Keith Dalgleish: The Art of Painting

For over a decade Keith had the good fortune to live on a small remote parcel of land in the Porcupine Hills of Southern Alberta. He was surrounded by nature and its intrinsic order. In that time he grew closer to the wind, the wild grasses, flowers, and trees, the roaming animals, and migrating birds. Captivated, nature became his muse.

Keith sees both the act of painting and his completed art works as physical recordings that document his experiences with nature. He is especially drawn to those aspects of the wild that are intimate and remind us of our innocence.

Keith's approach to art making can be viewed as a happy marriage between classical painting and contemporary abstraction. "I love the process of visual elements coming together that create identifiable form, at the same time I'm fascinated seeing them dismantle and break down back into their origins. Within that range of becoming and collapsing are the most remarkable discoveries."

Artist's Bio

Keith Dalgleish was born in 1962 to a Canadian Airforce family stationed in Germany. In 1966 they came to Canada, where Keith's artistic ability was quickly recognized. He was raised and educated in Alberta and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting: Honours with Distinction from the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary. He also earned a Performing Arts Diploma from MacEwan University and a Certificate in Commercial Sign Painting from the Northern Institute of Technology in Edmonton.
Keith has had a number of adjudicated art exhibitions in Alberta and British Columbia. He received Grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and was awarded the Illingworth Kerr Scholarship and the Grant MacEwan Scholarship. Keith currently shows his work with Effusion Art Gallery in Invermere, BC, Vibe Arts Gallery in Qualicum Beach, BC, and Gallery 88 in Vancouver, BC. His paintings can also be seen in private and public collections in North America and Europe.
Keith has held several teaching positions, most notably, at the Alberta University for the Arts.

Media Coverage:
Cover & feature article, IslandArts Magazine, (Sept, 2025)
1 hr. interview, Fairchild Radio 94.7 FM, with Jose Calvelo, (2025)
1 hr. interview, YouTube (Art & Gibberish #18), with Doug Swinton, (2024)
Feature Article, Arabella Magazine, (February, 2021)
Interview, CBC Radio, (Basic Black Show), with Arthur Black, (1998)

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