James Lindsay
April 17, 2025
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In 1981 he moved into his Fan Tan alley studio in Victoria’s Chinatown…
In 1981 he moved into his Fan Tan alley studio in Victoria’s Chinatown…
He painted in oil, pastel and watercolour; mostly portraits, still lifes and landscapes…
She was explorative with colour and texture, often beginning with memories and working directly on the plate.
She worked outside the limelight, with strong feeling for the precariousness of existence…
“He was in many ways a little bit bigger than life.”
“My early work was entirely photo-based and very detailed, but it has become looser and more intuitive…”
“Inspiration for the artist is probably less in dreaming than in visualizing extensions from tangible possibilities.”
“There is so much richness and possibility of using the imagination when combining various materials…”
“I’m interested in that transformative space between… and then it’s translation with paint into marks…”
Her life is a bit of a mystery. Do you have any information that might help us solve it?
“In the 50s and 60s there was a lot of dialogue between the painters and the poets and the musicians.”
Topophilia, or a strong sense of and affection for a particular place…
A self-taught artist who took inspiration from the Impressionists.
“We must, more than ever, support and encourage the arts in everyday life.”
“It’s not about clay so much as how it relates to our lives.”
“I am interested in what the distance of time and space can do to distort and obscure…”
“I saw a large painting of a mountain by Lawren Harris, and I felt that I had never seen a mountain before.”