Vale Perkins: An Ongoing Series

 

                                                                          Jewett's Store 1995



I moved to Vale Perkins, Quebec, in 1994, having found a small inexpensive cabin that suited my need to work in solitude. There were many reasons I chose to make it my home – the inspiring landscape, the way my neighbors chose to live modestly, a sense that the people in the community cared about one another. But maybe above all, I loved some of the little houses around Potton that seemed to survive bravely in the face of a changing world. Their scale suggested a harmony with nature rather then an attempt to dominate it. I painted them to perserve them.

These paintings are a tribute to this place I call home, to my neighbors, to the spirits of the past that dwell in Vale Perkins.

   

Church and School        14 x 24"

 

 

 

 

 

  Owl's Head      36 x 54" 

 

 

 

 

 

   Owl's Head - Autumn    14 x 24"     

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Lyle's Place (Old Post Office)    14 x 24"     

 

 

 

 

 

             Spring Thaw on Lac Trousers     16 x 20" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldenrod  near Potton Springs      30 x 48"  sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late March along Leadville Road       30 x 48" 

 

 

 

 

 

 George Smart's Woodshed    24 x 30"

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Field     30 x 48"    sold

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Land   16 x 30"

 

 

 

 

 

House and Field  14 x 24"

 

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