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Joshua Stanton
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Winnipeg artist Joshua Stanton delivers a multi-disciplinary approach to his work, crossing artistic barriers when he performs as a classically trained master sitarist. Trained at the Alberta College of Art Josh majored in painting with a minor in artist video. Leaving his formal training behind, he continues to expand his approach by mixing techniques and medias (gouache and pen and ink) with commissions in interiors, magazines and illustration.

Creating portraits of the leading women in Canadian politics for Dancing Backwards, Josh has had an opportunity to work individually with the personalities while amassing the first collection of portraits of its kind. The challenge was to produce a cohesive collection from an array of mixed-quality primary sources (amateur photos, studio portraits and newspaper clippings). Using pen and ink he has produced amazing likenesses of the women that capture their dynamic qualities.

Currently Josh is working on a series of ironic illustrations for Heartland's book Great Scots! (November 2003). These tongue-in-cheek drawings trace the vital and pervasive role the Scots played in the creation of Canada. When not working on commercial art projects, Josh experiments aesthetically to create a point of contact between classical Indian culture and contemporary western culture through music and art.

Illustration by Joshua Stanton



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