Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Kathryn Greenwood

After Sooke

Painting
2021
Oil on canvas
18" x 24" x 0.75"
."I can't find a mode of expression for jungle overgrowth. It just sticks at paint as if the coming and going of mystery were abhorrent to paint. I say to myself, "Why want to paint? When the thing itself is before one why not look at it and be content?" But there you are. You want something more. It is the growth in our souls, asking us to feed it with experience filtered through us. We are vary lazy experiencers, content with the surface instead of digging down." - Emily Carr, "Hundreds and Thousands"

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After Sooke
After Sooke

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Kathryn Greenwood

Drawing and Painting

“My work investigates the status of plants within western urban society, taking into consideration the psychological and cultural influences on the human experience of nature. I am interested in the...” [More]