About tony bianco

 Tony Bianco has been expressing himself as a full time artist since the age of twenty. His work displays a love for life, nature, and for communicating emotion visually.

Early in his career, Tony began to experiment with plein-air painting that is, working directly from the subject, on location. He embarked upon a study of working from life, in the landscape, throughout all seasons, striving for honesty and clarity in his style.

Since 2000, he has traveled with his family across Canada, painting a series of works depicting our National Parks. This collection of over 120 paintings, entitled "a Portrait of Canada",  has traveled and exhibited in a number of museums and galleries, and continues to do so.   The book, "a Portrait of Canada" can be viewed here. 

Tony has been chosen by the Royal Canadian Mint to design the Candadia millennium two-dollar coin, now in circulation. Since that time, he has designed a number of coins for the Mint, including the  2006 two dollar coin, the Georgian Bay $20 silver proof coin, a $100 gold coin, a $50 silver coin, and 2 hologram Olympic coins for the 2010 Canada winter games.  View all of his coin designs here.

Tony continues to explore his world through painting, whether it be landscape, animals, birds or figures. Traveling across Canada and through Europe for his subject matter, he now divides his time between working on location and in the studio where he develops more complex paintings. His studio/gallery is located in the scenic Mt. St. Louis area of central Ontario where he lives with his wife, young daughter and son.

Painting on site, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
Photo; Mirjam Rand