series
Art for groceries. Small works . 10% donated to charity
statement
The way we interact with our environment influences the way we see things and frame the things we see. We take insubstantial, fragmented images and fill them out to make complete narratives.
It is this tension between the negative space, what is withheld from the frame of the painting and what is suggested that engages the viewer in a conversation with my work. I am showing part of a picture or world which exists beyond the realm of the canvas in the mind of the viewer. This conversation between the viewer and the painting, between description and abstraction is the most vital element of my painting.
process
Escape trajectory variation 15- is part of the into the woods show @dervilia_art_design . It runs from October 10 to November 2.
There’s so many things to love about this piece. The scale : 20x60” . The way your imagination works out what’s going on in the middle ground. The light ……
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Tending to some necessities before winter 🥶 rears its head . Needed a buffer between the concrete floor and the interior. ✅ multiple coats of paint and then at 4 pm … 24 hours after the last coat was applied, I can get back in there !
Lotsa thinking went into what to put down . Eventually decided since I paint the floor every few years , i would just go with a floating wood floor. One more thing off the list . Yay!!
Owen sound studio tour this weekend. It’s fun hanging out with @leah_mhp who’s showing her printed explorations . Beautiful day. It’s running tomorrow 10-5 tomorrow. Come visit! 1090 3rd ave E . It’s a laneway house that runs between 2nd and 3rd ave E.
My paintings in my studio, Leah’s work outside under the big top. (Tent)
People come from all over to see the skies here . I completely appreciate that. I’ve been experimenting with trying to capture the different moods .
‘ any resemblance to any day past or present is entirely coincidental’ . I’m a huge reader and adore that statement. I feel we , as human beings are always informed by external influences. Chance encounters with people and environments have lasting impressions.
These two pieces , 24x24” and 16x20” will be at my studio as part of the Owen sound studio tour this coming weekend. Will be fun to see people interacting with my work.
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One of the new inner harbour pieces. So much fun playing with light and colour and the reflections.
This one’s 30x30”
I haven’t been posting much lately, my bandwidth has been full trying to sort myself out in this new city and figure out the rhythms of working in this studio I’ve built. I’m opening up my studio next weekend as part of the @osstudiotour . My friends at @mammoth.hall.press will be setting up here too. It runs sept 21-22 , 2024 from 10 am to 5 pm. Visit us if you’re able . Would be fun to see you and show you what we’ve been up to .
Come see us and the bunnies . We’re located at 1090 3rd avenue East Owen sound . It’s a laneway house so a little tricky to find but we’ll put out signs . Hope you can make it!
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Currently up @dervilia_art_design , the point 2.0 . 48x60”
Playing with the light and the architecture of the land and the trees and how they interact. And how colour affects that . Fun!!
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Another example of my explorations of the light and reflections along the inner harbour. Each examination unlocks more ideas to pursue.
This one’s 30x60”.
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One of the many ideas that I’ve been exploring lately.
Here’s the inner harbour. I often catch glimpses of the setting sun outside my kitchen window which causes me to race outside to cross the block to the inner harbour to see the play of light on the water.
The light changes so swiftly that I will be walking back when I see reflections in the windows on my way back which prompts me to turn around and repeat the process 2 and 3 times .
This piece is 30x30” . Oil on canvas.
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New still life . Love this time of year but hate it too . So many pulls on my time.
These still life’s really excite me . The negative spaces . The abstraction. Makes my heart happy. This one’s hot off the easel / chairs and 35x36”
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About to begin some home brewed still life paintings. Love this one I did last year . It was in the previous studio . What a difference a year makes .
It’s from my series ‘ studies in line and form ‘ - animation variation 7- 24x24”
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A new electric forest . Really enjoying the layered textures to create depth . So much chaos, so much peace . A moment to breathe.
36x48” smells like wet paint
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I use little pieces to play and work out ideas . Each of these 6x6 inch piece has been generated from the tremendous landscape and light out here on Georgian bay.
All of these pieces are available. They are $185.00 a piece which includes a 10% donation to a charity and tax . Ask me to send you a photo of an individual piece if you’d like. The charity’s this month will be a LGBTQ one for pride month .
Two new Electric Forest pieces among the peonies in my studio . I keep returning to forest interiors, there’s something about creating images that extend the imagination beyond the borders of the canvas . They are 30x60” each .
#orange #forest #trees #abstractlandscape #contemporarypainting #canadianart #artcurator #artcollector #color #colour
I’ve been thinking a lot about life lately and I think it really is about appreciating the simple moments. So I’ve got a couple of goals .
1: Document some of the simple things that give me joy . 2: do another studio tour … hopefully weekly. (Got swamped/overwhelmed… it happens)
these two pieces are attempting to capture some of the crazy light that happens here I love it and how changeable it it. I walked to and from the inner harbour 4 times yesterday in minutes because I’d look at it and be walking back home and catch the sky refuted in windows and head back . Just fabulous! The square is 24 inches , the rectangle is 16x30.
Currently in a battle with the bunnies. They look cute but they have voracious appetites. They’ll try to eat anything. Forget that they don’t like it and try it again!! Be off darn varmits!
They have no appreciation for art. I’m trying to grow stuff for painting and eating. Sharing is caring 🐰 you hear me ?!?
This 36x36” piece called ‘animation #5’ was painted in my former studio with things I grew here. Looking forward to seeing what I create here this summer. 💕
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