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Canada Western Landscapes: Through The Years
Contributor(s): Cowan, Carol Elizabeth (Author), Webber, George (Photographer), Cowan, Percy Hugo (Photographer)
ISBN: 1460276930     ISBN-13: 9781460276938
Publisher: FriesenPress
OUR PRICE:   $49.87  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Subjects & Themes - Landscapes & Seascapes
- Art | Individual Artists - General
- Art | Canadian
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.48 lbs) 116 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
 
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Publisher Description:
Inspired by a first publishing of Carol Cowan's paintings, which generated a great deal of interest, this second edition Canada Western Landscapes is a wonderful collection of her work in water colour, multi-media oils, acrylics. With an artistic brilliance captured in resplendent and harmonious hues, and distinctive design elements, this book offers a privileged viewing of the Cowan art gallery that cannot help but stimulate one's artistic imagination....

Contributor Bio(s): Cowan, Carol Elizabeth: - "In 1977, Carol began taking oil painting lessons in Gladys Ridge Community Hall, which commenced an artistic journey of almost forty years. During those years, she has worked with many instructors and peer artists, enhancing her knowledge of hue mixing, and value and colour harmony.

In viewing God's amazing universe, she has been continually inspired to sketch and describe a variety subjects - always acknowledging her inadequacy in expressing or capturing the greatness of God on canvas.

From drawings, photographs, and on-site visits, and from her imagination and memorization of the Rockies, trees, shrubs, the shifting sky, and undulating reflections on water - from these simplest of things, her paintings evolved - and multiple adjudicated artistic awards were bestowed. Carol has had oil canvasses accepted at Creations, in High River, Alberta. She was invited to exhibit in 2011 at Fairmont, British Columbia, where numerous canvas giclee prints can still be found. In Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta, there are displayed many of her artistic cards containing vanishing heritage themes. But to the artist, it is most enlightening when people express appreciation for her art with a simple comment; "I like that."

She has given instruction in oil, watercolour, acrylic and pencil, contributing to the proliferation of artistic rendering, and finding gratification in watching adults and youths discovering new abilities and unearthing hidden talents. "Art is a broad subject, says Carol. "There is more to learn and I am gladdened that the paintbrush still paints expressionism, feeling and imagination...."