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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
(Biography provided by Eisenhauer Gallery)
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Artist: Elizabeth Lennie
“Pentimento Tethys”, a woman painted from her back, upside down swimming
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

Azure Blue, a vivid memory painted of figures standing in the tide
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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Oil, Canvas

“An Early Spring, an oil painting depicting the joy of children playing in 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 l...
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2010s Abstract Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Oil, Canvas

"Paradise" Abstract oil painting of a woman swimming above pink and purple 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

"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

"Dreamer 3" vertical abstract oil painting of a free diver with flippers
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

"Texting Sylvio" abstract oil painting of people standing 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 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

"Blue Skies 3" oil painting of a girl flipping in the air with blue sky behind
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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Oil, Canvas

"Meditation Swim" abstract oil painting of woman wading in blue, 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 l...
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2010s Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

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2010s Elizabeth Lennie Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Mythography 233" Abstract oil painting of a woman in a bikini and sunglasses
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
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2010s Elizabeth Lennie Art

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"Mythography 200" Abstract oil painting of two young girls in the ocean
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"Bahamian Tethys" vertical abstract oil painting of a swimmer in turquoise water
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"The Turquoise Sea 2" abstract oil painting of people in green and blue water
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"Paradise Study" abstract oil painting of a swimmer floating, pink and purple
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"Dreamer 5" vertical oil painting of a woman swimming down in turquoise water
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