Artist of the week - Jean Richards A.S.A. (1924 - 2015)

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Jean Richards, "Basket Seller," nd

oil on canvasboard, 12" x 9"

The Collectors' Gallery of Art is pleased to announce we are representing the estate of

Jean Richards  A.S.A. (1924 - 2015)

Artist's Statement

The Alberta landscape has enriched my life in so many ways, with its constant change of light-form and space. My purpose as an artist has always been, to try to capture this in my work, to seek the beauty and try to communicate it to the viewer.

In reality, everyone can see the living things in our environment, but few really understand what they are seeing.

Whether I paint an abstract of a canola field or paint it in a traditional manner, the idea is the same; a need to find the living essence of things.

To help me show what I see, I use many different tools besides a brush and watercolour paints.I often use crayons, pastels, inks, acrylics, even ground up rock! I might even paint an entire work with a sponge dipped in colours, whatever helps to give my personal mark, a voice.

I like to think of my work as visual poetry.