Ralph Siferd - Stop U

2101 Horseshoe Valley Rd.W. / Tel: (705) 305-1512

Artists Website: www.ralphsiferd.com

GPS: N 44° 31.740 - W 79° 43.620

GPS Decimal (Google) 44.52876, -79.72700

Flowers and Drama! This year’s offering is an eclectic mixture of bright colours and brooding darkness; from the reflective musings of a contemplative Still Life to the majesty and violence of nature; from the serene beauty of a simple floral arrangement to the existential angst of Shakespearean melodrama. Those are just some of the themes I’ve been exploring in my work lately. I believe everything an artist is and has experienced informs their work. As well as having the good fortune to study art and art history, philosophy and ancient history and languages, and to travel, lately I’ve been studying ancient Egyptian history and learning to read hieroglyphs. I’ve also been reading and watching Shakespeare’s dramas. And all this has come together to inform my work. In the immortal words of John Lee Hooker: “. . . let that boy boogie-woogie, ‘Cause it’s in him and it got to come out”. Ralph studied art at the Alberta College of Art and the University of Calgary, and has a degree in Art History from the U of C. His work is held in the Alberta College of Art permanent collection and is featured in private collections in Canada, the USA, Europe and Australia. He lives and works in the forest in southern Ontario.