Elizabeth Lennie

Elizabeth Lennie

Elizabeth Lennie

About the Artist

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Program Guide MV Times May 2019

 

Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the liquid landscapes of northern Ontario and the aqua waters of the Caribbean. I work with oil paint on canvas, layering thin washes with thicker impasto, occasionally working on wood panel and incorporating cold wax and graphite. The images are often figurative and explore the memory myth of summer, and the dual reality of the Canadian hot and cold climate. The paintings are the map of my world, in both abstract and narrative form. I look for archetypes, in an attempt to explore notions of self and community within the resonance of shared memory. It is the past/present/future illusion that I seek to define in my work. This drives me to explore and paint the same image repeatedly, looking for an entry point into the subconscious, occasionally scratching notes into the paint as symbols to carry the work forward. By isolating and extracting vibrant colors in a signature soft-focus style, a utopian childhood is recalled, creating the memory myth of shared experience here on earth.

"How remarkable it is that you have chosen as two of your recurring themes, swimming in summer in the Canadian Shield, and skating on those same lakes when winter descends. Remarkable because you have lived your whole life in Canada, in Ontario even, and yet you have understood what is best about the place where you live. Most people have to move far away to figure that sort of thing out. They can only understand the nature of the mountain when they have seen it from the plain. You, my dear friend, have the wisdom to see the beauty of where you are, while you are there, and that ability is as rare as...the world becoming a skating rink over which you can fly." —Johnny Wales, Sado Island, Japan

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“Azure Blue”
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“Pentimento Tethys”
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“Raven Haired Beauty”
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large scale abstract oil painting of people standing in turquoise water

"Texting Sylvio"
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vertical abstract oil painting of woman standing on beach with binoculars

"Parallel Views"
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large scale abstract oil painting of a woman floating in turquoise and blue water

"The Pool at Night 4"
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Mythography 276
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Mythography 275
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Mythography 274
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Woof 5
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Woof 6
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Woof 7
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"Mythography 272"
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“Mythography 261”
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“Mythography 263”
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“Summer 3”
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“Mythography 257”
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“Mythography 259”
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"Mythography 186"
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Oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie of a man treading abstract water in blues and greens

"Mythography 140"
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“Mythography 226”
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large scale abstract oil painting of people in blue and green water

"The Turquoise Sea 2"
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"Mythography 230"
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"Mythography 233"
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Oil on canvas painting of aerial view of a woman in a light green bathing suit swimming in aqua water.

"Aqua Vita"
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42" x 72"
large scale abstract oil painting of people wading in blue water with neutral sky

"Seaside 2"
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48" x 54"

"The Pool at Night 6"
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Oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie with abstract strokes of people in shades of blue water by the beach.

"Beachlife 33"
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"Mythography 197"
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"The Summer Years"
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"Mythography 214"
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"Mythography 212"
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"Caribbean Waters"
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"Seaside"
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"Three Amigos"
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"Northern Waters"
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"Savasana"
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"Golden Girl"
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"Mermaid"
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abstract oil painting of a woman from behind in turquoise water

"Wonderland"
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"Mythography 234"
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square abstract oil painting of people standing in blue water with blue sky and clouds

"Blue Heaven"
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“Mythography 255”
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“Paradise Study”
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“Mythography 262”
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“Mythography 258”
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“Morning”
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“Mythography 260”
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