Tobey C. Anderson is an independent visual artist living in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Born in 1946 in Washington, D.C., he grew up and was schooled in the Midwest of the United States, and in 1969 immigrated to Canada where became a dual citizen in 1975. Tobey has been producing and exhibiting artwork professionally since 1969 and is represented in numerous private and public collections internationally. He recently initiated CRAM, Niagara's smallest gallery and artist collective, a hybrid venue that encourages investment in contemporary artists with ties to Niagara and in 2007-2008 is the recipient of Ontario Arts Council Mid-Career Visual Artist and Materials Assistance Grants for The New American Century Project.

Since deciding to concentrate on painting in the late 1970's, I have been exploring its dual nature through image-making and abstraction. My source materials are (often appropriated) images from my everyday life, art and history, as well as the media and, most recently, the Internet. Symbolism, spirituality, humour, local life and metaphor are all elements in my work, as is my favorite recreation - fishing.