Biography
of the Artist: Mr. Herb Sellin
Herb Sellin was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta and grew
up on a farm near Spirit River. He has been painting full-time
for more than 30 years. His Landscapes and Portraits grace
the walls of hundreds of offices and homes throughout North
America and Europe. Internationally he is best known for
his life-size portrait of the former Prime Minister of Canada,
the late Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker.
Herb studied Advertising at the Alberta
College of Art in Calgary, and later studied Painting privately
under the late retired former Head, Dr. Stanford Perrott.
Specializing in Creative Ideas in his final year of Art
School, Herb immediately became Art Director in Advertising
for Eaton's Stores of Alberta for 2 years, where he won
numerous International Awards in Advertising. Searching
for an Art Form more lasting than Advertising, Herb began
painting full-time. He was greatly influenced by Tom Thompson,
the "French Impressionists" and "The Fauves".
His work is therefore marked by his sense of brilliant Color,
Design and Composition, coupled with his often dramatic
use of light and shade. Herb is as well-versed in the Fine
Arts of Painting Realism and Abstraction as he is in designing
Corporate Logos and Advertising Campaigns. Herb owned and
operated "The Herb Sellin Gallery" from 1979 to
1989, which handled his work exclusively. Herb enjoys physics
and inventing. Presently he lives and paints in Calgary.
