Sunlight flickers on a stone staircase lined with old trees.
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| Wadi Nisnas (2005 paper) |
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| Stairs in Sunlight (2007 paper) |
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| Wadi in Haifa (2009 canvas) |
I remember the ascent.
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Stairs in Sunlight
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.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Movement that belies an early morning calm exterior
It is in the quiet of the morning that brief moments of undisturbed time allow me to focus on these small works of paper, in paper and in ink.
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| Papiers Colles (6" x 4") 2017-Mar-10 |
But seriously, what was I thinking?
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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