my art, how and what I see
Thanks to my friends, family and clients who visited my solo exhibition at the Two Barn Owls Gallery, Hudson, Qc. I appreciate their support and continued purchases. It was rewarding to have feedback from visitors at the gallery about my art activities on my website and instagram@lidenis.
Presently, I am continuing to work daily in my studio, follow life drawing sessions and occasionally sketch out doors until the big freeze
Until July 30 my oil paintings are on display at the Hudson Community Centre, 394 Main, Hudson, Qc. Usual business hours are followed but please check with office if you want precise hours 450- 458- 6699 or recreation@ville.hudson.qc.ca. The paintings are from 2006 until 2019, most of them have not been outside my studio with a few exceptions. They are all unframed. There are 3 vertical panels of 48 inches by 24.
Mustard Fields,oil, 48×24, 2008
Pond Floral 1, oil, 48×24, 2019
Pond Floral, 2, oil, 48×24, 2019
There are 5 paintings, 30×30.
Shoreline Kamouraska, oil, 30×30, 2011
Late Spring Woodland, oil, 30×30, 2019
March Madness, oil, 30×30, 2019
Winter Woodland, oil, 30×30 2019
Pond Reflections, oil, 30×30, 2019
View from Ridge Road, oil, 30×30,
This Saturday November 10, 2018 – 25 artists will be at 232 Senneville, Qc, selling our art for a fundraiser benefiting Old Brewery Mission of Montreal. Doors open at 11 and close at 4. Here are my roosters painted in acrylic on canvas and framed. It is referred to as square art as all paintings are in this format. Hot soup, bread and a sweet are offered at 5$, please come and enjoy this private home on Lac-Saint-Louis, our art and lunch.
Sunny, acrylic, 12 by 12, 2018
Oscar, acrylic, 12 by 12, 2018
Wyman, acrylic, 12 by 12, 2018
Pete, acrylic, 12 by 12, 2018
My exhibition at the Galerie 2 Barn Owls, Hudson, QC commences on Friday, Aug. 24 with a vernissage from 5-7pm. Suzy will be my bartender in her converted vintage Rice Horse Trailer. Please come and enjoy. From Aug. 25 until Sept. 2, I will be present at the gallery on Friday and Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 11-4. These are the same opening hours as the 2 Barn Owls. You will enjoy the creative talented works of art by co-owner Mavis and Nancy in the adjacent room.
This summer is hot and it was a good choice for vacation time to go to Vancouver island and visit our friends. Here we dined on local food and watched the ocean.
Sushi Ichi in Parksville, is an eatery we visit each time we come to the island. Sushi rolls, tempura, Japanese soup and warm sake.
We always dine at Cuckoo Trattoria in Coombs on the terrasse or inside.The menu has a wide variety of Italian favourite and all are wonderfully good.
At Kingfisher Spa and Resort, Courtenay Comox, we stop for lunch at Aqua Ocean 7. The vista toward the ocean is spectacular and the food exceptional with choice of mussels, seafood chowder, salmon and many other seasonal local foods.
I have my watercolours and paper with me but did only a few sketches.
Linda Denis, Autour du Marais, oil on canvas, 30×30, 2018
This summmer I will be the artist in residence at the Galerie 2 Barn Owls, Aug.24 – Sept 2, hours Fri-Sat 10-5 and Sun 11-4, at 420 Main, Hudson, Qc. Vernissage August 24, 5-7pm. Please come and enjoy my art. There will be mostly Quebec landscapes paintings, on a scale of 36×24 or 30×30 completed on canvas with oil or acrylics.
Invitation 2 Barn Owls 2018
This past week I renewed my acquaintance with artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) with a book among many given by my friend and artist Nasco. What I appreciated from this book was the journey of an artist. The Black Bull,(1900-01, oil on canvas, private collection), then the sophisticated decorative portraits like Danäe (1907-08, oil on canvas, private collection) and his mesmerizing landscapes of dense parallel horizontal and vertical colours.
A few years ago, Carole Segal would open her studio and provide a model dressed in the character of well known icons by famous artists. One of these was a model dressed in the fashion of Klimt portraiture. As an aside, I appreciated her kind words “we just started “ when I arrived late and tried to find my spot among many. Montreal morning traffic has not improved. Here is my version found in my studio.
Study, Carole’s studio model in the image of Klimt, oil on canvas, 36×24, 2002