Nectarines on a pressed glass cake plate
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 8 inches
Barbara Muir ©
Don't get me wrong, I love large work, and love painting on
larger canvasses. But I love painting with whatever size I
am using. I used to follow a wonderful artist named Robert Genn
who died in 2015. Genn said that,"painters who sell small
works at a low price who want to have credibility in the
larger canvasses. But I love painting with whatever size I
am using. I used to follow a wonderful artist named Robert Genn
who died in 2015. Genn said that,"painters who sell small
works at a low price who want to have credibility in the
art world need to paint large works."
one of Canada's major public galleries,
The Pool
Tom Thomson (one of The Group of Seven)
37.95 x 32.17 inches
1915
(This is one of the large Group of Seven
paintings)
But on Sunday I was at the Art Gallery of Ontario,paintings)
one of Canada's major public galleries,
and some of my favourite works in the gallery
are the work of The Group of Seven. In Canada
these painters from the turn of the last century
are artistic icons. Painting plein air in the woods
of northern Ontario where they created most of their
wonderful landscape pieces -- they were painting on small
boards. The reasons were practical, lighter if
they were backpacking. and the perfect size for
quick studies.
And their smaller works are just as
magnificent as their larger paintings in all respects
except for scale. They hang beside the large works,
and are now just as "important."
In my case, if I had not been doing small Skype
drawings I would not have attracted the attention
of Howard Wolinsky, and then The Oprah Winfrey
show etc. I might not have been asked to show in
Florence, and a vast, exciting world of opportunities
would never have opened up to me.
I'm reminding myself of that because the December/
January show at the Heliconian Hall will be the
Off The Wall show -- of small works for quick sale.
Have a painting-in-whatever-size-suits-you day.
are the work of The Group of Seven. In Canada
these painters from the turn of the last century
are artistic icons. Painting plein air in the woods
of northern Ontario where they created most of their
wonderful landscape pieces -- they were painting on small
boards. The reasons were practical, lighter if
they were backpacking. and the perfect size for
quick studies.
And their smaller works are just as
magnificent as their larger paintings in all respects
except for scale. They hang beside the large works,
and are now just as "important."
In my case, if I had not been doing small Skype
drawings I would not have attracted the attention
of Howard Wolinsky, and then The Oprah Winfrey
show etc. I might not have been asked to show in
Florence, and a vast, exciting world of opportunities
would never have opened up to me.
I'm reminding myself of that because the December/
January show at the Heliconian Hall will be the
Off The Wall show -- of small works for quick sale.
Have a painting-in-whatever-size-suits-you day.
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