Artist Biography

A man sitting on a log in a snow-covered landscape with trees, a small creek, and a cloudy sky.

John Doyle

John Doyle has spent over five decades painting the Canadian landscape. Born in Toronto in 1950, he studied Fine Arts at York University, graduating in 1973, and has been working in acrylic on canvas ever since.

His paintings don't document places so much as feel them. Fields, forests, shorelines, and skies are rendered in bold colour and expressive brushwork, capturing something just beyond the literal: the weight of a cloudy afternoon, the particular quiet of an open field. Over the years, his palette has grown more audacious, his mark-making more confident.

"Nature for me is a deeply moving primordial force, a raw power, both menacing and beautiful. Mysterious. Silent. Magical. A pleasure tinged with melancholy with a hidden content, slowly released."

John Doyle's work is held in private and corporate collections across North America and Europe. He exhibits regularly at Ingram Gallery in Toronto, where he has shown new work annually for over a decade, with his most recent solo exhibition, Distillations, presented in September 2025.

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EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Arts, York University; 1974

SOLO EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC MUSEUMS Winters Art Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario; 1974 New Brunswick Museum, St. John, New Brunswick; 1983

SOLO EXHIBITIONS, COMMERCIAL GALLERIES Prince Arthur Galleries, Toronto, Ontario; 1981 Quan Shieder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario; 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009 Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Quebec; 1998 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; 2015, 2023, 2026

GROUP EXHIBITIONS Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario; 1981 Ring Gallery, St. John, New Brunswick; 1981 Quan Shieder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990 Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Quebec; 1991 Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario; 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009 Ingram Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; 2012–2026

COLLECTIONS Canada Development Corporation, B.P. Canada Corporation, Pan Canadian Inc., Norcen Energy Resources, L.A.C. Minerals, Imperial Oil Limited, Walwyn Stogell, I.I.M. Inc., Caldwell Partners, Corrie Advertising, Bilt-Rite, Kornberry International, Cossette Communications, Kempdale Consultants, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Curraugh Resources, Iona Corporation, Lang Mitchner, Shoppers Drug Mart, Realstar, Fidelity Mutual, Taurus Capital Markets Brokers, Stanley Morin, Bennett Jones Verchere Law, Toronto Hydro, Provich Finance, HBNG Holborn, Tides Institute and Museum Maine

REVIEWS 1983, July 21, "East Coast Awesome Through Artists Eyes", by Jo Anne Claus, The Evening Times Globe, St. John, New Brunswick 1984, February 23, "A Happy Change In Landscape", by John Bentley Mays, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario 1998, November, "ARTseen" by Bernard Mendelman, The Montreal Suburban, Montreal, Quebec

A painting of a forest scene with tall trees and yellow autumn leaves, a grassy foreground, and a blue sky with some clouds.
A colorful painting of a row of trees in a field with a landscape of rolling hills and sky in the background.
Painting of an outdoor landscape featuring a green grassy foreground, a yellow field, and trees with autumn-colored leaves under a partly cloudy sky.
Painting of a scenic autumn landscape with a yellow pathway, tall leafless trees, and colorful fall foliage in the background.
A vibrant landscape painting of a countryside scene with a row of trees with white blossoms in the foreground, lush green grass, colorful hills in the distance, and a clear blue sky.
An impressionist style painting of an autumn landscape with colorful trees, green grass, a water body, and a sunset sky.
Oil painting of a row of pink and purple flowering trees against a blue sky with a dark forest background, and a green grassy foreground.
Painted landscape of trees with vibrant orange and yellow foliage in the foreground, rolling green hills and rocky cliffs in the background, under a blue sky.
A colorful painting of a rural landscape with rolling hills, fields, and distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.
Painting of green hills and cliffs under a cloudy sky with sunlight breaking through.
Painting of a row of trees with orange and yellow autumn foliage, green grass in foreground, and darker trees in the background.
Painting of a lakeside scene with green grass, trees, and a body of water in the background, with a clear sky overhead.
A rural landscape with leafless trees, a red house with white trim, a gray barn, and a figure in a white dress and hat in the foreground.
A scenic landscape painting of rolling green fields, a distant barn, and a bright blue sky with large fluffy clouds.
A painted landscape of trees in autumn with orange and green foliage, rolling hills in the background, and a cloudy sky.
Painting of a rocky river with water flowing over rocks and a canyon wall in the background
A colorful painting of a forest scene with a dirt path, tall trees, shrubs, and sunlight filtering through the leaves.
Painting of a scenic landscape with fields in the foreground, a line of trees and a house in the middle ground, and a sky filled with large, colorful clouds at sunset.
Painting of a rugged coastal landscape with cliffs and green vegetation.
Oil painting of a serene park scene with a pond, surrounded by green grass and trees, with sunlight filtering through the leaves.
Painting of a coastal landscape featuring a rocky, green hillside extending into water with cliffs in the background and distant houses on land.
A colorful landscape oil painting of open fields, trees, and a distant horizon under a vibrant sky with orange, pink, and blue clouds.
A landscape painting of a rural scene with rolling green and brown fields, a distant body of water, and a sky filled with large, fluffy clouds.
A painted landscape of rolling farmland with wheat and crops, trees, and distant hills under a partly cloudy blue sky.
Painting of two people walking on a railway track towards a lake with hills in the background on a cloudy day.