About the Artist:
After serving in the R.A.F., George left England for North America. He emigrated to Canada in 1954. George's approach to painting draws from both the realist and impressionist traditions. Influenced from the beginning by artists such as John Singer Sargent and British impressionists like Alfred Sisley, he later came to appreciate the great marine painters Montague Dawson and Norman Wilkins. Bates also learned much from his friend of thirty years, Edwin C. Lockey, who valued simplicity of design in his own work.