The Quilted Landscape paintings, made between 2013 and 2016, were initially inspired by a formal interest in pattern, and in this case, the intricate and diverse patterns found in quilting. I have a great respect for this craft that both my mother and grandmother practiced. Bringing quilted imagery into the landscape provided endless opportunity to play with color relationships and the compositional element of inserting geometric shapes into an otherwise organic environment.
What emerged are these surrealist paintings that transform the landscape into something new. Through the interplay of man-made and natural elements I investigate our complex relationship with the landscape and how we domiciliate ourselves in wild, even hostile places.
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Riding Storm, 36 x 36″ oil on canvas, 2016 $250 Falls, oil on canvas, 12 x 12, 2016 $90 Blanketed, oil on canvas, 12 x 12″, 2016 $90 Blanketed Landscape, oil on canvas, 30 x 36″, 2016 $120 Flat Rock Falls, 16 x 16″ oil on canvas, 2014 SOLD Snow Blanket, oil on canvas, 16 x 20″ 2014 $120 Winter Walk, oil on canvas, 16 x 20″, 2014 $120 Buffalo Thunder Quilt, oil on canvas, 16 x 20″, 2014 SOLD Ski Path, oil on canvas, 30 x 36″, 2014 $180 Faded In Sun, oil on canvas, 24 x 48″, 2014 $250 Quilted Lake, oil on canvas, 24 x 48″ 2014 SOLD Quilted Desert, oil on canvas, 16 x 20″, 2014 $120 Quilted Sky, oil on canvas, 16 x 16″, 2014 $90 Patchwork Home, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36″ 2016 $250 Tom Thomson in Paris Ontario, oil on canvas, 24 x 48″ 2017 SOLD