Ted Harrison

Cool Artist of
the Yukon
Teaching Slideshow By R.M.
Anderson

Ted Harrison (1926- )

Ted Harrison was born in
England in 1926. He moved
to Canada and took a
teaching position in the
Yukon after responding to
an ad stating come teach
in the land of the moose.
Weaklings need not apply.
Harrison retired to Victoria
where he continues to paint
lively, colourful scenes of
his new surroundings.

Email Ted Harrison at E-mail

info@tedharrison.com

He has written and

illustrated many books.
O Canada.

Toronto: Kids Can

Press, 1992.

Cremation of Sam
McGee. Toronto: Kids Can
Press, 1986.

A Northern Alphabet.

Montreal: Tundra Books Inc.,

1982.

The Last Horizon.

Toronto: Merrit Publishing,
1981.

Children of the Yukon.

Montreal: Tundra Books Inc.,

1977.

Painting is part fantasy, part

reality, part abstraction

-Ted Harrison

Whale Watching

Style
Harrison creates
colourful,
simplified
shapes.
The hunters

"One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery

because it was so simple even children understood it. I
thought, what a wonderful tribute!" Ted Harrison

Last Horizon

I love colour. I love painting. I

love the Yukon. I love Canada." Ted Harrison

Northern Sun, 1989, Ted Harrison

Colour

Bright and bold colours are used such

as purple, blue, pink, orange, and
yellow, which in earlier years were
outlined in black.

I paint form my
mind, not from
reality. Its a world
of happiness and
joy that transcends
the normal world.
The dream world is
best." - Ted
Harrison

Northern Wind

Resources about Ted

Harrison

http://www.tedharrison.com/

http://www.geocities.com/marissa2/harrison.html

http://www.aggv.bc.ca/mansionmadness/artist_t_harrison.html

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/4871/ted.html

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/10/t10-502-e.html

http://24.72.1.30/school/mcmillan/author%20project/lucas/Harrison1.html

Other Yukon Artists

Jim Robb http://www.geocities.com/marissa2/robb.html

Images of the North

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Aurora borealis

Aurora can be seen from October through March. This yellow

shimmering colour is quite common and frequently "runs" or moves

backwards or forwards across the sky. Sometimes the Aurora borealis
(Northern Lights) are different colours.

Barren Tundra

Frozen Water vistas

Floating ice burgs

Water and rocks

Little vegetation

Northern Wildlife

Small Isolated Towns

Inukshuk