A rising column of colour, anchored in deep terracotta, dissolving into sky-washed blue, stands like an abstract monument to balance and ascent. Here, Canadian artist John Anderson constructs light as if it were architecture, each hue a deliberate step upward toward calm and clarity.

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.