"Oh", he said, "still life?"
"Hmmmmm" I thought, "abstract still life?"
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| Collage with ink (8" x 6") |
Still, there is life, so if it is still life, why is it not lifeless or dead -- like it is in French -- "nature morte".
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Still Life = Nature Morte
The landscape features most prominently in the body of my work. It is a landscape of suggestion, rather than a faithful figurative rendering; it is a landscape of fiction and abstraction. Major influences on my work have been the Canadian landscape, the tropical forest of the Congo and the land of the Mediterranean/Middle East. Born in Exeter, Ontario,I studied at the University of Prince Edward Island, McGill University in Montreal and the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières.
I always ask one question; when does the unconventional become so utterly conventional as to become uninteresting - dull in fact? I hope these are not dull whatever else they are. Let me know what you think.
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