OFF the WALL, continued
As her interest in what the wave was doing intensified, Jaye started to pay more attention to the reflection of light and colour inside the wave itself.The result, influencing new dynamic personalities emerging with each completed work, a fascination and reverence for the ocean that is also revealed in the naming of many of her more recent paintings. Euryal, Iiliah,Axta and Dirae are a few of a sisterhood of sea goddesses surfacing from mythology to her artist studio in Antigonish. “I might eventually run out of sea goddess names but I will just make up my own. They are my sea goddesses.” We make our way back down the beach.We talk some more about a commissioned piece she is working on and how long it usually takes her to finishing a painting-four months for a larger canvas. We talk oil versus acrylic and galleries and private collections. I learn that she admires the work of Vermeer and Manet and that she was likely most influenced by a group of young painters that she lived with in a Toronto warehouse when she was in her twenties. I ask Jaye if I can take photo of her by the water. She turns and lifts her hands as if commanding the water but I think it is more of an embrace and a thank you to what it has given her and what it allows her to share. For more information and to view Jaye’s work, visit www.jaye.ca
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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
Jaye Ouellette is a visual artist living in Antigonish. She has exhibited her work many times in galleries in Canada, the U.S. and France. Ouellette’s work is included in a number of private and corporate collections. Her commission work is extensive, most notably the Skydome Hotel in Toronto. Her primary focus is painting in her studio by the ocean. The North Shore
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