Warm fields of red, blue, and ochre seem to dissolve into one another, framing a pale centre that glows like a window lit from within. Canadian artist John Anderson builds tension through contrast and transparency; each wash of colour bleeds softly into the next until light feels almost tangible.

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.