A blazing sky - indicating a sunset or wildfire?
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LMould, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
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Showing posts with label acrylic painting. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
A Remote Allusion
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.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Slipstream
In the wake of swiftly moving currents, the passage is sometimes narrow.
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2023, L.Mould (canvas 20" x 24")
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.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The Shore of Understanding
The clouds dissipate at the end of the day.
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(acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24")
The world is washed clean.
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, December 13, 2021
The Approaching Storm
We prepare and we wait -- the storm is predicted, the deluge anticipated, the fields flooding and the rivers overflowing.
The Approaching Storm, 2021
(acrylic on canvas 36 x 24)
All we can do is prepare and wait.
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, November 8, 2021
Atmospheric Illusion
Based on something not true, the illusion of land, and sea, and sky might be wrongly interpreted by a first glance.
It is in appearance only that the impression of colours, forms and light are seen as reality.
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, September 24, 2020
Glimmering of Light
On a cold, dark autumn evening, the light I saw was just a glimmering of the sun setting over the water between the clouds. The only warm colour to be seen that day, or any other day in that very long week.
The mist, the rain, the drizzle hovers in a brooding landscape. Perhaps it is a story about the year we are going through; the light represents hope and changing 'fear into calm'.
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.
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Masks and masking
That they refuse to wear a mask unveils their essence.
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| 2010 Half Shadows (paper 10" x7") |
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| 2010 Half Shadows in Mauve (paper 10" x7") |
2010 Mask: Half Shadows (paper 10" x7")
A shadowy world of half truths and outright lies.
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.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Retro 1996
Recently
a painting of mine was rediscovered, that is to say it had been
forgotten in a drawer. It was one that I had done more than 20 years
ago.
Curious about others from that date tucked away in my 1996 portfolio, I
took another look at them and noticed ones I
hadn’t used for exhibit or display. They caught my eye this time round
and
demanded a re-examination. Here are a few of them:
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| Untitled, 1996 (acrylic on paper 15” x 18”) |
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| Untitled, 1996 (acrylic on paper 15” x 20”) |
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| Untitled, 1996 (acrylic on paper 15” x 18”) |
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| Trees Five, 1996 (acrylic on paper 20” x 18”) |
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| Untitled, 1996 (acrylic on paper 15” x 18”) |
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.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Crevasses
The sheer stress of semi-rigid pieces moving, creating a breach, a crack, a cleft, an abyss.
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| 2019 (canvas 20" x 16") |
It is broken.
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, November 14, 2019
Convergence, the canvas
Convergence and perception with a touch of concentration; cold water sinking in its density.
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| 2019 (canvas 22" x 28") |
Ocean currents meet with visible air-flows - perhaps it is a false start.
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.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
It's all about horizons
The horizon line -- the one that separates the earth from the sky is not real. It is not a real line that is.
We move towards it, and it retreats before our eyes. We capture it much the way we would capture the wind -- in the offing, always just about to happen.
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| The Playful Dunes: Clear Horizon, 2018 (24" x 24" canvas) |
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| The Playful Dunes: Shifting Horizons, 2018 (12" x 16" canvas) |
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| The Playful Dunes, a study, 2016 (15" x 11" paper) |
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.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Retrospective on a June walk
I walked through the neighbourhood late one beautiful June afternoon. On the way I saw an empty space where once a tree had grown. All that remained was a circle of dirt in a green lawn. The tree removal people had been there -- indeed the tree removal people had been all along that street. Not even a stump or a root left - extracted like so many bad teeth. This tree though was the inspiration for my 2009 Urban Tree.
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| Acrylic on paper (30" x 22") |
I will remember it fondly.
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.
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Flowing Confluence
One point; a coming together, a gathering and then dispersal.
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| 2014-19 canvas, 24" x 20 |
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.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
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 )
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
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 )
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| 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.
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| Howes Hall, 2013 |
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| Howes Hall, 2013 |
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| Howes Hall, 2013 |
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.
Friday, October 26, 2018
Olive-Green Grove
Gnarled, knotty and showing their age.
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| 2018, (acrylic on paper, 22" x 15") |
A certain grace lies in their forms.
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.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Confluence
More fields than sky.
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| Confluence 2018 (acrylic on hand made paper) |
It all flows together.
From painting to painting.
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.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Ebb Tide
Ebbing tidal current - on its way out - twice daily.
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| The Ebbing Tide, 2018 (canvas 11" x 14") |
Tied to the moon.
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.
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Magnetic Attraction
Reaching for the sky all things are pulled down to earth and held captive to its forces.
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| Magnetic Attraction, 2017 (acrylic on canvas 24" x 20") |
Defying gravity is temporary; the law is the law, and landing is inevitable. Hopefully it is a soft one.
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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