FS: Two Original Oil On Canvas Paintings
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1. KATERINA MERTIKAS
Entitled "Down We Go"
Frame Size: 30"x25"
Matte Size: 16"x20"
Asking: $650.00 (Cdn)
Buyer will have tp pay shipping costs from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Call (613) 591-8170, or e-mail for jpeg images
Katerina Mertikas was born in 1957 in Tripolis, Greece, and is
a permanent resident of Canada since 1960. Her remarkable talent,
which was developed early in her childhood, gave way to her unique
style - a naive form of art that expresses freedom and spontaneity.
Mertikas has worked in various genres, tried several techniques and
modes of expression. At her best, working with oil and acrylics,
Mertikas' paintings reflect her bright optimistic nature, and her
knowledge of the world around her.
"I love vivid colours. I love the feeling that painting creates
within me, especially when depicting children in all their joys and
excitement. I try to capture these very special happy moments in our
daily lives on every canvas that I paint."
As the demand for Mertikas' s works continue, her paintings have
become part of many important Canadian collections. Like her art, the
future looks bright and optimistic.
2. BETTY RUDD
Entitled "Memories"
Frame Size: 21"x18"
Matte Size: 16"x12"
Asking: $1500.00 (Cdn)
Buyer will have tp pay shipping costs from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Call (613) 591-8170, or e-mail for jpeg images
Betty Rudd is a farmer just outside the small town of Elrose,
Saskatchewan. Her husband and their families have been wheat growers
since the early 1920s and are widely known throughout the "bread
basket" as quintessential prairie people. It is from this background
that Rudd finds the passive solitude and gripping impressionism of her
art.
"Memories" is one of several paintings from her rare collection of
personal images. The careful use of lighting to deepen the
consciousness of the image lends itself to sharpening the
meaningfulness of her use of traditional methods of perspective and
form. The balance and almost eerie use of colours is her trademark
and, as seen in this painting, they calculating serve to impress on
the viewer the contradictions of the Spartan, but warm and cozy,
uncertainty of the reflection contained in the scene.
Little known because of her intentional reclusion, Rudd's work is
highly respected and sought. A number of her works form part of the
collections of the political and social elite of Western Canada.
Recently, her images have drawn recognition from both artistic and
cultural communities throughout Canada, but Rudd remains elusive and
withdrawn.