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Excited to announce my exhibition 'Beauty From Ashes' of my charcoal artwork from burnt forests in northern Saskatchewan will be at the Shurniak Gallery in Assiniboia from April 23 to July 23, 2025
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​Ken van Rees is a Canadian plein air painter which allows him to connect with the natural environment from a different perspective than his scientific background in forestry and soils. He is intrigued by the various intersections of the arts and sciences in his work; particularly, his interest in how art can be used to convey concepts about soils and charcoal from burnt forests.
Honoured to have my soil art work 'Highway 2' purchased by the Senate Of Canada for the release of their Soil Health report which was chaired by the Honourable Robert Black. Click here for more info.

A published science article about the soil highway project and how art was used to depict the Saskatchewan Soil Zones click here
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For information on my SK Arts Board 2022  project on charcoal in burnt forests click here​
An article about my Carbon Capture exhibition at the Mann Art Gallery January 2022 can be found here
An article about my Saskatchewan soil project of the so​il zones at CBC News 
​Virtual Water Gallery
Visit the Virtual Water Gallery here
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Check out the video of the construction of my painting studio

Click here to see a video of my story about incorporating art with science

Senator Burey below talking about my soil art work that was purchased by the Senate of Canada for the release of the Soil Health Report
Our latest video of our plein air painting at Hickson Lake in Northern Saskatchewan during our artist in residence at the Maribelli outpost. 
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