ANGRIGNON PARK

Oil on Canvas

18 X 14

The work is for sale, $690.

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TWO LEGS UP: beyond infancy (IN PROGRESS)

16 X 20

Oil on canvas

Life is a ballet: Living beings take the stage to accomplish many things.

They pose, they move, they breathe.

They strut upon the stage performing a multitude of tasks. They are alive, involved with themselves and the acts which they perform. They are exquisite as they move about amid the grander scheme of things.

My painting is still young.

The work will be for sale.

THE ARCTIC: STEPHEN CARON, 1995

10 X 12

Oil on Canvas.

(A ship called "The Arctic")

I completed this painting 'on the spot' during an early morning excursion to East Montreal during the summer of 1995.

I shipped it to my mother in Florida.

Following her death, I recently sought to bring it home.

The frame was destroyed during a car crash (The painting was pried from the wreck of my car on May 26, 2010 near Tampa, Florida.)

I am thankful that the (stretched) canvas survived.

I have never copied the style of any artist before me; but as I renew my familiarity with this work, I am reminded of the paintings of J.M.W. TURNER, British forerunner of the French Impressionist movement.

The painting is for sale. $890
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IN PROGRESS: LOUISA & EVA LEES

20 X 24

(Oil on canvas)

IN PROGRESS, this painting speaks of my heritage.

LIGHT shines upon those who mourn.

Louisa and Eva Lees tended the grave of my great grandparents in Telford, England. It was another time.

LIGHT is delivered through color and a few thoughtfully applied brushstrokes...

This painting will be for sale.

LOUISA LEES NEWMAN: 1898-1965

LOUISA LEES was born in SHROPSHIRE, England in 1898. She emigrated to Canada prior to the Second World War. Here, she met her (also British) husband-to-be, ALFRED CECIL NEWMAN.

LOUISA taught music in England. A HEINTZMAN upright piano stood prominently in her Montreal home. It produced delicate, crystal tones.

She loved the arts. LOUISA wrote poetry and spoke in exultant terms about painters who were able to capture the essence of beautiful things.

LOUISA and ALFRED produced three children.

The middle child was named CLARICE who, as a young woman, gave birth to a boy in 1952.

As the boy developed, LOUISA and CLARICE conspired to explore his artistic talent.

At a young age, he was provided with lessons in music (piano). LOUISA and CLARICE attended childhood recitals. CLARICE brought him to the McGill Conservatory to complete his childhood pianistic examinations, and LOUISA seized every opportunity to foster the boy's enthusiasm whenever he went near her HEINTZMAN.

When the boy was eight years old ALFRED, LOUISA's husband, purchased a gift for her; a set of oil paints.

The boy had already begun to paint, thanks to the foresight of his mother.

LOUISA and her grandson began painting together during the summer months. Daily, the boy would race his bicycle across many laneways with paints tackled to the frame of his bike in order to reach LOUISA and to 'help' her learn to paint.

More often than not, LOUISA prepared 'salmon sandwiches' for lunch. The boy always looked forward to seeing her more than he wished to be with friends of his own age.

LOUISA and her grandson spent countless hours together; painting, playing the piano and worshipping each other.

She gave to the boy all of the talents which he holds today.

LOUISA LEES NEWMAN died in 1965.

She was my grandmother.

I remember her with enormous affection.

STEPHEN CARON, February, 2010