David Grieve lives in Brantford Ontario with his wife and three sons. This is an area with a lot of sprawling farmland and forests which is where David finds his muse. They also spend lots of time at the studio/cabin in North Kawartha.
David Grieve was introduced to oil painting as a child and would accompany his mother to a group oil painting class. It was at the young age of nine that he created his first oil painting, and his love of creating blossomed through adolescence.
David was the recipient of the Michael Scotchmer scholarship, studying Fine Arts at the University of Guelph. As a student, David was given the opportunity to display his work in the Zavitz Gallery in Guelph, Ontario, receiving positive reviews and giving him the opportunity to encounter and connect with collectors.
His inspiration comes from walking along pathways through protected, natural areas. His landscape paintings often focus on one solitary tree standing alone. David’s technique of cropping sections allows us to focus more carefully on one area. The use of rich, organic, fall colours represent the maturity of the tree in the cycle of life, providing the observer with a strong sense of change, as the landscape ages and decays. The beauty found in aspects of time and changes is the ever-present theme underlying David’s paintings.
David has received scholarships and awards for his paintings, and has been involved in numerous group and solo exhibitions in commercial as well as public galleries across Canada and the U.S.A. David is represented by Natures Scene and currently exhibits in 17 galleries.
EDUCATION
1995
Bachelor of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
1994
Bachelor of Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
“My Eyes, Our Land”, Liss Gallery, St. Catharines, ON
2021
“David Grieve”, Liss Gallery, St. Catharines, ON
2016
“Warm Shore”, Algonquin Art Centre, Algonquin Park, ON
2014
“Back to Roots”, Paula White Diamond Gallery, Waterloo, ON
“Leaves”, Liss Gallery, Toronto, ON
”Steel the Sky” Gallery on the Lake, Port Perry, ON
2012
“Trees and Leaves”, Marten Arts, Bayfield, ON
“Branches and Bays”, Gallery on the Lake, Buckhorn, ON
2011
“Open”, Paula White Diamond, Waterloo, ON
2009
“Earth Surface Sky”, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“Through the Trees”, Marten Arts, Bayfield, ON
2008
“Lost in the Fields”, Marten Arts, Bayfield, ON
“Along the Way”, Elora Center for the Arts, Elora, ON
2007
“Fall”, Marten Arts, Bayfield, ON
2006
“Trees N Fields”, Gallery Sur Greene, Montreal, QC
2005
“Rust”, Terase, Thornbury, ON
2004
“Drawn to Painting”, Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
1999
“A Walk on a Path”, Kent Farndale Gallery, Port Perry, ON
“Still Life Games”, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994
“Oranges”, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
“City Field North Shore – Round 2”, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008
“One Less a Jury”, Niagara Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
“City Field North Shore”, Niagara Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002
“Arrested Object”, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, ON
1999
“Ontario Landscapes”, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto, ON
1998
“Animal Acts”, Simcoe Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Annual Juried Exhibition”, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, ON
ART FAIRS
2009
TIAF, Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2005-2008
Art Expo, New York, NY, USA
2004-2008
Art Expo, Toronto, ON
2002
Art Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
2003
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY, USA
1997-2007
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
1998
Juried Exhibition, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, ON
