuilding. Ralph worked in logging camps as a youth and begansketching at this time. A growing interest in art led him to studybriefly with Sybil Morgan. Sailing took his attention in 1969 and hesigned aboard the tall ship "Monte Christo" where he worked his way upto first mate before leaving the boat in San Francisco to travelbriefly in the British Isles. He returned to Canada and enrolled at theVancouver School of Art where he majored in painting and printmaking.In his third year at VSA he began a project which took most of hisattention for the next five years, the construction of the 43 footwooden hulled schooner "Nevermore". Although he continued to paintduring this time, "Nevermore" was his major focus. Truly a "from theground up" project, he milled the lumber with an Alaska sawmill, forgedmuch of the bronze hardware by hand and made patterns for many otherpieces of the hardware. Ralph has found skills developed during theconstruction of "Nevermore" very useful in the pursuit of his art.After "Nevermore" was launched in 1981, he and his family lived aboardand cruised up and down the coast for seven years. Much of theinspiration for his art came from traveling the coastal waterways of BCand Washington State.

A multi-talentedartistRalph often refers to himself as a person who makes things. He makesall kinds of things including furniture, sculpture, hand painted lamps,paintings, woodcuts, greeting cards and watercolours. Basicallyanything that he finds interesting or necessary. After 50 years ofliving on or near the ocean and "messing about with boats" Ralph hastruly swallowed the anchor and moved to the dry, semi desert climate ofthe south Okanagan valley.

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

Early Morning Reflections © acrylic

20 inch x 32 inch $980.00

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