Dominik Modlinski - Artist

Throwback to one of my very first gallery openings in 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔. 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁.

There I was, all dressed up in a tuxedo, attending the opening with my date Dawn and trying my best to look like a sophisticated artist.

One minute you're making coffee over a camp stove in the bush, the next you're sipping wine in a tux and discussing art with collectors. The life of a landscape painter certainly has its moments. 😂🎨🏕️🤵
I still feel more comfortable in my hiking boots than formal shoes.

My latest painting, ‘𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁' (𝟭𝟱" 𝘅 𝟯𝟬", 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀).
This is a composition that had been sitting in the back of my mind for almost a year before I finally painted it. I wanted to capture that magical moment when the first light of the day reaches the foothills of the Rockies, while also telling a bit of a human story through the landscape.
It is the quintessential Alberta scene where old farm buildings, machinery that has long been retired, and the vegetation slowly reclaiming it all. It’s a view many of us have seen while traveling west through the foothills country.
One of the things that drew me to this subject was the contrast between the warm sunlight hitting the distant hills and the cool shadows in the foreground. Those shadowed grasses were both the biggest challenge and the most enjoyable part of the painting.
I can already see this composition evolving into a much larger piece—perhaps a six-foot-wide canvas sometime next year.