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Yukon painter Ted Harrison celebrated in = biography

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | 8:42 PM = CT

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Ted=20 Harrison's painting Hanging Sky is one of the works shown in the = biography=20 Painting Paradise by Katherine Gibson. (Crown=20 Publications)=20

Ted Harrison, whose vivid, colourful works depict rugged landscapes = from=20 Canada's North, is celebrating his 83rd birthday in Whitehorse this week = with=20 the launch of his official biography.

Ted Harrison: Painting Paradise by Katherine Gibson = chronicles the=20 longtime Yukoner's life, from his humble beginnings in an English = village to the=20 25 years he spent in the Yukon.

The book merges his story with more than 70 images from Harrison's = works,=20 including his first Yukon paintings.

"What I wanted to do was to tell a story of a miner's son who grew up = in=20 England and came to Canada and became an artist," Gibson told CBC News = in an=20 interview that aired Tuesday.

"I try to weave into that his development as an artist, because = they're very=20 much connected. You can't separate the man from his art. Ted is who he=20 paints."

Known for illustrations, books

Gibson,=20 left, and Harrison will launch the biography Wednesday night in = Whitehorse.=20 Born on Aug. 28, 1926, in Wingate, a small mining village in = northeast=20 England, Harrison moved to Carcross, Yukon, in 1968 to work as a teacher = after=20 he had worked in India, East Africa, Malaysia and New Zealand.

His northern-themed paintings can be seen on the covers of popular = children's=20 books The Cremation of Sam McGee (1986) and The Shooting of = Dan=20 McGrew (1988), both by Robert Service.

Harrison also wrote and illustrated his own books, including the = acclaimed=20 Children of the Yukon (1977), A Northern Alphabet = (1982) and=20 O Canada (1992).

He was named to the Order of Canada in 1987. He moved to Victoria in = 1993,=20 where he received the Order of British Columbia in 2008. He also has = honourary=20 doctorate degrees from four Canadian universities.

Gibson said the biography is the product of four years of research, = including=20 interviews with Harrison and those who know him, as well as details from = private=20 letters, diaries and other documents.

Not recognized nationally

"A lot of love went into creating the book, and I think for all of us = that=20 know Ted Harrison that's an easy thing to feel for this man," she = said.

While Harrison's artistic legacy is secured in the Yukon, Gibson said = he is=20 not represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

"Currently, there are no Yukon artists represented in our national = art=20 gallery in Ottawa. I think that's a travesty," Gibson said.

"Perhaps this book will encourage people down there and people across = the=20 country to realize that the voice of Yukon artists is valid and = important and=20 needs to be recognized in our national art gallery."

Gibson and Harrison will be available for signings at the official = launch,=20 which takes place Wednesday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre in=20 Whitehorse.

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