A pale void anchors the centre, encircled by bands of fuchsia and ochre that press inward with vibrant insistence. On this canvas, Canadian painter John Anderson builds tension between restraint and radiance—the austere centre made luminous by the energy that surrounds it. The composition resolves in harmony, warmth enveloping grey until it transforms the void, and that stillness yields softly to life.

John Anderson
John Anderson (b. 1940) was born in India and emigrated to Canada in 1953. After earning his MFA from the University of Triton in 1964, he went on to teach art history at Mount Allison University, where his disciplined yet poetic approach to form influenced a generation of young artists. His work emerged alongside the rise of Canadian modernism, with exhibitions at Gallery Moos in Toronto and the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo during the 1970s. Anderson’s canvases reveal a masterful balance of intuition and intellect—his colour fields not just compositions, but portals into perception itself.