Don Cavin

Was born and raised in Port Credit, Ontario and was an Ontario secondary school teacher until his retirement. Since then, Don has developed his unique style which has garnered him rewards of merit and a growing following of avid collectors, in addition to a well deserved reputation as an instructor. A firm believer in painting on location, he develops his larger paintings in the studio after a careful study of the design potential in many of his on-location colour sketches. He works from his home studio in Sutton, Ontario.

Artist Statement:

In his own words, Don says: “As a landscape painter, I have always been interested in shapes, patterns and design, all of which have helped to create in me a need to express landscape in broad, general terms, simplified to the barest essentials. My paintings, although originally based on images of real places and things, are not literal interpretations, but are intended to be metaphors for times and places which I experience first hand. They may be thought of as images modified through the filters of my unique vision to which others, I trust, can relate in very real ways.”

“Don’s paintings are bold, colourful in execution and demanding of attention. The fundamental principles of design involved in their creation are firm yet subtle, their impact compelling, their spirit exhuberant. Like fine wines, Don’s paintings are mature, robust, rich in exciting colour and always in good taste.”

- Buckingham Fine Art Gallery