Ruth LaGue

The Pier, Original Painting

2020

Artist Comments
Inviting her audience to step into the narrative, artist Ruth LaGue takes a classic approach to perspective in this abstract seascape. "In this New England harbor scene, the viewer stands on the pier looking toward the water and the three floating buoys," Ruth shares. "I used the pier's angle to draw attention out to sea and capture movement."

About the Artist
In her abstracted landscape paintings, Ruth LaGue pares composition down to its barest form. Through simple color, line and form, landscapes are invoked, rather than detailed. Ruth adjusts the placement of the horizon line in her paintings to suggest a range of natural formations. She stretches form, line and color to their limits, providing the least amount of visual information needed to understand the landscape. Her color palette is nuanced and each color is distinctly her own. She is deeply influenced by her childhood in Alaska and her travels to India. While in India, she found an indelible connection between the vast, wild landscape of her childhood and the limitless internal landscape of the soul. Ruth’s beautifully simplified landscapes become metaphors for the spiritual or otherworldly realms inherent in both nature and in the self.

Words that describe this painting: seascape, serene, sky, peaceful, water, ocean, pier, dock, coast, harbor, New England, seascape, representational, modern , acrylic painting, blue

The Pier
Ruth LaGue
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2020
12 in. h x 12 in. w x .75 in. d
0 lbs. 6 oz.