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RUTH DWYER (OIL)
EXHIBITION DATES Click on dates below to view exhibition Artist Statement
Utilizing intense, saturated coloration, the subject matter of my work is the landscape, albeit abstracted and modern, with a concentration on the corners of the planet that are remote and mesmerizing. Essential to my work is the use of very good oil paints, which function very much like a fine wine: the colors seem to breathe and have a complexity and a clarity which nothing else can achieve. My paintings are often square in shape, a format which I love, and framed simply in an high quality Italian black wood. The framing sets off the paintings and allows them to glow. Biography Prior to launching herself into a full time painting career, Ruth had a career in academia, which she loved. For years she taught film studies at McMaster University in Canada, and upon retirement returned to her long- time love, painting. During her early work in acrylics she was under the color spell of the European COBRA (Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam) group. They apply very intensely colorful paints thickly, in large flat areas, and abutting right against each other, using almost no neutral colors to tone down the heat. Why did she abandon this influence? Give up acrylics and primary colors? She shifted her palate when she began her studies with her painting master Patricia Gagic. Under her tutelage Ruth discovered the joys and mysterious beauties of oil thinly applied to canvas. Very good oil paints function much like a very good wine does: the colors seem to breathe and have a complexity and clarity which nothing else can imitate. The subject matter of Ruth’s paintings is the landscape, which she feels she cannot escape, being a Canadian. Ruth finds extraordinary beauty in distant and remote areas. “I relate to remote areas and often I paint from photographs that I have taken, for instance the haunting open spaces of Nunavut and the Arctic. They will be with me forever, they are so beautiful. But I also paint landscapes from other countries, even continents. I had a trip to Kenya in Africa several years ago and I am still painting from photographs which I took at that time. Oh, the landscape is all in terra cotta colors, so astonishing; with one or two lone trees emerging from the land at distant intervals. Very dramatic. I often look online at photographs of other countries, places like Iceland, which has incredibly lovely small buildings on rocky outcroppings, hanging at the edges of ocean cliffs. Such places are an endless source of inspiration and atmosphere.” Ruth’s paintings are in many collections, both corporate and private, In Europe and North America. |
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Red Cottage on the Cliff Oil on Canvas $800 24 x 24 SOLD |
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Red Rocks, Tundra Oil on Birch Panel $600 18 x 18 SOLD |
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House on Red Hill Oil on Canvas $600 20 x 20 |
The Irishman's Barn Oil on Linen $800 27 x 27 SOLD |
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Old Barn, Strawberries Oil on Canvas $800 27 x 27 |
Autumn Afternoon Oil on Canvas $300 15 x 15 SOLD |
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Cottages, Bushes Oil on Canvas $300 15 x 15 SOLD |
Cottages, Gold Road Oil on Canvas $600 21 x 21 SOLD |
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Dark Night, Blue Cabin Oil on Canvas $800 27 x 27 |
The Road to the Village Oil on Canvas $1600 39 x 43 |
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The Teacher's Cabin Oil on Canvas $300 15 x 15 SOLD |
The Grove of Trees Oil on Canvas $600 21 x 21 |
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Mist, Blue Cottage Oil on Canvas $800 27 x 27 |
Aerial View, Town by the River Oil on Canvas $350 15 x 15 |
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Barn, Near the Shore, N.S. Oil on Canvas $850 27 x 27 SOLD |
Foothills, First Snowfall Oil on Canvas $1400 36 x 40 SOLD |
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House on the Cliff Oil on Canvas $350 15 x 15 SOLD |
Iceberg Approaching Oil on Canvas $350 15 x 15 SOLD |
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Iceberg Off the Shore Oil on Canvas $350 15 x 15 SOLD |
Red Cabin, Fields of Grain Oil on Canvas $350 15 x 15 SOLD |
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The Cottage Across the Valley Oil on Canvas $850 27 x 27 SOLD |
The Path with Cornflowers Oil on Canvas $600 20 x 20 SOLD |
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The Stream by McFarlane's Barn Oil on Canvas $600 20 x 20 SOLD |
Blue Cottage, Red Road Oil on Canvas $550 20 x 20 SOLD |
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Cabin Near Niagara Oil on Canvas $550 20 x 20 SOLD |
Field of Clovers and Berries Oil on Canvas $950 27 x 27 |
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The Road to Mt. Washington Oil on Aluminum $1800 40 x 44 OUTDOOR ART!! Contact us for details!! |
Autumn Light, Rapids Oil on Canvas $425 12 x 12 |
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Bramble Hedge by the Road Oil on Canvas $550 16 x 16 |
Cabin at the Bluff Oil on Canvas $800 20 x 20 |
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Cabin on the Tundra Oil on Canvas $800 20 x 20 |
Evening, Red Cabin Oil on Canvas $800 20 x 20 SOLD |
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Fence by the Road Oil on Canvas $425 12 x 12 SOLD
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Gold Hill, Blue Road Oil on Canvas $950 24 x 24 SOLD
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Gold Trees, Grassy Park Oil on Canvas $650 18 x 18 SOLD |
Mr. Macfarlane's Farm Oil on Canvas $550 16 x 16 SOLD |
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Mrs. Stewart's Farm Oil on Canvas $800 20 x 20 |
Northern Lights, Hudson Bay Oil on Canvas $550 16 x 16 SOLD |
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Northern Lights Near Eskimo Point Oil on Canvas $550 16 x 16 SOLD |
Northern Lights, Saskatchewan Oil on Canvas $550 16 x 16 SOLD |
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Red Barn, White Water Oil on Aluminum $1100 24 x 24 OUTDOOR ART!! Contact us for details!! |
Surf Hitting the Shore Oil on Canvas $425 12 x 12 |
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The Path to Miller's Hill Oil on Canvas $950 24 x 24 |
The Road by the Doctor's Wood Shed Oil on Canvas $1200 30 x 30 |
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The Tree by the Road Oil on Canvas $650 18 x 18 SOLD |
The Tree on Red Hill Oil on Canvas $425 12 x 12 SOLD
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Walker's Cabin Crystal Lake Oil on Canvas $950 24 x 24 |
Windfarm Near Chatham Oil on Canvas $550 16 x 16 |
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Wood Shed, Gold Hill Oil on Canvas $425 12 x 12 SOLD
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