Above The Islands (2022) Painting by Edward Demarsh
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Sold by Edward Demarsh
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Acrylic
on Canvas
- Dimensions Height 17in, Width 17in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $1,000 Expressionism Seascape
The longer we struggled to get through the time of covid-19, the more I became drawn to sustain my spirits with bright colours and flights of fancy. This work came about as part of my efforts to lift my own spirit and it started with the blues, literally and figuratively. Blue is a primary colour and like all of them, it has many different shades and hues. I took several and used them together, running them over the canvas in rolling waves. Then I used a technique I had seen another artist use and I myself had used in an earlier work called ‘Unsure Of Her Gentle Touch And Regard’. I separated the waves with lines in a complimentary colour, a shade of green. Immediately there was the suggestion on the canvas of islands, and because I’ve never visited tropical islands, I wanted the colours to be fanciful and bold, as I imagine my first impression of the islands would be.
The result has a strong and very colourful stained glass feel, and that effect is even more so when the work is held up to strong light and the colours are illuminated from within. This work would look as good on a window as a wall. I really love that. There is impasto in some of the colours and not in others, giving a textural feel beyond what the paints brought out.
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Edward is a self-taught visual artist, as well as a regularly published fiction writer and multi-optioned screenwriter. He's grateful to have an international reach in all the arts he practices, as connecting to things and people outside his experience excites him and makes him happy. To him, life is mysterious and spiritual, and when it needs to be spoken of, he thinks art, any art, is the best language to speak about that mystery.
Edward works with acrylics and mixed medias, often in relief style, where his works have the qualities of abstract painting, design, and sculpture all bound dramatically and beautifully together. He thinks this is the result of a night in Niagara Falls when he was 6 years old. Ask him about that if you meet him in person.
He shows in galleries in North America and in China, and his time in Asia influences much of his work in spirit, emotional content, and materials. A personal highlight was the pleasure of seeing his artwork representing Canada in the 2019 Annual Chengdu International Creativity and Design Exhibition held in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC.
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Nationality:
CANADA
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Canadian Artists
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