Bob Boyer
Rank: Five out of Five Stars! *****
Bob Boyer was born in 1948 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he continued to live through out his life. He began his artistic career at the University of Saskatchewan. When he was in high school, his friends thought that he was a very good artist, but Bob didn’t want to become an artist. He wanted to travel around the world with his job as a surveyor. So, when he finished high school, one of his friends applied for him at the U of S, and he was accepted. He decided to go, and while he was there, he discovered his artistic abilities. From there, he became a world famous artist in 1968, when he was just twenty years old. Bob began to paint landscapes, to abstract paintings, to blanket paintings. His work was like nothing I have ever seen before! It was wonderful!
This picture is one of my favourites (bottom). It is called “The Mountains, the Night, and the 49.” The colours are very bright and I like the fact that there are many different shapes and sizes. The cross in the middle represents the ‘Morning Star,’ which is the four directions. It is in very many of his pieces and is important to him. You will also notice with his artwork that if you fold the left side over the right side, that they are perfectly the same.
You are amazing Corrine, who showed us around and explained the paintings and let us do many activities. I was very pleased to understand what each painting meant and stood for. Thank you for explaining his past and how he came to be an artist!
Barbara Meneley
Three out of Five Stars ***
Barbara came to my school one day to make origami paper boxes, (top) which were for a sculpture that she was making. I thought it was going to be a sculpture of a city. Frankly, I had to ask what it was in order to figure it out. When I knew what it was, I could understand it. It was a city, it just wasn’t what I was expecting. It wasn’t my favourite, or my least favourite either.
By: Jenna
EDITORS: Ashton and Shaya
