This site created Sept 1995. This page revised April 2020
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I've studied illustration and painting at the Ontario College of Art and
computer graphics at Sheridan College. Since then I have worked
various small contracts. This includes clipart, animation backgrounds,
product visuals and aiding in multimedia projects. Previous to art
school I have had contracts with the Canadian Museum of
Civilisation building dioramas. As part of my outdoor activities, I
have studied at the Algoma School of Landscape Painting, (crazy
artists sitting around campfires drinking beer, enjoying the outdoors
- a lot like cavers).
I am driven to the outdoors with the need to draw and paint as well
as cave. I've made a couple of cross-Canada trips to paint and draw.
Caving activities started in the Ottawa Ontario area where caves are
few, hard to reach, very small, marble and very pretty. l eventually
started got involved with the Toronto Caving Group and my caving
expanded into West Virginia and those parts. I have done cartoons
for the Toronto Caving Group Newsletter and designed the current
TCG logo. The most frequently asked question is, "do I paint
caves?", and I disappoint most people by saying, "no". I've never
been in a cave long enough to do colour sketches - maybe someday.
Right now I am enjoying a sojourn teaching english in Korea, and
will be returning to Canada in early 2002.
Fred Blair - Ottawa, Ontario
