FALL POPLARS

FALL POPLARSDonna Jo Massie uses watercolours to convey the pure light and altitude of the Rocky Mountain landscape. Her colour palette is comprised of pure pigments and she uses strong values in her compositions to express the verticals and horizontals found in the elements of the strata of the rock, flow of the water, abundance of trees,skies, vegetation and human presence. She uses Hot Press watercolour board and paper which floats the paint on the surface and

spirituality

and the ghostly edges of cascading water

Papiara’s simple forms capture the essence of her subject — whether it be human or animal or some combination of the two

capturing everyday people with warmth

Robert invited 10 other artists to go on the trip & he shared his wall space with each of them

Using traditional hand tools

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His northern travels have inspired him to explore further and visit many of earth last remaining wilderness areas

A defining feature of her artwork is complex layering

They suggest characters from memory or dreams that warble and shimmer just the other side of our grasp

and social reflection into compelling works of art

Influenced by his cousin Arthur Schilling