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Ted Raftery has been painting
full-time in the Calgary area since 1978. He enjoys
Calgary as a base because of its proximity to the
mountains, foothills, prairie and wetlands, all of which
he loves to paint. Ted is also very fond of portraying the
extremely changeable Alberta weather.
Once Ted is involved with a painting
he tends to focus on that painting alone in order to best
bring out the mood, or emotion he wishes to evoke. It may
be peaceful calm, the drama of a storm, or the lonely,
wilderness feel of the mountains. He likes to get
deep into the subject and feel the atmosphere, playing
appropriate music while painting helps him in this goal.
As an inspirational reminder he has
taped to his easel a quotation by the English painter Sir
Alfred Munnings - "In all fields of creative endeavour,
natural ability and talent do not in themselves ensure
success; sheer hard work and understanding of ones subject
are essential ingredients."
Although he has exhibited in many
locations throughout Alberta as well as in Arizona,
California, Florida, Montana, Wyoming and the British
Isles, he now chooses to have his work shown exclusively
by Gainsborough Galleries in Calgary. They readily sell
everything he paints and they are also the gallery which
gave him his start.
His works appear in many private and
corporate collections in Canada, the USA, Australia, Hong
Kong, Japan, Great Britain and Germany.
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