Memories Of A Place That I’ve Never Visited, 2021
Maple Leith Art
Acrylic on canvas
Original Painting, 40.64 x 40.64 x 3.81 cm
Maple Leith
About Maple Leith Art
I’m an artist, an athlete, an outdoorsman, an animal lover, a loyalist, a Canadian.
I’ve been called a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal by multiple woman. I’m a gentleman.
I have a degree in Fine Arts from The University of Western Ontario.
I’m from Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
I have lived in four of Canada’s 10 provinces. I currently live in Fernie, British Columbia.
Home is U.W.O.. Home is Toronto. Home is Shambhala. Home is Alberta. Home is British Columbia. Home is Canada.
I’m genuine.
I admire Diego Velazquez, Andy Warhol and the Great Vincent van Gogh. I respect Velazquez. I love and hate Andy. I have a kinship with Vincent. I look up to Rembrandt, Michael Snow, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Lawren Harris, Tom Thomson, Emily Carr, Laurie Anderson, the Group of 7, Ai Wei Wei and Banksy.
All of the animals and landscapes depicted in my work I have seen and photographed myself.
My personality is colourful. I love the colours of nature and how they enhance the quality of life. I make art in respect to what I have deep passion for. I create paintings and 3-D mixed media artworks of Canadian animals in addition to landscapes, as well as the abstract exploration of colour. I make art about Canada and the beauty of colour.
Leith, B.F.A.About the Product
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Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary’s third definition of memory describes it as “an image or impression of one that is remembered”. (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memory)
These definitions are based on the recall of events occurring in our reality.
What about our dreams? We remember some of our dreams. How do we tell the difference between an authentic memory and the memory of a dream? How do we know what is real and what is imagined?
Have you, the reader and viewer, ever had a memory - real or imagined - of a place that you have never been? Were the details accurate to reality? Did you wake up believing the dream was real?
Have you ever wondered as to why things happen in your dreams? Do you have memories of people you’ve never met, or places you’ve never been?
This work of art asks, at the most basic level, what do you remember, and why?
Please note:1. This work is finished with five layers of varnish to protect it from UV light and dust.
2. The work does not come framed, but the edges are both painted white and varnished.
3. A wire is pre-installed and the work is ready to hang.
4. My signature appears on the front of the work and my Certificate of Authenticity is included.