I almost prefer overcast skies this time of year-the juxtaposition of warm crimson, yellow and orange against the sky's cool mauves and greys..
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
October
(small gift series)
acrylic on canvas
6x6in, 2009
$75
October
Little Voices in the Air
(small gift series)
acrylic on canvas
6x6in, 2009
$75
As a landscape painter I often feel cursed. This season there are too many saturated colours and vistas and not near enough time or energy to depict them.
Friday, October 23, 2009
October
oil on canvas 12x12in, 2009 available
October (small gift series)
acrylic on canvas 6x6in, 2009 SOLD
October (small gift series)
acrylic on canvas 6x6in, 2009 SOLD
I rarely include buildings in my landscapes but since new neighbours have started altering their escarpment farm, I have an overwhelming urge to depict the remaining barns and sheds that I see on my daily walks before they, too, are no more.
"Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got till it's gone" Joni Mitchell
For the past decade, in all weather and almost every day, I have documented the seasons of rural land where I live on the Niagara Escarpment (a UNESCO world biosphere reserve). These paintings are ‘grown' primarily with oil on canvas and I am struck by the common elements between my own art practice and the seasons and cycle of harvest. Each must have faith in what the land will give. When I am out painting in the land I am surrounded by new growth as well as the old and dying. All have grown from the same place and all go back to the same place: "each seed according to its own kind.. each one knowing what to do, each one demanding its own rights on the earth..." - Emily Carr.
Painting plein air is immediate and intuitive and is affected on a daily basis by what cannot be controlled- climate. Through direct painting from nature I engage in an intimate dialogue with the land and I am developing a deeper understanding of the environmental factors that determine our world's future. What I also find enlightening in painting on open land is that I am in the midst of so very many creatures ‘unseen' -their continued presence entirely dependent on our Eco system. Protection and the importance of maintaining ecological integrity concerning protected land informs my work.
Studio/ Home Exchange I am interested in trading places with other artists - locations of interest are coastal areas of Scotland, Ireland France--or anywhere..Closer to home, the east or west coast of Canada. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY clickhere