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| Doris McCarthy, Hills at Dagmar, 1948, (source) |
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| Doris McCarthy, Wave Movement #8, 1969, (source) |
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| Doris McCarthy in Nunavut, 1976 (source) |
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| Doris McCarthy, Iceberg with Moon, 2002, (source) |
Another Kick-Ass Canadian woman artist. Doris McCarthy was born in 1910- and died in 2010, which means that she painted
Iceberg with Moon when she was 92 years old! I love that- it makes me want to live up to that standard. The paintings themselves are somewhat 'traditional' Canadian Landscapes- though there is a big breadth to her work- you can see that she stretched in both directions as a painter- experimenting on either side of her comfort zone.
I love the colourful exuberance of the
Hills at Dagmar, and the way that the landscape sort of twists in that image- reflecting the rolling quality of the hills. I love how the waves are distilled to their bare minimum in
Wave Movement #8. In
Iceberg with Moon, the Icebergs are so solid looking and yet slightly transparent, and also sliding slowly into the sea- it's a wonderful commentary on the solid impermanence of them.
Plus look at the image of her bundled up- painting icebergs in Nunavut, in the 70's- I mean really does it get more Iconically Canadian than that?
(for the most adorable elderly lady painter picture go
here- awesome!)
Love these paintings and the fact that this Canadian lady artist lived to 100 but painted one of these at age 92! Thanks for posting - this is so interesting and inspirational!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of her making a painting when she's 92- or older- a new goal to reach for!
DeleteI love that first one, Hills at Dagmar. She was also a writer, and continued to write into her 90s. Her last book was Ninety Years Wise, I believe.
ReplyDeleteWow- I'll have to look up her books- the first one is my favorite too!
DeleteP.S. Aleta Karstad, who does small nature studies, studied under Doris McCarthy. I think you can see some influence. http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/
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