Barrie Chadwick, SFCA, MAIBC

Barrie Chadwick, SFCA, MAIBC, is an artist in a dual love affair - with two countries - Australia and Canada.

Born and raised on the east coast of Australia, he now lives and works in Vancouver, on the west coast of Canada.

Working mostly in acrylics, and occasionally in watercolours, his work depicts the sunlight and shade, and atmospheric effects of landscapes and seascapes from many parts of the world.                                                       

The training and practice, in his earlycareer,as an architect, can be seen in the accuracy and detail of his work.                                                                 

Galleries in British Columbia carry his work, and his paintings may be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, USA ,  Australia  and the United Kingdom.

His work has been showcased in International Artist magazine, issue 29, Feb/Mar 2003 under the section "Master Painters of the World---Canada". More recently his work is shown as one of the Finalists in Issue 49, June/July 2006, in the "Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes" Competition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

" As a young man of eighteen, the one thing I longed to be, was an artist.   My father persuaded me not to pursue a career in art, but to be, instead, an architect --- with the advice of doing art in my spare time.   As you may guess, with young people with children, mortgages, and careers, there is no such thing as "spare time".     Finally I traded in my T-square for a 1" square, soft water colour brush  and became the artist  I had always wanted to be."  

The artist can be contacted at 604.926.1597 or to send him an e-mail, select the E-Mail Me button on the menu on the left.