Timeless, enduring, constant -- the dunes are deceptive in appearance. A surge with a nor'easter shouts at them -- they are not so constant after all.
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| Acrylic on canvas (20" x 24") |
They are changeable, eroding, losing ground - every year.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
The Constant Shore
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.
Monday, March 6, 2017
Being Mindful
It's routine - cut out the paper, place it just so forming the design -- it must be whole from the start. Paste it all down, carefully - watch out for the sticky parts! Draw!
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| Papiers Colles with ink (6" x 4") |
Be mindful, be mindful, be mindful! Don't go into a day dream. What are you doing? Where is that pen going? Where do you want it to go and what do you want it to do? Guide it.
Know when to let go.
Sometimes, right to the end, it is unforgiving.
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.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Dragons
There are many species of dragons!
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| Papiers colles 17 Feb 2107 (6" x 4") |
Some are more fierce than others.
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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