Douglas Patrick George

Douglas Patrick George
Born(1943-11-23)November 23, 1943
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
DiedJune 8, 2025(2025-06-08) (aged 81)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
EducationCamosun College, University of Victoria, Middlesbrough Art College
Known forvisual artist, educator

Douglas Patrick "Pat" George RCA (November 23, 1943 – June 8, 2025) was a Canadian visual artist from Victoria, British Columbia.[1]

Biography

Born 1943 in Victoria, British Columbia, Pat George was a graduate of the University of Victoria. Following post-graduate studies at Middlesbrough Art College Pat returned to Victoria to support the University of Victoria Fine Arts Department sculpture program as chief technician.

George died in Victoria, British Columbia, on 8 June 2025, at the age of 82.[2] He is a posthumous member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA).[3]

Career

George primarily worked as a printmaker and specialized in water-soluble silkscreen. He also worked in hand lithography, etching, and block printing.

Outside of the arts, George was a passionate fly fisher, and an advocate for Pacific Salmon conservation and the environment.[4] Fish, fishing, rivers, and nature became significant themes in Pat's prints and sculptures from the 1980s.

Pool and Rapid

In 1997, George illustrated a limited edition reprint of Pool and Rapid by Canadian writer and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown. Haig-Brown published two editions in his lifetime, and refused to permit any subsequent editions. This limited edition of the novel was authorized by the Haig-Brown family to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of Haig-Brown's death.[5] Haig-Brown was also the subject of a retrospective curated by George at the University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries.[6]

University of Victoria Visual Arts building

In 1990 George was appointed by the University of Victoria to oversee the design and construction of a new Visual Arts building.[7] The building was purpose-built for the visual arts featuring a gallery, studios, a library, and metal and wood shops. It was also designed to include an integrated media lab for digital art (Studios for Integrated Media).[8]

Exhibitions

George's work, primarily as a silkscreen printer, has been exhibited in numerous international print biennials and group exhibitions including, but not limited to: 13th International Biennials of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana, 1979)[9], 2nd Canadian Print Biennale (Edmonton, 1980)[10], 4th International Graphic Print Biennial (Hermitage, Belgium, 1983), 15th International Biennials of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana, 1983)[11], International Print Exhibition (Taipei, 1984), Northwest Printmakers tour (Australia, 1984), National Defense Pacific Rim Exhibition (Japan, 1987 & 1997), and "Small Images" (Abu Dhabi, 1998).

George has been the subject of a solo exhibition at the University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries[12] and featured in an Alumni exhibition in 1983.[13]

George has also curated multiple exhibitions at the University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries, such as an Alumni exhibition in 2002.[14] As President of the Victoria Arts Council, he curated Look 93. [15]

Collections

George's work is in the permanent collections of Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Burnaby Art Gallery[16], Camosun College[17], Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries[18], and Chulalongkorn University[19]

See also

List of Canadian artists

References

  1. ^ "Pat George".
  2. ^ "Douglas George". Victoria Times Colonist. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Remembering Pat George, RCA". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Remembering Champions of Pacific Salmon". Pacific Salmon Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  5. ^ "R. Haig-Brown's Pool & Rapid". British Columbia Adventure Network. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Roderick Haig-Brown: A Legacy". University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Visual Arts (VIA, #202)". University of Victoria. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Studios for Integrated Media (SIM)". University of Victoria. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  9. ^ "The 13th International Biennial of Graphic Arts". Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  10. ^ "2nd Canadian Biennale, Prints and Drawings". Alberta University of the Arts. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  11. ^ "The 15th International Biennial of Graphic Arts". Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Patrick George". University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  13. ^ "Alumni Artists: An Exhibition of Work by Former University of Victoria Students". University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  14. ^ "UVic's Visual Arts Department Alumni Show (BFAs 1963-1993)". University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  15. ^ Amos, Robert (6 March 1993). "On Art". Victoria Times Colonist.
  16. ^ "Collections: George, Pat". Burnaby Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  17. ^ "Who's Fooling Who?". Arca. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Collections: George, Pat". University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  19. ^ "Who's Fooling Who?" (in Thai). Chulalongkorn University. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
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