/unews/person/robert-francis-michael-mcinnis en /unews/article/rich-landscape-art-rfm-mcinnis <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-8037e78a5f3965c8b6402634b8c5b519"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">July 9, 2012</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p><div class="image-caption-container" style="width:500px;"><img src="/unews/sites/default/files/main/articles/li-mcinnis-cows-and-little-ones.jpg" alt="Cows and Little Ones McInnis" title="R.F.M. McInnis, Cows and Little Ones (detail), 1996. From the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge Art Collection. Gift of Jim Coutts, 2010."><div class="image-caption">R.F.M. McInnis, Cows and Little Ones (detail), 1996. From the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge Art Collection. Gift of Jim Coutts, 2010.</div></div></p><p>Robert Francis Michael McInnis was born in 1942 in Saint John, N.B., where he received a diploma in fine and applied arts in 1961. In his early career, McInnis worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, and served as a Royal Canadian Air Force photographer from 1962 to 1966.</p><p><div class="image-caption-container" style="width:500px;"><img src="/unews/sites/default/files/main/articles/li-mcinnis-red-barn.jpg" alt="Red Barn McInnis" title="R.F.M. McInnis, Red Barn and Clouds, 1998. From the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge Art Collection. Gift of Jim Coutts, 2010."><div class="image-caption">R.F.M. McInnis, Red Barn and Clouds, 1998. From the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge Art Collection. Gift of Jim Coutts, 2010.</div></div></p><p>Before moving to Toronto to devote his life to painting at the age of 30, McInnis held the position of Art Department Head at the Prince George College in British Columbia. In the years since his decision to focus on painting, McInnis has roamed east and west, living in Canada's urban centres and homesteading on the Albertan prairies.</p><p><div class="image-caption-container" style="width:500px;"><img src="/unews/sites/default/files/main/articles/li-mcinnis-the-hill.jpg" alt="The Hill McInnis" title="R.F.M. McInnis, The Hill, 1994. From the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge Art Collection. Gift of Jim Coutts, 2010."><div class="image-caption">R.F.M. McInnis, The Hill, 1994. From the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge Art Collection. Gift of Jim Coutts, 2010.</div></div></p><p>He is known for his landscape paintings depicting the rolling hills and grain elevators of rural Alberta, but has also completed a large body of work featuring the figure as his subject.</p><p>RFM McInnis continues to paint at his current home in Winnipeg.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-city-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">City:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/city/toronto" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Toronto</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/city/winnipeg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Winnipeg</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/city/saint-john" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Saint John</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-facility-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Facility:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/facility/prince-george-college" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Prince George College</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/royal-canadian-air-force" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Royal Canadian Air Force</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/prince-george-college" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Prince George College</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/art-department" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Art Department</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/robert-francis-michael-mcinnis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Robert Francis Michael McInnis</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-position-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Position:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/head" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">head</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/position/newspaper-reporter-and-photographer" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">newspaper reporter and photographer</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/photographer" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">photographer</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ProvinceOrState:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/alberta" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/british-columbia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">British Columbia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/new-brunswick" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">New Brunswick</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="The rich landscape art of R.F.M. McInnis" class="rdf-meta"></span> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:48:00 +0000 trevor.kenney 3151 at /unews