About Ted Harrison

  • Biography

    Ted Harrison MC, OBC, DFA, LL.D., D.Litt., B.Ed, RCA (1926)

    A prominent Canadian painter, illustrator, author, draftsman, muralist, stained glass designer, printmaker and educator, Edward Hardy Harrison (AKA: Ted Harrison) was born in Wingate, County Durham, England. He immigrated to Carcross, Yukon, Canada in 1967; lived in Whitehorse, Yukon from 1970 to 1993; and has lived in Victoria, British Columbia since then. In Canada, Harrison's popular paintings, prints and illustrations are iconic images of Yukon life, and his trademark style easily ranks as one of the most recognizable of any Canadian artist.

    His mediums include acrylic, oil, gouache*, watercolor, serigraph*, posters, collage*, mixed mediums, fresco*, stained glass...

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