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To be a landscape painter in Canada comes with its historical burdens and implications. To be a landscape painter at a time when the merits of painting, and more specifically conventional forms of painting, are being reassessed is even more of a challenge. Canadian landscape artist Victoria Block has, however, found a way to bridge the gap between the traditional connotations of landscape art and the post-modern state of contemporary painting. Block paints mainly large-scale mixed-media works on canvas. She applies a combination of oil paints, oil pastels, and sand media to her canvases in a manner that is reminiscent of both SeuratÕs pointillism and PollockÕs abstract expressionism. What is of primary importance in BlockÕs painting technique is the way in which this method affects the viewersÕ visual interpretation of her works. The raised specks of colour that fill the space of the canvas seem to suggest a pastoral vista rather than clearly depict one. Although it is apparent that BlockÕs subject is nature, there is a distinctly abstract quality to her work, one which is not traditionally associated with landscape art. In this way, Block has managed to capture the essence of nature, to convey its shapes, its colours, its textures and make it recognizable to her audience without having to rely on traditional means of representation. By taking a traditional subject matter and depicting it with modern techniques and a contemporary artistic language, Block has distinguished herself as a truly post-modern landscape painter.
Artist: Victoria Block
Title: Paysage 1
Dimension: 56”x63”
Technique: Oil on Canvas
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56(W)
63(H)
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$10,000.00 |
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Montreal, Quebec
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