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Les Drysdale |
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artwork Les Drysdale has been a fulltime professional sculptor since 1987, as well as working at the Burlington Art Centre as a drawing and sculpture instructor. In 1993 he was part of the Queens Quay Artist Co-op instructing in cold casting. He also has been a sculpture technician and instructor in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Guelph, where he graduated with an Honours Degree in Fine Arts. His commissions include a life size sculpture of Saint Peter, the design for a life size sculpture of the first Hamilton settler Joseph Brant, and a large piece for conductor Victor Feldbrill of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Les is a member of the City of Hamilton Arts Advisory Committee, a Board member of The Sculptors' Society of Canada, Visual Arts Ontario, and International Sculpture Washington, D.C. He has exhibited in a variety of venues including; The Canadian Sculpture Gallery, Theatre Aquarius, Vineland Estates, Burlington Arts Centre, and The Gallery on the Lake. |
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