Waterfront, 2019
Maple Leith Art
Acrylic on paper
Original Artwork, 10.16 x 15.24 cm
Unique Edition, 1 of 1
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
Water, life springs from it and civilizations throughout human history have centred around it. Waterfronts are where we congregate to eat, drink, swim and celebrate. It is where we ship materials and products of our societies, and set sail to adventures at sea.
Within this work I see a waterfront at night, the lights reflecting off the water’s surface, scattering in all directions. Water holds many colours due to its mutable properties, and as a result I have used a range of blues, greens, purples and blacks in this work.
I have spent many nights at the waterfront of Lake Ontario in my hometown of Kingston, Canada, and the memories are very pleasant and comforting. I enjoy being on the water and I hope that this little painting can give you this feeling too.
This work of art is an experiment in colour, and is a preamble for a series of large abstract paintings. It comes framed and can be hung in whatever orientation that you choose. The image will appear differently depending on which way that you hang it. Consider the image as I display it, then rotate 90 degrees and look at it again. Find the orientation that speaks to you. This is part of the joy of abstract painting.
My signature appears on the front of the work and my Certificate of Authenticity is included.