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Magnolia No. 3. Works on Paper. A study for a painting as the magnolia tree is in full bloom again this year. The light on the petals of these flowers is incredible. .#worksonpaper #photoshop #magnolia #light #petals #flowers #photographs #photograph @ronbaxtersmith @rbsprints @olivergordongallery #photography @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

C_N1 No.89_5050: #collage #photographs #photography @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery @rbsprints @ronbaxtersmithprints #paper ...

Stapling Colours Together XV: "...searching for light in the darkness of insanity..." #watercolour #watercolor #painting #pencil #graphite @rbsprints #worksonpaper #ronbaxtersmith @ronbaxtersmith @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

NC_83 No. 1. Works on Paper. And yet another in the series. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #gold #watercolor #photograph #vine @ronbaxtersmith @rbsprints @olivergordongallery #photography @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

Magnolias Night No. 2. Works on Paper. Study for a series. Up in the middle of the night and this year the magnolia tree was in full bloom. The flowers in the moonlight were incredible. .#worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #photograph #blackandwhite #midnight @ronbaxtersmith @rbsprints @olivergordongallery #photography @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

CORSO P IV No. 1 "Casper" 72" x 52"; Is named after Caspar Wistar, an American physician b.1761 - Wisteria is named for him. #corso #oilpainting #oil #archespaper #graphite #drawing #painting #worksonpaper #fineart #ronbaxtersmith @ronbaxtersmith #ronbaxtersmithprints @rbsprints ...

Thank you CAPIC for the honour of being included in this year`s “Legends” Exhibition. Thanks @struanphoto for this inclusion into the company of such talented fellow recipients. And to Bob Carnie of @silvershack_printmaking, thank you for always making a brilliant print.
Thanks also to my friends and fellow photographers for their endless support. And to Bev, I would be lost without you. Rococo Roses, 2018: Prints Now Available at @rbsprints #photography #photograph #roses #naturallight #olivergordongallery @olivergordongallery @ronbaxtersmithprints @rbsprints
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CORSO P III No. 7 #corso #oilpainting #oil #archespaper #graphite #drawing #painting #worksonpaper #fineart #ronbaxtersmith @ronbaxtersmith #ronbaxtersmithprints @rbsprints ...

NC_87 No. 1. Works on Paper. The honey bees started to take over our fireplace. We had to dissuade them before they got too far. But, they did leave me a gift, which I thought I would immortalise to remind us of the gift of bees. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #photograph #vine @ronbaxtersmith @rbsprints @olivergordongallery #photography @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

From the archive: "ROCK BAND" for Shopper`s Drug Mart. 30" commercial with a rock band asking Cosmetic Club for makeup, eyeliner and panty hose. We shot three album covers for the ending. This was one of the shots of the group. I had the best time ever. Pre-digital. B&W Prints - more precious now. #photography #photograph #blackandwhite #film #leica #silverprint #35mm #analog #seleniumtoned #handprinted #portrait #naturallight #shoppers #shoppersdrugmart #ronbaxtersmith @ronbaxtersmith ...

From the archive, editing prints from the 90`s. Pre-digital. More precious now. George and Glenn graciously let us shoot in their home. Thank you. Hair and makeup by Stephanie xo #photography #photograph #blackandwhite #film #hasselblad #silverprint #analogue #seleniumtoned #browntoned #handprinted #nude #fashion #portrait #bathtub #naturallight #ronbaxtersmith @stephaniaparent @stephaniaparent @ronbaxtersmith @george.glenn ...

CORSO P III #corso #oilpainting #oil #archespaper #graphite #drawing #painting #worksonpaper #fineart #ronbaxtersmith @ronbaxtersmith #ronbaxtersmithprints @rbsprints ...

NC_73 No. 1. Works on Paper. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #photograph #vine @ronbaxtersmith @rbsprints @olivergordongallery #photography @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

C_N1 No.73: #collage #photographs #photography @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery ...

C_N1 No. 67 #collage #photographs #photography @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery @rbsprints @ronbaxtersmithprints #domani ...

NC_61 No. 2. Works on Paper. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #photograph #vine @ronbaxtersmith @rbsprints @olivergordongallery #photography @ronbaxtersmithprints ...

C_N1_2023 No. 13. Works on Paper. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #photographs #photograph #photography @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery ...

CORSO P IIa #corso #oilpainting #oil #archespaper #graphite #drawing #painting ...

1 Percy I: Looking for happy. #drawing #watercolour #watercolor #pencil #graphite #color #colour #happy @ronbaxtersmith #ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery ...

NC_55_No. 3 #collage #vine #photographs @ronbaxtersmith #photography ...

C_N1_53 No. 13. Works on Paper. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #photograph #vine @ronbaxtersmith #gold @olivergordongallery #photography
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Ordine 2023.03.20 #collage #drawing #photography ...

"Peaches I A", a colour variation, insitu, from the series, "Avocados + Peaches" in Projects. Oil + Watercolour on Paper, 2023. #roses #peaches #watercolour #oils #photography #photograph #oilonpaper #oilpainting #baroque #naturallight #collage ...

And another...: C_N1_53 No. 13. Works on Paper. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #photograph #vine @ronbaxtersmith #gold @olivergordongallery #photography ...

"Peaches I" from the series, Avocados + Peaches in Projects. Oil on Paper, 100 x 140 cm, 2023. #roses #peaches #oils #photography #photograph #oilonpaper #oilpainting baroque #naturallight #collage ...

Another...: C_NC_23 No. 11. Works on Paper. #worksonpaper #collage #pencil #graphite #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #vine @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery #photography #gold ...

Avocados I, Oil on Canvas, 100 x 140 cm, 2023. #oilpainting #roses #avocados ...

Ordine 12.31 I: Collage, drawing, painting, photography. #collage #paint #draw #photographs #photography #painting #drawing #watercolour #pencil #oilstick #graphite @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery ...

C_2: I first posted this photo as a still life and thought, it would look good in a shadow box. I set it aside. Eventually, I glued things down, added some elements and then looked at when I had posted the original. To my surprise, it was Nov. 24, 2021. Over a year had passed. For 2023, I am going to think like Nike, “Just do it.” Happy New Year, everyone. #collage #pencil #watercolour #watercolor #photographs #vine @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery #photography ...

Ordine 12.22: collage, drawing, painting, photography. #collage #paint #draw #photographs #photography #painting #drawing #watercolour #pencil #oilstick #graphite @ronbaxtersmith @olivergordongallery ...

NEWS


Stapling Colour Together, Part 2.
18/03/2024

It has taken me a long time to see the continuity in my work. I guess, I am slow. The roses, the planets, solar winds, planar, lucy’s gift, collage and now stapling colour, they are all round forms of line and colour. So be it spirits, lead...read more


Stapling Colour Together
02/03/2024

Colour Field Peace Photography has left the building. It seems, for a long time now that everyone is a photographer and has a better camera than I do. Why would anyone buy a print when they can steal it off of the internet, shoot it on their iPhone, print it and hang it on their...read more


There Are No Words
15/08/2023

Most friends know that on October 16th, 2020, I was give a TAVR, a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. It was Dr. Cousimano and Dr. Austen, along with an unknown surgeon of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of Toronto General Hospital, who gave me this new aorta and forever changed my life.Just think of this miracle,...read more


Corso Olio I
10/05/2023

Corso Olio I Finally the studio is warm enough to paint in there. May 10th – That took long...read more


C_N1
29/11/2022

Continuing with the series on collage, these new images are flat field compositions. They are exercise in commitment and doing the...read more


During The Lockdown
09/09/2022

What to do when you can’t leave the property? Now that we are almost free, I can look back at the photographs I created while we were required to remain at home. Making due with whatever you can find. And making something you are proud of....read more


Animating a Scream
08/09/2022

With the change happening in the presentation of new media, I am taking pleasure in animating my photographs, with the help from Christina Humphries @ Rooster Post. It has been a big learing curve working in Premier Pro. Which is why I am very fortunate to be able to turn to Christina for motion in...read more


Alizarin in Crimson
01/02/2022

Alizarin crimson is is one of the best reds. It was used in ancient Egypt, Persia and Pompeii to dye clothes. The lines that form a human shape are the ones we most relate to. An ongoing...read more


Corso: Something to Grab Onto
23/05/2021

Where we live is called “Casa Glicine” or “Wisteria House”. Our house has three gazebos covered with beautiful wisteria. Two are lavender and one is pink. All three have incredible fragrances. The pink one has been guessed to be over 150 years old. No one knows how old the house is, but anyone at city...read more


Lock Down Sculptures
06/07/2020

We were locked down in Italy for 65 Days as of March 10th. Bev could go food shopping with the right paperwork as she has an Italian Driver’s License. I had to stay at the house. There are outside activities to do, so fortunately we were not stuck in an apartment. So, I set my...read more


Sottotitoli, Italian for Subtitles
19/03/2020

Sottotitoli is Italian for subtitles. It makes sense to title this series in Italian as it was shot in Umbria with clay from Deruta. The home of extraordinary Italian pottery. Sottotitoli explain what is going on. They translate the dialogue. Which seems fitting as these were created as backgrounds for a still life idea. Ideas...read more


Buried Plastic
07/03/2020

Motion is Lotion. You can find yourself sitting for extraordinary stretches in front of the computer, editing, retouching, posting. My solution is gardening. It seems like there is always something to rake. One morning after taking down four trees with 3 others and with one very large Lamborghini tractor, as I was clearing the mess,...read more


Solar Wind from the Lunar Series
05/02/2020

The NASA website is one that I go to daily to see a new picture of the heavens. It is incredible. It inspired a series called Solar Wind as these new recordings have been released of the sounds made in space. Quite Incredible.  ...read more


Apsides – Big Watercolour
18/12/2019

Experimenting with working with watercolour on a larger scale. ap·sis noun Astronomy plural noun: apsides either of two points on the orbit of a planet or satellite that are nearest to or furthest from the body around which it moves....read more


What of Climate and Privilege – A Measure
08/12/2019

The is the beginning of a project on climate and privilege called “A Measure”. Read the news, Naomi Klein inspire this project when she was in a hospital, which was nearly empty, while a tornado raged outside. Yet she was taken into an operating room without hesitation. Where does this lead? Small watercolour test for...read more


Luna II
13/07/2019

Planets and constellations made with a chainsaw and wire....read more


Roses…@ Last
19/06/2019

This is the third summer that I have photographed “Roses” from the garden of our friends in Umbria. This year I have a new direction for colour balancing these images. It is more Mannerist in style remembering the colours in Pontormo’s Deposition in Santa Felicita, Firenze. The first year, I started in awe of their...read more


Rain
28/11/2017

In 1976, I sold a rather large painting to my then photography professor at university. It was 5′ x 7′ and it was about rain at night. I decided to revisit this idea and begin again with preliminary drawings and paintings in oil & graphite on paper in preparation for some larger paintings. More – ...read more


Alchimia Films Inc.
04/04/2017

Alchimia Films Inc. has been our film company since we began directing and shooting TV commercials in 1991. When the business moved away from film, I focused back on my photography. And just when everyone thought they were a photographer, I started back with my drawing and painting. Always swim against the current. My first...read more


Black / White / Hype – 20/24 Polaroid
25/02/2017

Here is a sad story. It is incredible that we are still in this place. In 1990, graphic designer, Del Terrelonge asked me me to go to NYC with him and shoot a story for a book to be presented at an exhibition at Parson School of Design. We took our model from Toronto along...read more


Nebula Triptych
30/01/2017

A new series of photographs printed 42″ x 62″, shot this past January 2017. There are 17 in the series and here is a Triptych of Nebula 2284, 2265 and 2338. See Portfolio I, Nebula....read more


Happy Marriages
05/01/2017

I only just found this negative. I was sure it was lost, but it was hidden in with photos from another project. “Happy Marriages” was shot in Las Vegas in 1988 for a paper promo designed by Taylor Browning. Sadly, our dear friend Scott Taylor passed away the following year of lung cancer. This was...read more


Millennium Stamp Pablum / Canada Post 2000
06/12/2016

Almost 17 years ago I had the pleasure of working on a stamp for Canada Post. Not just any stamp, it was one of the “Millennium Stamps” that commemorated the Canadian invention of Pablum in the previous century. I was asked by the designer, Mark Koudis, to shoot this little girl who lived across the...read more


1stdibs Opening Page
23/11/2016

Thanks to the Curatorial Team who chose Twins Entwined for the Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend in the opening rotation on...read more


Torino, 1949 or 1999?
08/11/2016

In 1999, we made a trip to northern Italy to explore the Barolo region and the differences in the cuisine close to the French border. As always, shooting as we went along. On revisiting my Italy contact sheets, (yes, shot on film) I discovered a few shots that appear timeless and due to the lack...read more


Uccello V
01/11/2016

One of the paintings I had started in April 2016 and left on the easel until I returned to the studio in August has just been framed and is off to a good home. There is nothing like a white shadow box to display work in. See More Uccello at the Oliver Gordon Gallery on...read more


Fuso Fig Tangle
31/10/2016

Fuso is the Italian word for “melted”. It is also the root for for the words Confuso, which translated is “confusion” and also for Fuso Orario which means “time zones”. Each of these words mean a transition is happening. The transition is very present today. We are on the verge of incredible new things. Diesel...read more


Director
28/10/2016

For 22 years, I had the esteemed pleasure of working in film, shooting and directing TV commercials. I met and worked with some of the best talent in the business. It was a honour. David Lean said that “Film was the last great collaborative art.” He was right. You are only as good as the...read more


Assignment / Archive
19/10/2016

Assignment / Archive is not a new section as it was a link to my old website. Now, however, it is full of photographs shot while on assignment for various clients over the years.  There is also an award and client list along with a narrative of my years as a photographer / director and...read more


Purple Popsicle / Summer in Tuscany
25/07/2016

A 24″ x 30″ Archival Pigment Print made its way a couple of weeks ago to a new home near Grossetto in Tuscany. Love this shot. Shot 4×5 so every little ice particle is sharp. There are more in the edition, here...read more


Windage I
30/05/2016

Change is good.  Sometimes you are ready for it or sometimes not. I wasn’t ready. In hindsight, I think the universe was doing me a favour this time. The wind changed direction and we were to follow it. This is one of my first paintings I made after a very, very long break from that...read more


Liner Notes: Black White No.7
02/05/2016

Probably one of the most interesting aspects of looking at a photograph for a photographer is also knowing the story behind it. It is like Horst’s Mainbocher Corset shot. The ribbon is untied, they haven’t started the commercial shoot for the Mainbocher Co., and the model has her arms up because she is wiping the...read more


Uccello – Picchio
26/04/2016

It is hard to believe that one little woodpecker (picchio in Italian) could decide that he had to get into our house by pecking into and through the hardest of woods, chestnut, in the lintel over our window. Anyway, he succeeded and fortunately he was discovered while working on the roof and given his/her freedom...read more


Yabu Pushelberg / 1stdibs Saturday Shoppers
05/04/2016

Our dear friends, George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg are this week’s Saturday Shoppers on 1stdibs. They are intergalactic in their talent and level of taste. Want to make the right choice? Follow their lead. Here they chose one of my photos, “Twins Entwined” that they have had in their personal collection since it was shot...read more


Assistants: Can’t Thank Them Enough
18/01/2016

We have been extraordinarily lucky to have had some of the best assistants one could ever find. I was incredibly lucky to have my wife, Beverly – an art history graduate, help me and she still continues to. The assistants that I have had are now family and I want to thank them each by...read more


Look Back
11/12/2015

After all the years of shooting where you just keep moving on to the next project, I thought it might be time to look through the archive. To see if there were things that I shot that I wasn’t even aware of at the time of their value. Time to revisit the contacts, the film...read more