http://sharronlabatt.net/photography daily 0.75 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1452962612715-3RU57YJVHFOXMRQXIE5U/image-asset.jpeg Home - River Motion Acrylic on canvas 36" x 48"     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1452962612715-3RU57YJVHFOXMRQXIE5U/image-asset.jpeg Home - River Motion Acrylic on canvas 36" x 48"     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1709309552814-09VSND6A0N5P77FR8PDT/image-asset.jpeg Home - Autumn in My Window 2024 brings a new year and new exploration in art making for me. I begin by shifting focus from lakes and rivers in the Qu’Appelle Valley and beyond to the banks, shoreline and hills. Trees, a bit of a nemesis for me in terms of painting, will be included and celebrated . I am also including some mixed media - Japanese handmade Washi Mulberry paper for its texture and added interest. http://sharronlabatt.net/portfolio daily 0.75 2018-08-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/t/5b831df203ce64a5a9b36824/1522682761900/ portfolio https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/5ac24b7c8a922d9f4676e459/5ac24b89352f5337a089269f/1522682761900/ portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1535314180373-PAA0020EWWWTR5GYM04V/DSCN1477.jpg portfolio - Ref http://sharronlabatt.net/work daily 1.0 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1461725214631-UCSFVJ966ZCLMGRT8BYX/23130027.jpg MENU - Cloudy Day Emma Lake Oil on canvas 1998 11"x 14" Artist Collection "En Plein Air" is a term borrowed from the French meaning "open (in full) air". It is used to describe outdoor painting from observation. I painted en plein air using oils and watercolour at Emma Lake, Morning Lake and the Qu'Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan. In the Bahamas I used quick drying watercolour and ink as I needed breaks from the heat. On location for a few weeks at a time enabled me to complete some rather extensive work. Personal comfort aside, I find painting outdoors rewarding as the constraints force spontaneity, quick strokes and immediate response to the light. The outcome is usually fresh and worth the effort. The Impressionists of the 19th C and Canada's Group of Seven were avid en plein air painters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1533231100646-F7JS35EON9HIY7B74I4Y/Surrender-+Oil+on+lexan%2C+18%2522+x+24%2522.jpg MENU - Like a Crown Oil on Lexan 20” x 24” Private Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1454288861771-AKCYTPCIYVHWCO1ZZC4P/One+More+Day.jpg MENU - One More Day Acrylic on canvas 36" x 24” Private Collection One of the richest motifs in the visual arts has been the open window. In 2009, I completed 20 paintings in acrylic on canvas using the window motif to celebrate life and the seasons on the Canadian Prairies. Each painting combines landscape as seen through a window and still life with a table and background of seasonal images and colours. I also included narrative consisting of phrases or lines of my poetry as I consider this work a somewhat romanticized view of life. To further this concept, I used gold and silver leaf and titled the series "Once Upon a Season". I hope this work stirs the senses and invokes happy memories of life, time and place. In 2011, the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York, held an exhibition "Rooms With a View: the Open Window in the 19th Century". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1568396333106-T7SRLDLQ1R7W91Y5JET5/IMG_2726.jpg MENU - Narrative Family Portrait Acrylic on canvas 48” x 36” 2019 Commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1614963921047-U2CQB46LR4FTNG72QZX3/image-asset.jpeg MENU - UNTAMED DESTINY Untamed: impossible to subdue or defeat. This painting celebrates the seasons of life. From the green of youth to autumn tones suggesting aging. Full lips represent sensuality; elongated neck vulnerability and trust. The crow is change; the dove new possibilities. This woman is saying-live life to the fullest! Oil on Canvas 60” x 48” SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1568395716512-ER78ZZ21YBA33AK9XB8F/Spring+Fever%3B+Acrylicon+woodpanel%2C+20%2522+x+24%2522.jpg MENU - SPRING FEVER Acrylic on cradled wood panel 20” x 24” 2019 SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1702580246449-09FXLC2AWJQ1B71FDAQA/image-asset.jpeg MENU - Colours Passing By SOLD Acrylic on canvas 30” x 24” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1747845986189-P563U71AUZUMAV26VC54/IMG_8829.jpeg MENU - MOODY BLUES Acrylic on canvas 60” x 40” SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1709309104579-HWHC4LHRJXUV8EXBFROC/IMG_1788.JPG MENU - Scent of Rose Hips Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas 18” x 20" http://sharronlabatt.net/bio daily 0.75 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5674bad8c647ad126efff5e0/1530730809208-SL32WVF21RO1LP402KJB/DSCN2478.jpg Biography http://sharronlabatt.net/new-page daily 0.75 2023-02-22