Artist Christopher Walker
Title Untitled - Polar Bear and Kayak
Media acrylic on wood board
Dated
1994
Size 29.5 x 47.5 in. / 74.9 x 120.6 cm.
Frame Size 40.5 x 58.5 x 1.5 in.
Sold $4,500
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed
Provenance
Birchwood Gallery, Yellowknife, label verso; private collection, Calgary / Mexico
Biographical Information
Christopher Walker ~ [21st century] Canadian
Walker originates from Montreal, Quebec and has been making art for over 35 years. His work can be found in many government, corporate and private collections internationally. He was formally educated at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto. He continues to paint his progressive, perceptual realist style on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He was elected an honorary member of the Drawing Society of Canada in 2003. His artwork is in the Royal Collection and he was elected an honourary fellow for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2016.
For more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at Christopher Walker; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at
Artists in Canada