Voices from the Past

Occasionally I will receive a message from someone who has owned a painting of mine for a very long time and they tell me how much they love it.  Twice in the last month I have had such a pick-me-up.

This is one:

     "Switchback View", 46 x 66 inches, acrylic, 1989.

Here is the other:

     "Winter Pass", 36 x 48 inches, acrylic, 1986.

It is extremely rewarding when that happens.

Some of Lorna's Picks

Recently I invited myself over to a friend's apartment because she told me she had hung one of my paintings and was very pleased with the way it looked.  I was surprised to see how many pieces she has collected from me over the years.  There were quite a few still lives, two of them from the 'Studio Picnics' series, such as this one:

The painting she was so excited about was her most recent purchase from my 'Dock' series, and I had to admit it looked very happy where she has hung it:

I started the Dock series in 2009, whereas the Studio Picnics are from the late 1980's.  Lorna has been a loyal fan.

  

Early Collage Canvases

Recently I received an email from someone who found me on the internet, wondering if I was the one who painted a painting she proudly owns.  After she told me some of the details, I realized it was from a series I painted in 1977!  In the struggle to represent landscape, I collaged fabric on to the canvas and then painted on top of it.  The resulting texture gave a nice surface for the paint.

She was so pleased to find me, relating how much the painting meant to her.  When she first saw it years ago it 'spoke to her' and she made the sacrifice of paying for it with post-dated cheques, scrimping on her monthly budget, even cutting back on food, to make the regular payments.

The painting above, Kemp II, acrylic, 30x38", is not the one she has but is from the same series.