Valeries Art Gallery: September 2013

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

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The bottom photo is the forest in Naikoon Park, Haida Gwaii. It comes out onto a giant bog, the two above photos.

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Sangan River reflections. Nature's moving changing art.

More reflections from the Sangan River on Haida Gwaii. The bottom three photos are taken from the same spot on the river but the image changes with the movement of the water and the leaves. It is a very peaceful meditative thing to gaze upon.

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The Sangan River on Haida Gwaii has many little stream joining it, flowing from a bog up high in Naikoon Park. This is just a small portion of the beauty of Haida Gwaii.

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These are recent photos from my trip in May 2013 to Haida Gwaii. I love the reflections in the Sangan River. This is just part of what inspires some of my abstract painting.

acrylic on wide edge canvas

This is an acrylic painting that I did for a client of a scene in Newfoundland. It is painted on wide edge linen and 15'' x 18''. I called the painting "Unreel" because that is the name that I called the boat. The boat is also unreal because it's half the size these boats normally are. The painting is about the house on the far right, a boyhood family home of the husband of my client.

About me

I was born and raised in Flin Flon, Manitoba in 1955, the eldest of five children. I now live in Lamont County on an acreage with my husband and two dogs. Art has always been my greatest passion. I feel that I've always been an artist, even as a child, growing up, drawing was my past time. My great grandfather was also an artist and had some influence on me. I used to stand very quietly near his easel and watch him paint. When I was about ten years old, my great grandfather passed away and left me all his paints and brushes and I began to paint. Since that time I have changed mediums, from oils to water colors to ink and now acrylic mediums. I am mostly a self taught artist but I have taken many art classes over the years. I have been exhibiting and selling my work for many years. I have shifted my work from very realistic to a much looser abstract style. My work is owned in many private collections as well as corporate collections in Canada, Australia and Scotland. I make a yearly contribution to the Rainbow Wish Foundation for children. Quite often I am inspired by the images I see in my dreams.