Leslie Poole

Selected Works

Biography

 

Born

1942: Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Education

1970: MFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 

Selected Exhibition Locations

Vancouver Art Gallery
Kamloops Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Alberta
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Confederation Centre Art Gallery
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Simon Fraser University Art Gallery
Richmond Art Gallery
Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan
Kelowna Art Gallery
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Prairie Art Gallery
Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery
Nanaimo Art Gallery and Exhibition Centre
Grand Forks Art Gallery
Prince George Art Gallery
University of British Columbia (AMS Gallery)
Surrey Art Gallery
University of Alberta Art Gallery,
Scott Gallery

 

Selected Collections

Vancouver Art Gallery
Trimark Mutual Funds
Hyatt Hotel
Canada Council Art Bank
Canadian Broadcasting Company
Department of External Affairs
Royal Bank
McGill University
Waterfront Centre Hotel
Dofasco
Imperial Oil
CIL
Toronto Dominion Bank
Famous Players
Crown Life
Shell Canada Resources
Simon Fraser University
Canadian Pacific
Crown Zellerbach
Gulf Canada Resources
Canaccord Capital Corporation
BC Central Credit Union
Ladner Downs
Husky Oil
Air Canada
Claridge Investments Ltd.
Richardson Greenshields
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Bumper Corporation
Alcan
Dupont Canada
Reed Stenhouse
Zenzen Consultants Ltd.
Edmonton School Board
Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin & Lang
Minto Suite Hotel
Campney & Murphy
Davis & Co.
Coopers & Lybrand
ESSO Resources
Rothschild, Inc.
Le Devoir
Superior Propane
Telus
Owen Bird
BC Automobile Association
OPSEU
Simon Fraser University
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
BC Art Collection
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
University of British Columbia
University of Alberta
Carlton University
Mendel Art Gallery
Burnaby Art Gallery

Leslie Poole’s art works can be seen in galleries throughout Canada and the US.

Artist Statement

Nationally and internationally recognized, Vancouver-based artist Leslie Poole is firmly established as one of Canada's most extensively exhibited artists.Poole's paintings, drawings, and prints question life and art at the end/beginning of the millennium through subjects as diverse as: figures, still life, landscape, and self-portraits. Never content with doing only one thing well, his works range from realist to expressionist in style. His masterful expressionistic brushwork is directed by the assurence of years of experience in order to create works of deeply felt emotion. Expert paint handling and use of colour are his trademarks. Leslie believes that through the continuous exploration of ones self, the artist symbolically creates the conditions of the human soul.He has had over 100 solo exhibitions in Canada and the US.