Alan Wylie’s canvases represent a diverse collection of subjects that are bound together by an understanding of light and a palette resembling jewels more than it does pigments. Whether it be a reclining nude or a sun-drenched brook, the quality of light is so well created that a viewer can set a watch by the time of day depicted. Wylie is heir to a great tradition of Scottish Realists. Having been born in Glasgow and educated at the Glasgow School of Art, he came to Canada in 1967 and has since developed into an accomplished muralist and easel painter. His murals can be found in public and private institutions around North America and Europe including the Vancouver International Airport; Glasgow University, Lake Tahoe, California; West Seattle, Washington and Iqaluit, Baffin Island. More recently he was commissioned to complete a mural featuring Charlton Heston for the actor's home town of Magnolia, Arkansas. Alan is a member of the American Watercolor Society and has received the “High Winds Medal” from that association. For his watercolors he has also received the Gold Medal from the Canadian & Australian International Watercolor Exhibition in 1992. Most Recently he was the recipient of the Gold Medal from the Federation of Canadian Artists Medal Exhibition in 1998. He has exhibited across Canada and parts of the United States and is represented in the collections of the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts, the Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia, Prudential Assurance Company, Hiram Walker & Sons, Shell Oil Resources, the Lt. Governor of British Columbia and the Edmonton Journal.

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