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Waddingtons& & Joyner Waddingtons Canadian Fine Art Auction & 22 November 2010

Posted on November 2, 2010 by louvain95

http://joyner.waddingtons.ca/articles/highlights-nov-1995/ Jean-Paul Lemieux (Quebec,1904-1990). The first picture comes from the November page of my Canadian calendar. I love that vast snowy landscape with the solitary child in a sunny coat. It doesn’t seem to warm her up. She looks lost … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 31, 2010 by louvain95

http://www.brianlasagarealism.com/Homepage_UDY6.html When I discovered these typical Canadian landscapes, their flora and fauna, I had a sudden bout of nostalgy for my youth as a young parent in Ontario (a long time ago!). Brian LaSaga paints his Newfoundland with precision and … Continue reading →

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Artwork Page: The Wheel II

Posted on January 28, 2010 by louvain95

http://cybermuse.beaux-arts.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=4174 This is an energetic abstract, but well organized. Don’t you believe me? I was told one day while standing perplexed in front of some Pollock, to look only at one colour at a time. Sometimes (“sometimes” is right!) something … Continue reading →

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Karin Rabuka – Works

Posted on January 25, 2010 by louvain95

http://www.karinrabuka.com/works-js.shtml A contemporary canadian landscape painter with a critical eye and a sense of humour: Karin Kabuka, ‘Sign on Audrey Road’, 2006 (lives in Ottawa). She uses “a lighthearted visual style of painting that is… easy to look at through … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 21, 2010 by louvain95

http://www.mnba.qc.ca/upload/public/ImagePhysique/771.jpg After a trip to Canada, I’m still engrossed by canadian painting. A great number of their winter landscapes is pleasantly colourful, like this detail of ‘Matinee d’hiver a Baie-Saint-Paul’ (winter morning in Baie St-P) by Clarence Gagnon (Quebec),made between … Continue reading →

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Artwork Page: Pic Island, Lake Superior

Posted on January 16, 2010 by louvain95

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_e.jsp?mkey=8476 Lawren Harris,’Pic Island,Lake Superior’, ca 1924. This painter is also an influencial member of The Group of Seven, like Tom Thomson (see four posts below). I like these geometrical simplifications of the lines, and the harsh contrasts of few … Continue reading →

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Pine Tree and Red House, Winter, City Painting II by Lawren Harris

Posted on January 16, 2010 by louvain95

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=21490 In the same year 1924, Lawren Harris (1885-1970)painted this colourful ‘Pine Tree and Red House,Winter,City Painting II’. Again, clear simple curved lines that give structure and cohesion to all that snow; so much so that despite the large vermilion … Continue reading →

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Your Weather: Frosty – The Weather Network

Posted on January 12, 2010 by louvain95

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_weather/details/620/1905010/manitoba/upload/ After a few weeks of this cityscape (-30c..!), I was rather excited to return to Belgium, its mild temperatures and green landscapes . This is what I found:

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