Ron Eady was born in Toronto, in 1957. His art education began at a secondary school for the visual arts and continued at Sheridan College in Oakville  with additional studies at The Ontario College of Art, Toronto.

In 2000 he became an elected member of The Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A.)

Ron spent his formative years focused on drawing and painting. Over the past decade he has primarily painted with the encaustic medium, as well as sculpting in wood with the application of encaustic.

His works explore the feeling of unsettled or elusive imagery, whether it’s an industrial landscape, figurative work or organic formations, creating an atmosphere of uncertainty.

Working between two studios – one in Hamilton and one in Rosseau, Muskoka, Ontario – has inspired two separate yet complementary commentaries on landscape that are both urban & rural, industrial and natural.

Ron’s work has been featured in numerous publications. He has exhibited internationally and his paintings are held in collections in the USA, Canada, Japan and China.

In 2014, Abbozzo Gallery held an exhibition of Ron’s work titled ‘Billy Bishop Goes to Rosseau’. Canadian pilot Billy Bishop was a highly decorated flying ace during the  First World War. In the early 1920’s he and a fellow ace, William Barker started one of Canada’s first commercial airline services. Using their Curtiss seaplane, they flew passengers from Toronto harbour to the Muskoka lakes and for sightseeing flights.

Bishop was married to the granddaughter of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton’s department store chain. Bishop often flew family and friends to the Eaton’s cottage ‘Kawandag’ on Lake Rosseau directly across the bay from Ron Eady’s  studio in Rosseau. While researching the local archives, Ron found images of Bishop’s plane in Rosseau Bay and one of the images showed Ron’s cottage in the background.

The exhibition was about not only Billy Bishop but also about Ron Eady and his  connection to the Rosseau area where he and his family have their cottage, a business and Ron’s studio. The landscape there has often appeared in Eady’s encaustic paintings, as have aviation themes.