Louise Mould Fine Art: ocean

Showing posts with label ocean. Show all posts

Showing posts with label ocean. Show all posts

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Sculpted by Wind

This painting was placed in The Dunes Gallery and Cafe at Brackley earlier this year. I received a beautiful note from the purchaser shortly afterwards. With his permission I will quote it here:

"My wife and I recently purchased your painting "Sculpted by Wind" for our private collection. I wasn't seeking a painting when we stopped into The Dunes, but I fell in love with the painting instantly. We're a U.S. Navy family who have spent many years on distant islands. "Sculpted by Wind" really captured the dance between sea and sky. I felt the same emotions as when we lived overseas and witnessed the majesty of the ocean and atmosphere untouched by humans. I'm very grateful to have stumbled across your artwork. It has a treasured place in our home."

"Sculpted by Wind" (canvas 16" x 12")

This expresses perfectly all I had hoped to achieve with this 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.

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Storm Surge: an Interpretation

Storm Surge, 2002 (paper 11" x 15")

Cold, windy and circling in the atmosphere, sweeping around fro the southwest to the northeast.

Storm Surge, 2004 (paper 11" x 15")

A nor'easter with high tide.

Storm Surge, 2004 (canvas 20" x 24")

In retrospect it becomes clear.

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, March 18, 2017

The Constant Shore

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.

Acrylic on canvas (20" x 24")

They are changeable, eroding, losing ground - every year.

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, February 8, 2017

The North Shore

It is an old shore, this north shore. Exploring the coast on canvas, I searched out the qualities of the grasses; I asked about the shapes of the cliffs and in so doing tried to capture that elusive colour and movement of the water.

"The North Shore" (acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16")

It is an internal conversation with unseen links and threads -- and surfaces again with a need for expression.

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, November 26, 2016

Sailing - a series

Previous posts have commented: we are blown away on water the colour of warm places, feeling the undertow, the pull of the tides lifting us out to sea.

Papiers colles (7" x 5")

Papiers colles (7" x 5")

We live on dreams on cold winter days. On the solstice, close to either pole there is comfort in this.

Papiers colles (6" x 4")

Papiers colles (6" x 4")

Persevering, we sail in rough seas, control is tenuous at best. The wind blows through our courage and we attempt a hopeful landing.

Papiers colles (11" x 7")

A safe and hopeful landing on the shores of generosity.

Papiers colles (7" x 5")

Papiers colles (6" x 4")

It is always time to set sail again; to sail to the land of two moons on leeward winds.

Papiers colles (8" x 6")

Papiers colles (6" x 4")

For complete information including titles see the sidebar Sailing

http://www.artistsincanada.com/mould/gallery/663/

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 8, 2015

Windblown on a Gulf

Coastal dunes, windblown on a gulf

The Dunes (study no. 1), 2015 acrylic on paper (15" x 22")

The Dunes (study no. 2), 2015 acrylic on paper (15" x 22")

-- two studies.

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 2, 2015

The Dunes

Coastal dunes made of shape shifting sand, windblown on a gulf, on a sea, on a beach or in a desert. Tenuously held in place with grasses and other fragile plants in need of protection.

Acrylic on canvas (18" x 24")

Like arms around a parabolic curve.

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, May 28, 2015

Essential Sky

Atmosphere in layers of sky, layers of sea and layers of rock, make impressions in the mind collected like so many sea shells and fossils.

Acrylic on canvas (26" x 30")

Essentially rock country.

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, April 3, 2015

Sailing reprised

Arriving at somewhat calmer seas -- tempest done.

Paper collage with ink 8" x 5"

For the day anyway.

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, March 21, 2015

With the Wind in our Sails

Drama and power converge in the forces of sun, wind and clouds.

Papiers colles (6" x 4")

Substitute paper, ink and glue!

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, October 19, 2014

Coast and Sky

Storms unceasing, the coast battered by wind and salt spray.

Acrylic on canvas (30" x 24")

The rocks appear and disappear in the ebb and flow of the tidal swell eroding the ground we stand upon.

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, October 4, 2014

Timeless Passing revisted - a Triptych

Time passes, endlessly.

It passes in sunsets, each the same, yet not the same. It passes in the moonrise, in the full moon, in the new moon, in the stars forever shining. Streaming.

Timeless Passing Triptych (3 panels 16" x 12")

Time passes marking its way in the ebb and flow of waterways in constant motion; the water of yesterday, the water of today in a cycle that continues unceasingly. The centre, extended to the left and to the right, or perhaps to the north and to the south or to the east and the west. Will it hold?

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, September 14, 2014

Rock Country Storm

Rock Country, that legendary place of highest tides and fossils that pre-dates pretty well everything.


acrylic on canvas (24" x 30")

Washed by the tidal bore, swift and dangerous, and when that storm passes through, it takes all comers by surprise.

Imagine that!

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 13, 2014

Ocean Life -- a Tall Tale

The lore of the sea spins itself in fishing and sailing, of whaling and sealing. The catch of the day on the menu with

tales of modern sea monsters.


Ink on paper (6" x 4")

Modern monsters on modern paper. Paper monsters!

No map here! No sailing date either.

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 21, 2013

Sailing

Blown away on water the colour of warm places, feeling the undertow, the pull of the tides lifting us out to sea, we live on dreams on cold winter days.

On the solstice, close to either pole there is comfort in this.

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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