Jeff Wilson
Jeff Wilson is an acrylic painter, based out of Portside Studios in Vancouver. Growing up in Scotland, Jeff trained as a structural geologist & worked in mineral exploration around the world, settling in Vancouver in 2004. Continuing education classes at Emily Carr University, kick-started a hobby that transitioned to a full-time art practice in 2013.
Jeff has received a number of awards, including Finalist in the inaugural Saltspring National Art Prize, appeared in the recent “Landscape Artist of the Year Canada” TV show, and received two Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants from the Vancouver Foundation. Jeff has completed residencies at the Booth in Shetland, Parks Canada’s Art in the Park, the Wallace Stegner House in Saskatchewan and the Cassiar Cannery on BC's north coast.
Commercial representation includes Gray Sky Gallery (Seattle, WA), Hambleton Galleries (Kelowna, BC), KUBE Gallery (Fort Langley, BC), Lipont Gallery (Richmond, BC) and Van Dop Gallery (New Westminster, BC)