Artscapes Canada Reprised, or, Act 2

The magazine Our Canada has just published a story about the project Artscapes Canada = Paye-arts Canada in which I participated representing Prince Edward Island. It started in 2009 with an email from Ray Belcourt, whose idea it was and whose photographs form the backbone of all the paintings depicting the Canadian landscape with the many and varied interpretations of the 11 painters who participated. Without Ray's dedication and ceaseless efforts, it would never have concluded in a book and exhibit in 2013.

The story in Our Canada (available at news stands) describes the essence of the project and includes one painting from each province and the NWT. My contribution is Cavendish Winds (2011) and features in the centre of p. 13. (see my post from August 19, 2012 for more of this story and a better look at Cavendish Winds https://louisemould.blogspot.com/2012/08/artscapes-canada.html ) 

p. 13, Our Canada (December 2018)

The book has gone into a second edition - an expanded, hardcover edition - and includes the third painting I did called Bales of Hay (see post from July 7, 2013 https://louisemould.blogspot.com/2013/07/bales-of-hay.html for more detail) as well as Cavendish Winds and the first one Prince Edward Island Potato Fields. Iconic themes with new interpretations. 

Below are a few photos of the three paintings were the focus of a solo show at Howes Hall in the summer of 2013 that featured these and many of the paintings that were studies.

Howes Hall, 2013

Howes Hall, 2013

Howes Hall, 2013

And finally, the book that is going on sale next week at https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0980957281/ref=sr_1_1…

For more about my work see Louise Mould Artists in Canada website

Show and Tell

Currently there is a show in Toronto at the Praxis Gallery in which are hanging four of my paintings and I have been reflecting on other shows in other places at other times since the opening last week.

Praxis Gallery, 2014

Praxis Gallery, 2007

The buzz of anticipation, of excitement, of happiness raises the decibel level at the opening as friends and strangers come in and create a crowd.

    

Howes Hall Gallery, 2013

It is as though the paintings speak to them of their own visions and this is a conversation that the artist is intensely interested in.

Kier Gallery, 2008

Kier Gallery, 2008

To choose, to present and show the work -- this is the final touch. This solitary journey in which we mostly find ourselves focused alone, attempting to bring something into being, is shared. We find ourselves at one with the process -- this makes it complete.

Kier Gallery 2008

Kier Gallery, 2008

In all the shows over the years, solo or group, juried or not, the event of the opening is so exciting. The venue becomes alive with discussion and the cross-fertilization of ideas. 

Praxis Gallery, 2007

We discover parts of ourselves in the show...

Praxis Gallery, 2014

... and the show goes on. 

Continuing to the 20th of February, Praxis Gallery, 1614 Queen Street West, Toronto.