LOT 83
DREW HARRIS
B. Canada, 1960
Align No.3, 2011
Signed, titled and dated on the verso
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 91 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM3,000 – RM6,000
“Each of us have our own lives. It is not for me to tell you how to conduct your life. I am just showing a bit of my feelings through the paintings. If the viewer likes the painting, he will sense my feelings.” When he paints, Drew’s main concern is to have complete connection to the work. As for any profound message, Drew doesn’t think he intentionally starts out with any high-minded artist statement but rather, it is a feeling that develops.
Drew Harris received his formal education in design and fine arts at Georgian College of Applied Arts in Ontario Canada, 1979 – 1982, receiving the Ontario Premiere’s Award for most outstanding student of design in Ontario. Drew began his professional career in Toronto, Canada as Senior Design Director for Communique Ltd, Canada’s leading corporate communications company specialising in motivational seminars and speakers, corporate identity design and corporate video presentations. In 1991, after 6 years with Communique,
Harris began his career as a full time visual artist exhibiting his abstract paintings nationally and throughout the world and in such cities as Toronto, Chicago, New York, Vancouver, Melbourne, Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Harris, who has exhibited widely, has his artworks in many private and corporate collections in Europe and Asia. His work has been showcased and sold in various international galleries around the world. His work can be found in Chicago, New York, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia