David Trant Folk Art woodcarvings and sculptures.

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Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, I graduated from OCAD in Toronto, back in the early 90's and have been working as a sculptor and a painter ever since. I started out as a landscape painter, but over the past 20 years, my main focus has been woodcarving, and what I like to call "Pop culture folk art". Think, Folk-Art, meets Fine Art, meets Bugs Bunny. This comes from East coast roots, being around wooden boats, and growing up in a big city, with all its influences. Originally working in clay, before switching to wood, I applied many of the same techniques, and developed what I like to call..."The Mr. Potato-Head, school of woodcarving. Basically, I make a big shape, and stick parts onto it. I sell in a number of great galleries, and take commissions. I currently live and work at my studio in Port Perry, Ontario, where I make strange, and fun stuff out of wood, using big, loud, dangerous power-tools and sharp objects. Check out the links below, to galleries that carry my work throughout the year. For information about my work, or commissions, contact me at dtrant@powergate.ca

Friday, December 31, 2010

NFLD Painting.



Painting in acrylics 2010. English Harbour West. The town where my mother was born.

3 comments:

  1. Do you have copies of this painting available for purchase?

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  2. My Mother and Father were both from English Harbour West I'm wondering if you did prints of this or other paintings that are for sale?
    Julie

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  3. I am from English Harbour West. Your painting was posted on the EHW come home year website. Very nice. I can see part of my house :) August 4-12 is Come home year for the town and many are planning to visit. You should come!!! Thanks for the art. Keep up the good work! Interesting carvings too, btw.

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