Norman White
Norman has lived in southern Alberta for a long time. He is taken in by the sky, the light, the colours, and the forever extending views. The 19th Century land and railway settlement posters of AC Leighton and others were a big influence on him, as was mid-20th Century advertising: big, bold, expressive, all about a single subject.
Norman studied at the Alberta College of Art, as it was known then, and the Banff Centre. He was active in the local Calgary gallery and artist-run Centre scene in the 80s. His work at the time incorporated text into the surface of the artworks in order to bring out some hidden, underlying meaning.
In the 90s and 2000s Norman travelled extensively throughout the mountains and coastal regions of western Canada and the northwestern United States. In the late 2010s he began a series of depictions of infrastructure, particularly bridges, that is ongoing. His most recent work comes from what he’s seen in the oil sands camps of northeastern Alberta.
He lives and works in Calgary.
Norman has lived in southern Alberta for a long time. He is taken in by the sky, the light, the colours, and the forever extending views. The 19th Century land and railway settlement posters of AC Leighton and others were a big influence on him, as was mid-20th Century advertising: big, bold, expressive, all about a single subject.
Norman studied at the Alberta College of Art, as it was known then, and the Banff Centre. He was active in the local Calgary gallery and artist-run Centre scene in the 80s. His work at the time incorporated text into the surface of the artworks in order to bring out some hidden, underlying meaning.
In the 90s and 2000s Norman travelled extensively throughout the mountains and coastal regions of western Canada and the northwestern United States. In the late 2010s he began a series of depictions of infrastructure, particularly bridges, that is ongoing. His most recent work comes from what he’s seen in the oil sands camps of northeastern Alberta.
He lives and works in Calgary.
$1,400.00
Acrylic on canvas.
22x41"
This is the magnificent steel bridge on Highway 11 over the Mattagami River in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario. I was working from a photo taken in January.
In the superstructure of the bridge, the sky appears a different blue in each “window,” suggesting a corollary to stained glass.
The road continues off into the background. The possibilities of taking that road are endless.
$2,300.00
Acrylic on canvas.
47x31"
A view of the underside of the Banff Avenue Bridge over the Bow River.
The symmetry of the composition, the perspective lines in the superstructure, the resemblance of the pier panels to coking ovens, the the texture of the water all combine to create a striking picture.
$1,200.00
Acrylic on canvas.
30x24"
Four light duty trucks sit parked, ready to Work, at an industrial site in winter and at night. An atmospheric glow from an industrial plant emanates from outside the picture.frame.
$2,300.00
Acrylic on canvas.
30x48"
Borden Bridge is the old concrete arch bridge that used to carry the Yellowhead Highway over the North Saskatchewan River near Borden, Saskatchewan. I have long been fascinated by the concrete arches and latticework. When crossing this bridge, one cannot help but look up.
$1,060.00
Acrylic on canvas.
22x30"
This is the concrete arch bridge on the old Highway 3 over the Crowsnest River near Lundbreck, Alberta. I was struck by the grace of its arch and the contrast with the sky. There’s something about the clarity of light under the bridge too.
$1,920.00
Acrylic on canvas.
30x40"
This scene will be familiar to anyone who has travelled south on Highway 93 through Radium Hot Springs. The road snakes through a narrow cleft, looking from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Columbia Mountains beyond.
$1,425.00
Acrylic on canvas.
37x24"
A view of the underside of the Bailey bridge at Seebe, Alberta.
