The Landscape of the Imagination: re-visioning Prince Edward Island - opening reception

 

Continuing through to  the 30th of June the exhibit is located at the Robertson Library in the Upper Level Reading Room (#308 on the Library floor plan -- https://library.upei.ca/floorplans on campus. It is open for viewing when the Robertson Library is open. I will be be there a few afternoons, please message me for times. The following are photographs taken at the reception for the Conference attendees inaugurating the conference exhibits. (all photos courtesy of Robertson Library)

2022 June 23 @ Robertson Library (Biennial Conference LMMI 2022)

2022 June 23 @ Robertson Library (Biennial Conference LMMI 2022)

2022 June 23 @ Robertson Library (Biennial Conference LMMI 2022)

 

2022 June 23 @ Robertson Library (Biennial Conference LMMI 2022)

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

Farewell Summer!

Thank you for the beauty, the warmth and the lazy days.

Onshore Mist (acrylic on canvas)

Which begs the question, am I ready for the Fall?

Fields Fallow

Fields lie fallow after the last crop has been harvested -- the naturally seeded flowers, blossoms of August, lend them fragrance and colour. Some call them weeds.

 

 

Fields Fallow #2

Houses also lie fallow after the sale of the farm when even the rented field no longer fits the economy. Spruce trees appear where farms flourished.

Fields Fallow #1

Homes, once lit with fires that were tended, have fallen into disuse.

Artscapes Canada

There is an exhibit and book launch this week (Thursday 23 August 2012) in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Winspear Centre. It is called "Artscapes Canada" and is the culmination of a project that I have been working on for the past three years with other artists from across Canada. As the artist representing Prince Edward Island I have two paintings in this show and in the book. The project is explained in the link. These paintings are part photograph by Ray Belcourt and part painting by me. (The photographs have been digitally altered, enlarged and printed on a canvas) The first one is "Potato Fields of Prince Edward Island" A very prosaic subject indeed but to speak of Prince Edward Island without mentioning potatoes and red soil is nearly impossible.

Prince Edward Island Potato Fields, 2010

  Part fiction, part fact!

The second canvas in this show is called "Cavendish Winds". The theme is the north shore of Prince Edward Island, the old sandstone cliffs, the dunes and the incredible blue of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Cavendish Winds, 2011

I have been exploring the themes in these paintings with other works over the past three years, one of which is entitled "Free Range Fields" that I wrote about in May 2012.

Free Range Fields

Free Range Fields portrays the landscape of Prince Edward Island with its distinctive red soil. The potato field appears animated as the green rows and furrowed red soil rush down to the sea. The sky is reflected in the water.

This canvas is one of a series that highlights the rural views of Prince Edward Island and is one of three hanging in The Dunes at Brackley Beach.

Dimensions: 20" x 26", Medium: acrylic on canvas.