Dimensions: 31.5" L x 25" H
 
Dr. John Harold Thomas Snow was a man of two successful occupations: fine art and finance. He was born in Vancouver and lived for awhile in England
before resettling in Canada. His distinguished banking career lasted 43 years, interrupted only to serve as a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war, Dr. Snow returned to Calgary, where he resumed his careers in banking and art. Influenced by the modernist European approaches he was exposed to during the war, Dr. Snow evoked the Prairie experience in a startlingly new, contemporary way in his art. His desire to make art accessible to persons of all means drew Dr. Snow to printmaking. Encouraged by Glen Alps, a printmaker with the University of Washington in Seattle, Dr. Snow and a friend, architect Maxwell Bates, bought two presses and began to explore fine-art lithography. No one in Alberta was producing fine-art lithography at the time, so the two men essentially taught themselves. Not only did they become proficient, but they soon mastered the art form. Alberta is now regarded
internationally as a printmaking centre, in large part due to the pioneering work of Dr. Snow. A central figure in Canadian art, he is praised for his generosity.
approachability, and gentleness - qualities that have made him a mentor to new generations of artists. Dr. Snow's work has been widely exhibited and collected worldwide.