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Ron Stacy was born in Vancouver B.C. in 1943, a fifth generation North American. He has been involved with visual art all his life. He joined the Armed Forces in 1960 and became a ‘Training Aids Artist’, the military equivalent of a commercial artist.
During the 1980’s Stacy and his wife, Marcia operated a successful graphics and sign painting company, where they spent far too much time for too little satisfaction, so they decided to travel down another road. In 1987 they sold their business and everything, and moved to Victoria.
This seemingly reckless act was in fact an act of providence. Surrounded by the native artform that he felt an instant connection with, the urge to get involved was far too powerful to resist and in no time at all found himself in a rather loose apprenticeship to a well known native carver. He was able to learn enough about the culture and the artform to portray it accurately in paintings.
By 1990, Stacy had developed a style of painting acrylics and began to sell them. His unique style and interpretation of the northwest coast native mythology attracted the attention of collectors across Canada and various other countries like Japan, where he has a painting hanging in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo.
After an exhibit in the Kelowna Museum in 1998, Ron decided to take a break from the world of galleries to further develop his skills. During the next few years, Stacy taught acrylic painting, did commercial art, studied oil painting with mentors and other serious artists. His teaching required a serious research into art history, use of materials and the processes used in producing a painting of worth. One result of this work was a book on colour, which has received very positive response.
