Artist

Steele, Bob

Title

Palimpsest #1 - Ariel Plath

Date

1984

Dimensions

39cm height x 57cm width

Type

drawing

Accession Number

1984.144

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

"Purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program/Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du programme d'aide aux acquisitions du Conseil des Arts du Canada".

Robert Cameron (Bob) Steele was born in Mervin, Saskatchewan in 1925. He served in the RCAF, received Education and Arts degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and taught music, art and English in Princeton and Chilliwack and at the Vancouver School of Art. He taught within the UBC Faculty of Education for 28 years and specialized in graphic arts and art education. In 1988, he founded the Drawing Network, and his "Draw Me a Story" books are published by Portage and Main Press. Steele has had numerous solo shows in British Columbia, and his work can be found in private and public collections across Canada and internationally.