Biography

ROD CHARLESWORTH
Kelowna, BC

Rod Charlesworth's childhood fascination with drawing and painting has grown into a unique and primarily self-taught style, influenced by the surrealist movement in its early stages. He later discovered the Impressionist school that led him to experiment with colour and the physical qualities of paint. The work of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven have had a profound influence in his style.

Rod studied art at Okanagan College where his ability to express the beauty of the western Canadian landscape became evident. His work is now collected worldwide and he is committed to painting images that have a strong Canadian cultural influence, whether through his bold landscapes or his more whimsical images of children at play.

“Paintings become tedious when the ultimate goal of the painting is to recreate the external world. I have always felt that the painting exists only within its own borders. This allows the curious mind of the artist to say - ‘What if I did this?’”