Additional Images

Provenance:

Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK

Note:

HARVEY MCINNES (1904 - 2002)

“A lot of my pictures are made up just from scenery and things I remember from away back. Some of them I make entirely just using my imagination...”

- Harvey McInnes -

Harvey McInnes was born in 1904 in Cobden, Ontario, but moved to Saskatchewan in 1910. He grew up farming with his family near Zealandia and continued to farm throughout his life. McInnes had been drawing since he was a child, but it wasn't until 1965, after his sister gave him a paint-by-number kit, that he began to pursue art-making more seriously. He never took art classes, but taught himself through his own experiments with oils, pastels, and coloured pencils.

McInnes began exhibiting in 1974 through the Watrous Art Salon show in Watrous, Saskatchewan. David Thauberger took interest in McInnes’ work, which lead to many group exhibitions in Saskatchewan, as well as in Montreal and Ottawa.

McInnes's work is represented in several important collections including the Canadian Museum of Civilization (Quebec), MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina), Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Saskatchewan Arts Board, and University of Saskatchewan. Harvey McInnes retired from farming in 1971. He passed away in 2002.

Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Canadian Museum of Civilization
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, SK
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Saskatchewan Art Board
University of Saskatchewan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1981 Recent Drawings, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Recent Drawings, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB

Selected Group Exhibitions

1982 Recent Acquisitions: Additions to the Permanent and Art Rental Collections of the Regina Public Library, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1976 Grassroots Saskatchewan, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK