W.
R. Brownridge
graduated from the Alberta College of Art (Calgary, Ab., Canada) in
1957. Following that he was a professional graphic designer for some 30
years, finishing his career as Art Director in one the city's top
advertising firms. During that time he received a Canada Council Grant
in 1975 to paint the vanishing railroad architecture of the Prairies and
that series of original paintings was widely exhibited. As well, in 1981
he received a commission from the Calgary Winter Olympic Development
Association to render a series of serigraphs depicting the games'
events. There were later used as part of Calgary's winning bid for the
1988 Winter Olympics.
In 1995 he left advertising so he could dedicate himself exclusively to
painting. Since then his art has been exhibited in galleries across the
country. He has had exhibitions in Calgary's Glenbow Museum, the
National Musuem of Science and Technology in Ottawa, with the Alberta
Society of Artists, the Ontario Society of Artists, the Burnaby Print
Show, Young Contempories of Canada, the Red River Exhibition, Calgary
Stampede and Exhibition, and has been exhibited extensively in galleries
across Western Canada. Since 1987 he has had 10 individual shows, most
of which sold out, and his paintings are presently available in three
different Canadian galleries. His work appears in the collections of
many corporations, NHL hockey teams, NHL players, and hundreds of
individuals.