Dominik J. Modlinski was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1970. From an early age, he studied printmaking and later attended the School for Artistic Crafts and Design in Warsaw. In 1987, he immigrated to Canada and studied Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, graduating with honors. While studying landscape painting, Dominik was naturally drawn to the wilderness of Northern Ontario. Following his graduation, he moved to the Algoma region of Ontario to paint at the Algoma School of Landscape Arts. Since then, he has pursued his passion for painting the wilderness in various locations around the globe. As a matter of course, Dominik incorporates the journey motif, his creative process, and his personal growth into his work. In the early '90s, his travels led him to the Yukon wilderness and the far North, where he truly found his inner creative calling, depicting the dramatic landscapes of Canada. Dominik has been returning to the Yukon for over two decades, drawn by the ever-changing and harsh environment that offers him limitless inspiration. Dominik's painting journeys are a wilderness experience based on weeks of traveling rugged and barren lands to capture, in plein air style, the majesty of nature. He embarks on a journey through the path of nature's four seasons, finding continuous creative fuel in the unique and challenging landscapes. At the heart of his travels is a quest to discover and depict the inherent balance and truthfulness found in nature. Dominik enjoys the physical challenge that painting in such remote locations entails. It's also an opportunity to visually celebrate a unique ecosystem. For this artist, the celebration of Nature is really at the heart of his work. Dominik's northern travels have inspired him to explore further and visit many of the earth's last remaining wilderness areas. Some of the most extreme painting expeditions took him across continents and hemispheres, such as Antarctica, the High Arctic, Greenland, Patagonia, into the wilds of Namibia, South Africa, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. As we witness the disappearance of wilderness around the globe, Modlinski’s quest is to portray the need to preserve the beauty of our planet and inspire people to do so through his paintings, photographs, stories, and videos. When he is not traveling, Modlinski paints at his home studio on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He also devotes his time to filming and creating his ongoing television series called ‘CHANGING LANDSCAPES,’ where he and his best friend travel the world in the quest for adventure and painting locations, broadcasted on the SHAW television channel. During the time when he is not painting, Dominik follows his second passion, martial arts. He has been training for 37 years in various styles and currently holds a rank of 6th-degree black belt in Karate.