plein air on heavily gessoed paper

Gerald Faulder's interest is in following the light to reconsider recognizable places and sites. His landscapes express a personal vision and experience of these familiar spaces, whether it is expansive mountain views, intimate forest scenes, or images of prairies and foothills.  Faulder works, frequently plein air (in the outdoors), with oil paint on canvas, on panel and on heavily gessoed paper.  His practice also encompasses floral still life and pure abstracts.  The artist, born in Edmonton, graduated from the University of Alberta with a BFA in 1982.  He received an Alberta Culture Travel Grant (1986), Alberta Culture Project Grant (1985), and University of Alberta Drawing Award (1981).

The series at our gallery are plein air landscapes of well-known and loved locations in and around Banff National Park, Lake Louise, the Bow Valley as well as up the parkway to Jasper National Park.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo & group): 2012: 7 Years In The City: Art from the AGA Collection Alberta Gallery of Art; 2011 Connecting with Landscape Scott Gallery, Edmonton; 2001: Familiar Paths, Scott Gallery; 2013–1993: Edmonton Contemporary Artists’ Society Annual Exhibition, Edmonton, AB; 2000: Landscapes x 9, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB; 1999: Alberta Prospects, Scott Gallery; Landscapes x 7, Newzones Gallery; 1998: Foundlings, Edmonton Art Gallery; 1997: New Landscapes, Scott Gallery; 1996–1994: The Western Canadian Landscape, Newzones Gallery; 1993: Gerald Faulder: New Landscapes, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB; 1992: Gerald Faulder: New Paintings, Front Gallery; 1992: New Gallery Artists: Gerald Faulder, Colette Nilson and Mitchel Smith, Gallery’s Framer, Saskatoon, SK; 1991: Three Edmonton Artists: Isla Burns, Gerald Faulder, Mitch Smith, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC; 1990: Gerald Faulder: New Paintings, Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton, AB; 1989: Gerald Faulder: New Paintings, Gallery on Whyte; 1989: Alberta Drawing, Edmonton Art Gallery; 1989: Contemporary Edmonton Artists, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1989: The Sky Is the Limit, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton, AB; 1988: The Millar Building Show, Edmonton, AB; 1988: Paint and Paper, Work on Paper by Gerald Faulder, John King and Mitchel Smith, The Gallery on Whyte; 1987: Edmonton Contemporary Art, Edmonton Art Gallery; 1987: In Touch With Abstract Art, McMullen Gallery; 1987: Gerald Faulder and Mitch Smith, Millar Building, Edmonton, AB; 1987: Studio Watch: Selections By Kenworth Moffet, Edmonton Art Gallery; 1986: Abstract Painting In Edmonton, Edmonton Art Gallery; 1985: Studio Watch, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB.

PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS: Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Aqualta; Big Rock Brewery; Canada Council Art Bank; Canadian Utilities; Century Sales and Service; CP Hotels; Art Gallery of Alberta; Edmonton Power; Enbridge; EPCOR Utilities; Esso Resources Canada; FE Advisory Group; Fountain Tire; Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital; Norcen Resources; Interprovincial Pipelines; Office of the Mayor, Edmonton; Poco Petroleum; Princeton Developments; Royal Alexandra Hospital; SAP; Sharecom Ltd; Telus; University of Alberta; Winspear Center for Music.