When I paint in acrylic on canvas, I continue the painting around the edges of the canvas. One day while my canvases were lined up while I was preparing my work for a show, I noticed that the edges of the paintings created a new landscape image. I then used this idea to create new landscapes, painting the edge of each painting on paper side-by side as I painted the canvas edge. This is how the “Painting Edges” series began. Each “Painting Edges” piece represents four to eighteen individual landscape paintings. Not only does each piece develop a new imagined landscape, but also document my work as I go along. More recently, with my MECA Baie Ste. Marie Artist Residency in Nova Scotia, paintings Edges have become original plein air or studio paintings from my reference photos. An exciting new development!
