Anthony (Ewoud) Dubois was born in Bussum in 1950 and emigrated to Canada at the age of 2. He grew up in the Montreal area and frequently spent time painting and drawing as a boy and teenager. Alongside music and later the biological sciences, he continued to paint and draw in various media and styles until the end of high school.
After obtaining a university degree in biochemistry, he took the bold step of moving to Amsterdam to study medicine. Despite the fact that this offered limited opportunities to paint, the urge remained and Dubois started to paint again in the late seventies. He had married in the meantime and returned to Canada, where he combined painting with medical research and training. Despite the demands his profession made on his time, he had an exhibition in this period and won a prize in a competition. He also had three of his works published.
On returning to the Netherlands he settled in Groningen with his wife and two sons. He came on staff in the University Medical Center Groningen, where he is currently professor of pediatric allergy. He continued to paint and had an exhibition of his works in 1995 in Atelier Willem Wolthuis in Groningen.
Dubois: "Life without painting is unthinkable for me. Sometimes circumstances don't permit me to paint for a while, and then I just have to. This cycle fortunately repeats itself. In recent years I have come to realize that painting is a form of communication, and website is an excellent medium through which to show your work to others.