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Elizabeth Lennie Art

Canadian
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the liquid landscapes of northern Ontario and the aqua waters of the Caribbean. I work with oil paint on canvas, layering thin washes with thicker impasto, occasionally working on wood panel and incorporating cold wax and graphite. The images are often figurative and explore the memory myth of summer, and the dual reality of the Canadian hot and cold climate. The paintings are the map of my world, in both abstract and narrative form. I look for archetypes, in an attempt to explore notions of self and community within the resonance of shared memory. It is the past/present/future illusion that I seek to define in my work. This drives me to explore and paint the same image repeatedly, looking for an entry point into the subconscious, occasionally scratching notes into the paint as symbols to carry the work forward. By isolating and extracting vibrant colors in a signature soft-focus style, a utopian childhood is recalled, creating the memory myth of shared experience here on earth. "How remarkable it is that you have chosen as two of your recurring themes, swimming in summer in the Canadian Shield, and skating on those same lakes when winter descends. Remarkable because you have lived your whole life in Canada, in Ontario even, and yet you have understood what is best about the place where you live. Most people have to move far away to figure that sort of thing out. They can only understand the nature of the mountain when they have seen it from the plain. You, my dear friend, have the wisdom to see the beauty of where you are, while you are there, and that ability is as rare as...the world becoming a skating rink over which you can fly." —Johnny Wales, Sado Island, Japan
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Artist: Elizabeth Lennie
"Poolside" a woman wearing a sun hat relaxes next to the pool on a summer day
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the l...
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2010s Abstract Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Parallel Views" abstract oil painting of figures standing on a beach
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the l...
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2010s Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

"The Pool at Night 4" Oil painting of a woman floating in turquoise water
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the ...
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2010s Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Poolside 2" woman with a beach hat sits on a towel by the pool, her back to us
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the l...
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2010s Abstract Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Raven Haired Beauty" abstract depiction of a woman half underwater turned away
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the l...
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2010s Abstract Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

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