It speaks of ditches and windbreaks, of fields, and wayward seeds making a soft landing, protected from the plough and the combine.
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| Spruce in a Row (12" x 9" on paper) |
A landing that favours growth and nurtures seedlings. A demarcation line.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
All in a Row (reprised)
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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