| portrait dramas |
| play battling |
| besotted |
| interiors / exteriors |
| nursing |
| pregnancy |
| container homes |
| abandoned banquets |
| wallpaper |
| plein-air |
| ribbons |
| I am the mother of three young children. I am besotted with them and have an intense desire to capture and hold on tight to pieces of time. I am choosing images of my children that show their intense love of life or where I as the parent am overwhelmed with love for them. |
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Oona headstand |
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Oona reaching |
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Oona and Marshall, coogra and purple dress 1 |
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oona and Marshall, cougra and purple dress 2 |
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oona and Marshall, cougra and purple dress 3, kiss |
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Oona listening musicbox |
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Marshall guitar |
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Marshall falling forward |
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Ozma reading 1 |
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Ozma Reading 2 |
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Oona Cape |
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Oona Cape Marshall kitty |
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Oona Marshall, kittens |
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Oona broken and balancing |
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marshall superman |
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The idea of the artist's ability to preserve a moment of another's spirit, sparks me. I like the idea of the artist using mark making to measure and record the physicality of humans with the physicality of paint. Specific individuality, a marker that this person was here, is important. I am building a humanness where individual identity, human made marks are important. In a small way, I am attempting to construct a bubble of domestic love in a stand against disappearing in the mass of printed dot patterns and the billions of people on the planet. My children's thoughts are in the present moment but I am conscious of how time seems to rapidly disappear. So, I am endeavoring to combine these outlooks by trapping bits of precious time while also acknowledging a nothing beyond this moment of time - mind set. Another part of this project is integrating my video production with my painting. I have been collecting video moments. I am trying to blur out the surrounding world and sharpen the important part as it does when you focus on one you love. I have been working on clips of my children at their concerts. I am building video paintings. This series was funded by the Manitoba Arts Council. January 2011 Brenna George |
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video still of besotted |
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