Lodestar #5, 2014
Oil on Canvas
18 x 24 in
Sold
Observer #7, 2021
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in
Sold
Compound #3, 2022
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in
Sold
Observer #2, 2022
Oil on canvas
23 x 30 in
For Sale: $2500
Compound #2, 2022
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in
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Compound #5, 2021
Oil on canvas
23 x 30 in
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Observer #3, 2022
Oil on canvas
23 x 30 in
For Sale: $2500
Compound #4, 2022
Oil on Canvas
26 x 56 in
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Photographer, 2022
Oil on canvas
42 x 38 in
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Observer #4, 2022
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 in
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Aquarium #5, 2022
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in
For Sale: $2500
Bright Star, 2022
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 in
Sold
Compound #20, 2014
Oil on Canvas
60 x 74 in
For Sale: $7000
Fire, 2015
Oil on canvas
44 x 48 in
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Aquarium #10, 2022
Oil on canvas
10 x 15 in
For Sale: $1200
Monument to Nature #2, 2022
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 in
For Sale: $3200
Monument to Nature #1, 2022
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 in
For Sale: $3200
Spectacle, 2021
Oil on canvas
52 x 56 in
For Sale: $5700
Monument To Nature #3, 2022
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 in
For Sale: $3200
Observer, 2022
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in
For Sale: $2300
Compound, 2022
Oil on Canvas
18 x 24 in
Sold
Horizon, 2019; Oil on canvas, 18 × 24 in
Pyrotechnic Star, 2018; Oil on canvas, 26 × 56 in
Mars, 2020; Oil on canvas, 36 × 36 in
Crater, 2020; Oil on canvas, 52 × 56 in
Gyre, 2019; Oil on canvas, 48 × 60 in
Lodestar #32, 2015; Oil on canvas, 35 × 70 in
City (Satellite) #3, 2019; Oil on canvas, 30 × 65 in
Burning Man #2, 2019; Oil on canvas, 60 × 75 in
Electra #3, 2018; Oil on canvas, 18 × 18 in
Burning Man #1, 2019; Oil on canvas, 60 × 66 in
Launch #1, 2020; Oil on Canvas, 48 × 52 in
Terraform #1, 2020; Oil on Canvas, 35 × 70 in
Launch #4, 2020; Oil on Canvas, 52 × 56 in
Terraform #3, 2020; Oil on Canvas, 26 x 56 in
Terraform #10, 2021; Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in
Terraform #11, 2021; Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in
Launch # 2, 2020; Oil on Canvas, 42 x 38 in
Luna Park #10, 2020; Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in
Window #1, 2020; Oil on wood, 31 × 35 in, The Window Series
Luna Park 1903, 2020; Oil on canvas, 35 x 70 in
Luna Park 1903 #4, 2020; Oil on canvas, 30 x 48 in
Luna Park 1903 #3, 2020; Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in
Lotus (creation myth), 2020; Oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in
Dreamland (Coney Island, 1911), 2020; Oil on canvas, 26 x 56 in
Lodestar #4, 2014; Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in
Crater #5, 2019; Oil on canvas, 66 x 84 in
Aurora # 3, 2018; Oil on wood, 41 x 48 in
Andromeda, 2018; Oil on canvas, 48 x 52 in
Illuminator (satellite), 2020; Oil on canvas, 52 x 56 in
Dennis Ekstedt (Canadian, Born 1961)
Dennis Ekstedt (Canadian, Born 1961) is a painter who lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. He received his Diploma in Fine Arts in 1986 from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C and his M.F.A in 1993 from Concordia University in Montreal. He was the Eastern Canada winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition in 2002 and his paintings are included in many public, corporate and private collections in Canada and internationally. He has exhibited in Canada, France, United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. and has received artist grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec. His work is included in the publications Carte Blanche Vol 2-Painting (2008) and The RBC Painting Competition: 10 years (2008).
In Ekstedt's paintings, he depicts the dramatic and ethereal luminosity of electric light found in illuminated interiors, landscapes, and architectures. He does this through layered compositions of lights and luminous forms that are both figurative and abstract. In many of Dennis's paintings, he depicts vast sprawls of electric light that represent humanity’s presence on the landscape. To Dennis, the networks of electric light in these landscapes resemble nervous systems. Dennis is fascinated with how these nervous systems of electric light are traces of human presence on landscapes that are literally electrified by human habitation.