About The Artist
Cory Kinney originally attended the Wexford School for the Arts in Toronto with the intention of becoming a cinematic matte painter. A matte painter creates painted landscapes that seamlessly blend into a film's backgrounds to extend what is photographed on set or block out scenery that is not desirable to the production.
With the proliferation of computer drawing programs, the bulk of matte painting work moved off traditional glass ‘canvases’ and into the digital realm. Preferring brushes and paints over keystrokes and mouse clicks, Cory continued to paint but moved into the film and television business working as an award winning filmmaker.
Recently, Cory moved to North Vancouver and began to re-focus his attentions back on his first love, the creation of original painted art; specifically, landscapes.
With the natural world at his doorstep, Cory found muses in the trees, rivers and canyons near his home. Other works are inspired by Cory’s love of the ocean and sailing.
"I'm constantly amazed by the ease with which the natural world humbles us. For me, there's a sense of comforting claustrophobia when walking through the local woods and despite being so close to civilization, I feel as if I'm a thousand miles away. The sky is a rare sight and usually only visible through a camouflage of vegetation. I try to capture that sense of all encompassing other-worldliness in my work. I like the idea that we can't control nature despite our best efforts and that left to her own devices, she will always close ranks and be a place of wonder."
Cory is an active member of the Whistler Arts Council (http://www.artswhistler.com), North Shore Artists' Guild (http://nsartists.ca), the North Vancouver Community Arts Council (http://www.nvartscouncil.ca) and the West Vancouver Community Arts Council (http://silkpurse.ca)
With the proliferation of computer drawing programs, the bulk of matte painting work moved off traditional glass ‘canvases’ and into the digital realm. Preferring brushes and paints over keystrokes and mouse clicks, Cory continued to paint but moved into the film and television business working as an award winning filmmaker.
Recently, Cory moved to North Vancouver and began to re-focus his attentions back on his first love, the creation of original painted art; specifically, landscapes.
With the natural world at his doorstep, Cory found muses in the trees, rivers and canyons near his home. Other works are inspired by Cory’s love of the ocean and sailing.
"I'm constantly amazed by the ease with which the natural world humbles us. For me, there's a sense of comforting claustrophobia when walking through the local woods and despite being so close to civilization, I feel as if I'm a thousand miles away. The sky is a rare sight and usually only visible through a camouflage of vegetation. I try to capture that sense of all encompassing other-worldliness in my work. I like the idea that we can't control nature despite our best efforts and that left to her own devices, she will always close ranks and be a place of wonder."
Cory is an active member of the Whistler Arts Council (http://www.artswhistler.com), North Shore Artists' Guild (http://nsartists.ca), the North Vancouver Community Arts Council (http://www.nvartscouncil.ca) and the West Vancouver Community Arts Council (http://silkpurse.ca)
View From Pipeline
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Artist's Statement
I'm a big fan of evolutionary biology and nowhere is the struggle for life more immediately evident to me than in the local forests and mountain ranges. Every tree, bush and fern is trying to push up past its neighbor to reach the optimal position where they can take advantage of the sun and water. This natural world crowding and jockeying for position is what I try to represent in many of my paintings. As a sailor, many of my works also feature a nautical theme, but even these are set against the backdrop of a nature that is greater than man's efforts to harness, but ultimately, pass through it. I like the idea that left to her own devices and without interference from us, nature quickly reclaims many of mankind's best laid plans.
Member: Federation of Canadian Artists, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, North Shore Artists' Guild Upcoming shows: Fall/Winter 2014 TBA |