Studio Construction 1

oil on 2 wood panels 23 x 60 cm. 2009.

For years I have packed my paint box through the woods to paint the landscape. Careful description of the miniature or actual space before me remains of utmost importance. During my stay at Gushul studio I built my own mountain landscape within my studio and painted from it.

Studio Construction 2

oil on 2 wood panels 23 x 60 cm. 2009.

Blairmore, Alberta

oil on 9 wood panels 70 x 92 cm (total), 2009.

A map is understood to represent the land and is thus like a miniature model. In the plein-air painting tradition, I painted each wooden panel in a single sitting, freehand without under-drawing or projection. The map’s grid, symbols and contour lines structure this painting.