I was born in Stratford, Ontario. I live in Seaforth with my wife and three huskies. I work for a company in London as a Technical Illustrator and Animator, designing multimedia for publications. However, my true passion is painting and drawing. I began my artistic journey studying traditional art, with a focus on drawing, specifically figure drawing and anatomy studies. I lived in Toronto for several years, attending George Brown, Max the Mutt, and Sheridan College; beyond that, I’m mostly self-taught. I frequented life drawing sessions around Toronto, including those held at The Toronto School of Arts.

As we experience a technological avalanche, specifically Artificial Intelligence, I resist and push back. I mourn the loss of traditional art in the techno-capitalist landscape; the digital gods are spreading their coded algorithms like the bubonic plague, infecting us with a mind virus. My resistance is quiet; I revolt against the paradigm with Traditional Art. My direction as an artist is to maintain a classical approach, the focus and the core of what I believe art is. This includes traditional painting techniques in oil, academic drawing, and rich, emotive narratives using metaphor, symbolism, and philosophy. I explore darker subject matter, like horror, not to shock people or disturb, but because encountering these themes can help us. They reflect that which we so often gloss over, seeing a false, sugar-coated perception of reality.

Shows

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Nathan Philips Square

July 2010

The Artist Project (Art Fair)

Metro Toronto Convention Center

March 2012

Fleck Fine Art Exhibition (Group Show)

Elaine Fleck Gallery

1351 Queen St. W Toronto Ontario

March 2025