Gallery / Exhibit Wheelchair Accessible
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902.532.7069
Doors open at 11am
Event in Room: Chapel Gallery
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"Rural Atlantic Canada is a theme that has consistently remained a priority in my work. I choose to live and work in rural Hants County, and I am easily distracted by cows. Most of my paintings reflect my obsession with depicting cattle I see on my frequent road trips along country roads, usually in Nova Scotia and sometimes the other Atlantic provinces. In 2024 I added a series of adventures to small fairs to my agenda, after not attending any for many years, and visited fairs and events in several communities with my camera to compile a stash of photographic images to use in producing a body of paintings over the winter of 2024/25.
As I immerse myself in building this series of acrylic paintings, I find myself thinking about the community pastures that are a mainstay of livestock grazing throughout the region. Community pastures are often owned by a government department, in Nova Scotia it is the Farm Loan Board, and leased to farmers or perhaps managed by a cooperative group. There is one in Cape St John, Nova Scotia, that offers hundreds of hectares of pasture grazing to beef farmers, and found among the many cottages and summer properties along the road to the Cape.
Community pastures can be found in Cape Breton, Amherst and Digby County, but the one that fascinates me is the one in Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador. It surrounds the Dungeons Provincial Park, and to access the parking lot and viewing platform for that stunning Park, visitors and tourists must cross a Texas Cattle Gate and rattle along a bumpy dirt track through the pasture to the seaside cliffs, passing small herds of cattle and sometimes horses, maybe some sheep, as one makes their way to the Dungeon itself. The visual impact of clumps of cows, crashing waves and icebergs in season is stunning.
I knew that my next series of paintings would continue to focus on my exploration of painting cows and the traditional community pastures and country fairs would give me the visual information I want and need, allowing me to create my own Community Pasture on the walls of the gallery."
ARTIST BIO:
1986-1990, NS College of Art and Design University, Bachelor of Fine Art in Fine Arts, Minor in Art History. Various public art commissions, including Hants County Exhibition 250th Anniversary Commemorative Painting, 2015, and NS Federation of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Award Painting, 2016.
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Community Pasture / Susan Sweet
Exhibition continues November 1 - December 20
[email protected]
902.532.7069
Doors open at 11am
Event in Room: Chapel Gallery
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"Rural Atlantic Canada is a theme that has consistently remained a priority in my work. I choose to live and work in rural Hants County, and I am easily distracted by cows. Most of my paintings reflect my obsession with depicting cattle I see on my frequent road trips along country roads, usually in Nova Scotia and sometimes the other Atlantic provinces. In 2024 I added a series of adventures to small fairs to my agenda, after not attending any for many years, and visited fairs and events in several communities with my camera to compile a stash of photographic images to use in producing a body of paintings over the winter of 2024/25.
As I immerse myself in building this series of acrylic paintings, I find myself thinking about the community pastures that are a mainstay of livestock grazing throughout the region. Community pastures are often owned by a government department, in Nova Scotia it is the Farm Loan Board, and leased to farmers or perhaps managed by a cooperative group. There is one in Cape St John, Nova Scotia, that offers hundreds of hectares of pasture grazing to beef farmers, and found among the many cottages and summer properties along the road to the Cape.
Community pastures can be found in Cape Breton, Amherst and Digby County, but the one that fascinates me is the one in Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador. It surrounds the Dungeons Provincial Park, and to access the parking lot and viewing platform for that stunning Park, visitors and tourists must cross a Texas Cattle Gate and rattle along a bumpy dirt track through the pasture to the seaside cliffs, passing small herds of cattle and sometimes horses, maybe some sheep, as one makes their way to the Dungeon itself. The visual impact of clumps of cows, crashing waves and icebergs in season is stunning.
I knew that my next series of paintings would continue to focus on my exploration of painting cows and the traditional community pastures and country fairs would give me the visual information I want and need, allowing me to create my own Community Pasture on the walls of the gallery."
ARTIST BIO:
1986-1990, NS College of Art and Design University, Bachelor of Fine Art in Fine Arts, Minor in Art History. Various public art commissions, including Hants County Exhibition 250th Anniversary Commemorative Painting, 2015, and NS Federation of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Award Painting, 2016.
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Community Pasture / Susan Sweet
Exhibition continues November 1 - December 20
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
[email protected]
902-532-7069
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