Gordon
by Phil Chadwick
Original - Sold
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40.000 x 30.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Gordon
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
I do not often do portraits. Peoples own impression of what they think they look like, often gets in the way of creating something they actually like. There is only room for one person behind the brush. I think that my friend Gordon was very pleased. A subtle change in a shade or a shape can change Gordon into Elvis and vice versa... whoever...
This is a classic Canadian past-time of harvesting sugar maple sap and boiling it down into a host of truly delicious and distinctly Canadian products. There are few activities that are more soothing to the mind and that are also hard work at the same time. Watching the warm vapours rise off the evapouration tray on a spring day is rejuveniating. I wanted to capture the joy of life and the rebirth of spring after a cold and snowy winter.
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December 22nd, 2016
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Comments (5)
Nikolyn McDonald
This is a wonderful portrait that is, as you note, as much a capture of the pastime, tradition, and art of making maple syrup as it is of the person featured. I know nothing about this work, but the evident joy of the subject makes me feel I was there watching, feeling the nip of the cold early spring air and waiting to taste the syrup - though that would be a long wait, I suppose :) Congratulations on the sale.
Irina Sztukowski
Congratulations on today's FAA sale!!!! Irina
Phil Chadwick replied:
Thanks Irina! I hope indeed there was a sale. I haven't seen it yet but it doesn't matter. It was a beautiful winter day at the lake :>)
Mary Lynn Smith
Congratulations Phil .....Mary Lynn
Phil Chadwick replied:
Thank you Mary Lynn... I see you have been painting up a storm. Good for you!
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