TOM DIETRICH (1965 - )
Tom Dietrich is a sculptor and painter whose work lives somewhere between these two realms - his sculptures have painterly elements while his paintings borrow from sculpture to assert themselves into the three dimensional world. Dietrich has developed a trademark exploration of control and environment, exploiting ideals in Canadian landscape painting and taking a colourist approach to landscapes while incorporating framing elements as sculptural devices and symbols of human interaction. An early influence in his work was ecological philosopher Max Oelschlaeger and his assertion that there was no such thing as “wilderness” prior to the agricultural revolution. The struggle between constructed and wild spaces and humankind’s quest for identity and control is depicted in many of Dietrich’s sculptural paintings and continues to be a primary influence in his work. Dietrich divides his time between Cuba and Muskoka.
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