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"Fish and Bull Head Lilies"
watercolour
size approx 28 x 22 inches
$5,000 CAD
One day my head began overflowing with ideas regarding what I could do with stencils and an atomizer.
I cut stencils night and day until blisters flamed on my scissor hand. Undaunted, I wrapped my fingers in duct tape and continued cutting until I had a box full of stencils in every shape and size imaginable. This was one of my first stencilled works. It was excruciatingly mind twisting to do, despite is deceptive simplicity.
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detail of "Fish and Bull Head Lilies"
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"Jackfish and Carnations"
watercolor, ink, 23kt gold leaf
size approx. 24 x 32 inches
$7,500 CAD
This painting is about the power of life.
The fish is destiny. It glides formidably
into my unsuspecting world. My mouth
falls open in awe as I am engulfed by
the inevitablity of the changes.
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"Duckwing (left)
watercolour and graphite
size approx. 9 x 12 inches
$2,000 CAD
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"Woman in Prayer"
watercolour, graphite, acrylic ink
size approx. 24 x 12 inches
SOLD
This is a painting inspired by the
memories that remained with me
after we attended the celebrations
held on Buddha's birthday
when we lived in Korea.
The painting also speaks of the
many contrasts present on that day.
The ancient prayers and dances
contrasted with the dark and almost
foreboding quality of the highrises
surrounding the park entrance
where some of the festivities
took place.
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"Circus Pony"
watercolour
size approx.
22 x 28 inches
Sold
Oh,
the innocence
of this trusting
little pony!!
I was happy to see
how affectionate
the trainers were
with the animals
in the tiny circus
that came to
Atikokan.
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"Ange"
watercolour, graphite
size approx. 24 x 32 inches
$7,000 CAD
This is a painting of Ange Carter
three days before she gave birth
to her first child. She was ecstatic
each day of her pregnancy and
wanted me to draw her before
she had her baby. I jumped at
the opportunity.
I created this work using the
drawings from the afternoon I
spent with her. She glowed with
joy and beauty.
It was my first time seeing a naked
pregnant woman and I was struck
by the awesome miracle of this
impending birth. I thought of all
the women, now and throughout
time, who have given
birth.
Later, I wondered how pregnant
women and war could exist on
the same planet. Ange's bare
pregnant belly looked like a
shrine to peace to me.
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"Mexican Peacock"
watercolour
size approx 24 x 32 inches
Sold
One year, while traveling in Mexico,
I spent a few days at a hotel situated
on the very edge of the ocean. Around
the hotel were lush ponds full of
goldfish. In the shade of palm trees,
peacocks and peahens ruffled and
squawed.
For those days, I hardly left the hotel
grounds; there was so much to paint
and draw right there. It was heavenly.
The small paintings and drawings
I did were the inspiration for this
larger piece.
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