Verity Livingstone
My Background
The English country side was my backdrop, as I grew up. But, my eyes were focused on science and medicine. Fifty years later, my vision turned towards the wonders of Canada. I attended Emily Carr University Fine Arts Diploma continuing studies program and am an Exhibiting Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. I enjoy the challenges of combining theory with the practice of Art.
My Inspiration
My eyes are my camera, they travel with me. I need to get away from the city and await each season with pleasure. I dream of capturing the ethereal changes of light. Its reflection on water, its dances through foliage and on the faces that speak to me.
Salmon represent all that is beautiful in British Columbia. My paintings are designed to remind all of us, of our debt of allegiance to them.
My Medium
I began my journey exploring the translucency of water colours, I veered towards the intensity of acrylic colours and now try to combine them. Paint is like stained glass, the more the light gets through, the more secrets are exposed.
The use of acrylic collage creates a new dimension, allowing negative spaces to suggest the fluidity of elements, the flow of water, the movement of fish or the flights of birds.
Latest Works
Frozen snow goose
Acrylic on canvas
20" x 24"
$800
Ice crystalline lake
Acrylic on canvas
20" x24"
$800
Mid winter over a frozen, translucent lake. The acrylic mosaics represent the crystallization of the water and the fragmentation of the icy river.
Blowing in the wind
Acrylic on canvas
18"x 24"
$600
Art Gallery
Puntledge River
Acrylic on board
36" x 24"
$900
Puntledge river 2
Acrylic on board
36" x 24"
$900
A flash of red
Acrylic on board
24" x 30"
$900 framed
Environmental turmoil 2
Acrylic on Board
24" x 30"
$900 framed
A flash of blue
Acrylic on board
24" x 30"
$900