Original Works   by   K. Neil Swanson  Prices include framing unless specified otherwise.
New "Cascade and the Spirit of Autumn" Oil on Canvas, 40" x 30" $3,895         BVC	New "Ha Ling Awakens" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" $1,830         BVS	New "Dream of Assiniboine" Oil on Canvas, 30" x 24" $2,465         BVC
"Fall Along the Bow" Oil on Canvas, 30" x 30" $3,340         BVC	"Portal at Bow Lake and the Leaf Falling Moon" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 48" $4,200         WMS	"Rundle Autumn Nuthatch" Oil on Canvas, 30" x 30" $3,340         WMS
"Nakiska and the Kananaskis Moon" Oil/Acrylic on Board, 24" x 18" $1,575         BVS	"Lake Louise Twilight and the Long Last Run" Oil/Acrylic on Canvas, 24" x 30" $2,465         WMS	"Red Earth Moon and the Mountain Sisters" Oil/Acrylic on Canvas, 18" x 24" $1,575         BVS
"Three Sisters and the Spell of the Mountain Deer Moon" Oil/Acrylic on Canvas, 24" x 48" Sold	"Land of the Rundle Moon" Oil/Acrylic on Canvas, 18" x 24" Sold	"Spirit Sky of Assiniboine" Oil/Acrylic Canvas, 24" x 42" Sold
"Celestial Sky Over Grotto Mountain" Oil/Acrylic on Canvas, 24" x 18" Sold	"Mt. Corey Passage" Oil/Acrylic on Canvas, 30" x 24" Sold	"Sister Raven Moon" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24" Sold
"Cavell Shadow Moon" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 36" Sold	"Spirit Island" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 48" Sold	"Salmon Bear" Oil on Canvas, 10" x 10" Sold
"Silent Hunters" Oil on Canvas, 10" x 10" Sold	"The Night Garden" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" Sold	"Jewel of the Ten Peaks" Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48" Sold
"Island Spirit Bear" Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40" Sold	"Beyond Portal Peak" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 40" Sold	"Big Rock" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18" Sold
"Raven Forest" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" Sold	"Canmore Moon" Oil on Canvas, 18" x 24" Sold	"The Raven Moon Wolf" Oil on Canvas, 10" x 10" Sold
"Bear at Moraine Lake" Oil on Canvas, 14" x 11" Sold	"Ha Ling and the Three Bears" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" Sold	"Trail of the Rundle Bears" Oil on Canvas, 18" x 36" Sold
"Nakoda Bears" Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40" Sold	"Stoney River Spirit" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" Sold	"Weekend at the Springs" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" Sold
"Mountain Bluebirds" Oil on Canvas, 40" x 30" Sold	"Arrival of the Winter Moon" Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24" Sold	"Rundle and Two Jack Lake" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18" Sold
"Skiers Under a Ha Ling Moon" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20" Sold	"When I'm Not at the Office, Call Me Greywolf" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18" Sold	"Fly Fishing at Bow Falls" Oil on Canvas, 36" x 36" Sold
"Autumn Shores of Kananaskis" Oil on Canvas, 18" x 24" Sold	"Two Jack and Rundle" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30" Sold	"Seasons Under Rundle" Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48" Sold
"Mountains of Canmore" Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30" Sold

K. Neil Swanson  

People often ask K. Neil Swanson how to describe his art, and where he gets his inspiration. Most are surprised to learn that these works start as stories. For example, he often observes from the water. The shores of a lake always relate an interesting take of the forest, animals and people that travel it.

Another interesting aspect of Neil's work is they start on a black background, rather than white. The reason is that the subjects are partially reborn from the memories of growing up in the forest. I battle the black, and sometimes I don't win, the black does. Things can get lost in it, but I love the depth of the colours layered on. I pretty much go over every painting three times. The first layer puts down the foundation, the next for getting the coverage and depth of colour, the last to highlight. It's not a fast process at all.

Symbolism is another factor in his painting, past, present, future. Where we have been, shows us where the world is headed. I see a shadow world representing the hidden elements of the natural world, a world that seems forgotten by the human race, but a world all wild creatures instinctively regard. The moon in the trees, for example, is there to unite the earth and sky. The red earth is the energy of the universe pouring down on us.

It cleans the slate, whenever I head out on the water, or hike in the forest, it just gives me a new perspective on everything. Slowing down to listen to the stories I hear there, and relating that on canvas is simply the next element in my own creative process.