GHOSTS OF BARKERVILLE SERIES
TALL SHIP #1
36" x 48" - $6000.00
OIL ON CANVAS
THE WOUNDED SWIMMERS SERIES
THE WOUNDED SWIMMERS painted shortly after the 2004 Tsunami, addresses "Swimmers Series", themes of isolation and physical distress.In this series of paintings a female form appears to float in a body of water. Forms suggesting other figures or body parts appear in the first and second painting, yet convey a sense of displacement or abandonment. A shock of red appears beside a swimmer suggesting some kind of injury, which forces questions about her capacity for survival.
In the final painting of the triptych, a boat heaves into view renewing a sense of hope. On another level, however, the painting represents the Artist's own struggle with an incapacitating illness. Representative of her own physical crisis and lack of certainty, the series of paintings also trace her journey through to the eventual hope that successful treatment provides. All three works are 36" x 48" and painted in oil.
Monique Germaine draws imagery from outside of her studio. The visual catalyst of "The Wounded Swimmer", for example, lay in the artist's encounter with a woman named Lisa, swimming at Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island BC. Lisa's hair was dyed red and when she was swimming it looked as if she had been wounded. It was like blood to the Artist. It became the inspiration for the series.
PETTING ZOO SERIES
THE PRISON GAZEBO
40" x 48" - OIL ON CANVAS
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