The ionic Banff Ave!!
The soft blanket of snow dusting mountain tops, emphasizing crevasses in the mass of the mountains. In the stillness of an evening snowfall, leaves the sight at the end of Banff Ave breathtaking... always and everyday! This is a moment where Banff Ave lived in stillness, rarely do you see this but when the streets were lonely this was captured.
My work is in the form of Contemporary Landscapes and snapshot details of nature. Using Canada’s vast mountains and never ending prairie to give me inspiration; “Love for the unspoken words of nature.” In some new watercolours I have attempted to capture some architecture, keeping it simple and loose. Where the mountains seem structured and the buildings are the flowing, a mass of colour distinctions.
It has been said that Linnea's "Mountain paintings are so cleverly laconic "
My intention, to spark personal recollections in the viewer from an unconventional perspective, moving pigments that are suspended, extracting pigments, manipulating the smallest pigments creating layers of transparent colour, playing on depth with slight transitions to add complexity and mystery within the surface, leaving a translucent history. I see these layers as a metaphor for life; the pigmented puddles are the quiet moments of rest, absorbing over time, the layers we create from memories, dreams and reflections. Some unseen solid layers and some layers seeing right through to the first brush stroke.
Always a honour to be part of Living a Creative Life here in Calgary and always, creating with my hands is my mediation.
You can follow my artistic journey @linneaMartina_atelier
- Collections: A | Mountain Watercolours | Acrylic