SEAMED PAINTINGS
Conceptually Houston stitches white gessoed canvas (SKY) and the warm tones of the Belgian Linen (GROUND); the stitches pulled tight became the visual texture of the black spruce and tamarack along the horizon she imagines far in the distance, the selvage edge enhances the middle ground; additional stitching references the far off rolling hills, a distant pond and secures the fabrics. The ‘painted colour’ of the canvas meets the linen and begins the positive/negative composition where unpainted areas create a tension between representational specificity and the space within the canvas inviting the viewer remember and see.

Certified Authentic Belgian Linen - LIBECO since 1858. Sustainable DNA.