I was invited by Sandra Reford to create a piece inspired by a mineral for the Minerals Exhibition featured at the Prospector and Developer Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/index.aspx , at the Toronto Convention Centre from March 3 to 6, 2013. The exhibition will then move to Europe and be shown in Italy, France and perhaps England. This piece is inspired by a stone called Beryl Goshenite, also known as Memory Stone. The timeline was very short; I was able to show it at our evening guild meeting on Tuesday before mailing it off on Wednesday. So here it is. I was not able to mount it on canvas as I usually do since the pieces will be travelling, so it is "naked". But I am pleased with how it came out. I had never really looked at minerals as art inspiration before. They are truly beautiful.
Helena, this invitation was right up your street! Your 'fractured' style suits the translation of the way so many minerals are found within the earth. I love your choice of colours and fabrics and also the quilting. It would be wonderful to see the others - maybe someone will put them up online sometime.
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Hilary
Perfect, Helena! Dream-like palette. I could get lost in this.
ReplyDeleteI saw this on the photos from the Tuesday meeting and loved it. I find I prefer this palette of colours in many ways, so subtle and dreamy.
ReplyDeleteWow! You have worked the fabric beautifully and captured perfectly the fractured look of raw minerals.
ReplyDeleteI am loving your soft reduced palette Helena.Most beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ! I'm sorry I missed seeing it. Your style really suits interpreting a crystalline form.
ReplyDeleteanother gorgeous piece - it will go down well - so abstract and yet not
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