Born in Vancouver in 1923, Don Jarvis took up drawing at an early age.
An aspiring cartoonist as a teenager, Jarvis enrolled at the Vancouver School of Art in 1941 and was encouraged by his teachers, B.C.
At the suggestion of Lawren Harris, he traveled to New York City to study under the abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann.
I am mist, trees, rain, sun brush, canvas, weather, season, figure.
"Jarvis died of heart disease on March 22, 2001[3] in Sechelt, British Columbia, leaving his wife, Gladys, their two sons, Graham and Roy, and grandchildren, Jennifer and Scott and one of the most varied Canadian art collections.