movement notablework death_place death_date children birth_place influences nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
modernist an ecstasy vancouver , british columbia , canada july 2001 sharon , alex , brock london , england louis dudek , ralph gustafson canadian 13 april 1917 eldon grier
 eldon grier poet , artist
eldon grier

eldon grier -lrb- 13 april 1917 -- july 2001 -rrb- was a canadian poet and artist .
grier is best known for his poems regarding travel and art .
grier 's early poems were influenced by louis dudek and ralph gustafson .
his later works have been compared to those of al purdey .
grier has written many poems to painters and sculptors .
his poems focus heavily on visual imagery and colours .
in 1997 grier was made a life member of the league of canadian poets .
