Bruno Côté

Quebec landscape

1991

Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian, 1910-1990 Untitled Oil on panel 4 1/2 x 6 in Signed lower right Framed

Joseph Giunta, 1911-2001, Canadian Paysage Laurentides Oil on board 10 x 12 in Signed lower right ; titled, signed and inscribed on the artist label verso framed

"Fence Jumper" is an oil painting with chalk and graphite on wood panel, and measures 16" high by 12" wide. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending the artwork a particular warmth and liquidity that is rare and lovely to behold. Typical of the artist, the painting is a mystery despite its apparent simplicity – a boy, a young lad leaps over the fence, seen here mid-flight. It's clearly important to the boy. His focus and sense of achievement ring out. Drawn lines and painterly brushstrokes render the scene, but also note the toned wood coming through as color and texture. All of it held, as if in time, by the resin layer acting as a lens to both transmit this picture and admit light to the picture. A true artifact. From Will Hudson...

"Still Life with Daisies" by Henni de Korte measures 23x27 and is available for $9,500. Daises over flow a green vase sitting on top of a gold and red t...