Ronald L. Myren

Ronald Lloyd Myren (4 June 1937 – 10 Nov 2003) was a Canadian artist and landscape painter. He was a well known artist in Western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) who painted mostly in the foothills and mountainous areas of those provinces. He was the Chief Preparator and Registrar, and was in charge of installations at the Edmonton Art Gallery (from 1966 to 1980), now known as the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA). He was not a religious man in the traditional church sense of the word, and was not baptized. He believed in nature and was often quoted as saying, "Nature is my church." He expressed his belief and feeling about nature through his art. He spent a great deal of time every summer out in the foothills of Alberta painting, taking photos and fishing. He said he was recording scenes of nature that were going to disappear because of logging and development, and in some respects this prediction has come true.

Education He was born in Galloway, British Columbia in 1937 and attended the Alberta College of Art in Calgary for two years in the early 1960s. Due to finances he did not graduate but continued a quest in the love of learning about art for his entire life.

Painting Over the course of his career he had 11 solo exhibitions and participated in 23 group exhibitions. He has art in numerous public collections and his work has many private collectors.

Solo exhibitions:

Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1975 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1976 Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1977 Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1979 Mira Goddard Gallery, Toronto ON, 1981 Mira Goddard Gallery, Toronto ON, 1982 Mira Goddard Gallery, Calgary AB, 1982 Mira Goddard Gallery, Calgary AB, 1983 Hett Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1983 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1990 Bugara Kmet Gallery Edmonton AB, 1994

Group exhibitions: Civic Centennial Exhibition, Edmonton AB, 1967 Alberta 1973, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1973 Summer '74, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1974 Alberta Realists, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1974 Prairie 74, Painters of The Prairies, Saidye Bonfmon Center, Montreal QB, 1974 Changing Visions Canadian Landscapes Traveling Exhibition, Edmonton Art Gallery & Art Gallery of Ontario, 1976 Alberta Collects Alberta Art, Beaver House, Edmonton AB, 1978 Art Works from the Alberta Art Foundation to Japan, 1979 The Alberta Landscape, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB, 1979 Horizons West, Shell Travelling Exhibition, 1979

Public collections The following is a list of companies and government agencies that have Ron Myren's art in their collections: Alberta Arts Foundation (eight paintings) Art Gallery of Alberta (seven paintings) University of Alberta (four paintings) Northern Jubilee Auditorium Art Collection (three paintings) Alberta Government Art Collections Bank of Nova Scotia Canada Council Art Bank Canadian Department of External Affairs Edmonton Public School Board Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Edmonton Gulf Oil Imperial Oil Red Deer College Richardson Securities Seeal-Alcan Ltd. Shell Oil Trimac Corporation

Teaching

Edmonton Art Gallery Drawing #1 and #2, 1970–1973 University of Alberta Extension Dept. Painting #1 and #2, Barrhead, AB, 1981–1982 Landscape Painting, Westlock, AB, 1981–1982 Pen and Ink Drawing, Camrose, AB, 1981–1982 Edmonton Art Gallery Painting, 1983–1987 Ottwell Community League, Friends of Ottwell Painting, 1987–1989