Obligate Oil on canvas 72" x 144" (triptych) - $14,000
Electric Sheep Oil on canvas 48" x 60" - $4,800
Sister Taxon Oil on canvas 40" x 72" - $4,600
Phylum Oil on canvas 48" x 60" - $4,800
Cade Oil on canvas 40" x 72" - $4,600
Murano Oil on canvas 30" x 65" - $3,200
Save Room Oil on panel 42" x 42" - $2,900
Spirit Being Oil on canvas 48" x 48" - $3,800
Deep Sleep Oil on canvas 33" x 72" - $3,900
I work with oil paint on canvas. By choosing to dilute the paint I sense the liminal nature of water in the medium. Images come from
a process of memory reconsolidation, or a continual reframing of imagined, invented and repurposed narratives from the endless summer of my imagination. Laps swims, scuba excursions and family time at our beloved cottage on Rabbit Lake fuel the desire to journal these experiences.
Hemingway’s novel ‘Islands in the Stream’, Picasso’s painting ‘Three Bathers’, and a scene from John Cassavetes film ‘Tempest’ have been imprinted on my memory as somehow I knew they would one day illuminate my future work as a painter of liquid landscapes.
ELIZABETH LENNIE
“We were all so young. We were still our best selves.” Ann Patchett, The Dutch House
I noted this many years ago as I was working on an early collection of lake paintings.
When my daughters were young they spent many summers at Camp Wabikon on Lake Temagami in the heart of Ontario’s wilderness. They would come home refreshed and recovered from the stress of the school year, full of stories and adventures and a slew of new friends after their time in the forest and on the lake. I call it The Nature Cure.
I believe they grew into a renewed understanding of themselves and their place amongst the interconnectedness of all living things while they were living in a cabin, swimming in the early morning water and canoe-tripping the lake.
Those images and the feelings of that time have been the engine of my practice as a way to keep the idea of the summer alive in my imagination.
Current availble work
Untitled oil on canvas 40" x 30" - $3,500
The Cousins oil on canvas 30" x 40" - $3,500
POV Looking West oil on canvas 60" x 48" - $6,200
3 Bathers oil on canvas 48" x 54" - $5,600
Winter Sport 7 oil on canvas 8" x 8" - $395
Winter Classic oil on canvas 24" x 24' - $2,200
Oakbank Pond oil on canvas 40" x 40" - $4,500
Winter Sports 6 oil on canvas 8" x 8" - $395