Bio
Niagara artist Ronald Boaks was born in Newmarket, Ontario. He received his diploma in creative art at Sheridan College in 1975. In 2015 he moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, where he opened his gallery, Ronald Boaks Collectibles. He works in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, and collage, but he is best known for his vivid expressive abstract paintings in which he aims to reflect beauty, balance, desire and humor.
In an artist statement Boaks writes, “I want to create something with integrity in both form and idea, that has meaning to me and clearly goes beyond just a grouping of diverse pieces or images. Sometimes they are figures and sometimes they are allusions to something abstract that challenges the viewer’s imagination….I want viewers to relate to my work in a way that makes it personal to them. I want the viewer to feel joy. I believe that the success of any work of art lies in its being ‘alive now.’” (Ronald Boaks, Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre)
Since his participation in the major survey exhibition Forum 76 at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal , he has been exhibited throughout Canada and the United States at galleries including the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Art Gallery of Ontario and Lonsdale Gallery. His work is included in various private and public collections including the Bank of Montreal, Museum London, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Four Seasons Hotel (London, England).

Exhibitions
Artworks

Modern Livers, 2002
Acrylic on Canvas
31.5" x 31.5"

Cross Rhythm, 1990
Acrylic on Canvas
44" x 103"

Same Sky Different Moon, 2003
61" x 41"

Emotion Recollected in Tranquillity, 2005
99" x 66"

Split Decision, 1989
42.5" x 109"

Venetian Concerto, 1984
44" x 107"

Adagio, 1986
72" x 55"

Proteus 1, 1991
56" x 121"

Coral Suite, 1985
63" x 121"

Evening In Venice, 1986
48" x 102"

Aria, 1991
38.5" x 96.5"

Tout Toot, 1985
48" x 118"

Tropical Front, 1987
56" x 107.5"

On The Threshold, 1988
Acrylic on Canvas
96" x 76"

Both Vuillard and Opera, So to Speak

Rhapsody on Blue, 1988
Acrylic on Canvas
79" x 65"

Ascendant XVI, 2021
Acrylic on Canvas
30" x 23"

More Bombay than Niagara, 2003
60" x 50.25"

Expression Over Evidence, 2019
mixed media on canvas
29.5" x 35.5"

Maloop′s Question, 1985
68 1/2 x 25 inches

Quidecca Recollections II, 1990
Acrylic on Canvas
55 3/4 x 55 3/4 inches

Azul, 2013
Collage and mixed media on canvas
18 x 24 1/2 inches

Slated, 2015
Collage and mixed media on canvas
24 x 18 1/2 inches

Towards a New Ideal, 1990
Oil on Canvas
101 1/4 x 40 1/4 inches

Proteus II, 1991
Oil on Canvas
84 x 36 inches

Tuscan Revision, 1990
Oil on Canvas
96" x 44

Wisdom vs. the Hedonist, 1990
Oil on Canvas
44 3/4 x 84 inches

More Bosa Nova Than Polka, 2010
Acrylic on Canvas
102" x 68"
