Ben Fox was born and raised on Vancouver Island and has been painting and making art his entire life. Ben studied filmmaking at the Vancouver Film School in 1999, and then worked for several years on film productions in Toronto, as well as documentaries filmed in Mozambique and the Central coast of BC. Filmmaking sparked a serious interest in the genre of Documentary Photography, which has guided and informed his art practice – eventually leading to the paintings which he creates today. Ben's work is inspired by the wild and expansive British Columbia locations that he has spent extensive periods immersed in—sketching, painting and photographing. Ben has lived in a remote cabin in Haida Gwaii and spent months of his life on sailboats exploring the Great Bear Rainforest, creating art and gathering material for future work.