"In a world preoccupied with the bizarre, the sensational and horrific, I find great enjoyment in watching children at play. Their joyous laughter, enthusiasm and naivete are a source of endless fascination -- especially when the setting is a hauntingly beautiful prairie or foothills landscape."
Bill Brownridge

Raised under the endless sky of a prairie landscape, I have always been fascinated by the effects of light -- its luminosity, its mood, its relationship, and, of course, its colours.  Bright colour is an important element in my painting and working with the full chromatic scale is a real passion.  I also relish "fat" paint and, now more than ever, I love to use its texture and encrustment.

I am likely more attune to the effects of light and colour because as a child I had so much time to observe.  I was born crippled and could never run and play like other children.  This would also explain why my work is often filled with action.  I have studied movement all my life and you will usually find the power of diagonals in every composition, most often to illustrate the vitality and enchantment of children at play.

Here lies an important element of my paintings -- children at play.  Few activities, few scenes in the world today can embody so much.  For example, in a simple game of "shinny", in a thrown-together game of hockey on a homemade rink, you will witness the bare reality of life -- the struggle and the conflict, right vs. wrong, selfless vs. selfish, triumph vs. failure.  Children learn of the ability to cope, to adjust, to move forward in the face of adversity.  But, over and above all this, there is simply the love of the game.

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