emily carr

got 2 books on her art from the library (friends of the library sales rack) for a $1 each. it was divine providence!!! i had been looking for loose & energetic inspiration. in reading them it said she felt nature, paint/art & religion were one. stuff i liked by her was done 1932-35. been wanting to get back to vancouver/victoria as well >>>has been too many years. now i want to even more so.

her work (to me) references edvard munch (sun/beach mural at the university of oslo) as well as some of o'keeffe's stuff. date wise she was around the same time as o'keeffe. her trees preceeded o'keeffe by 15-20 yrs. carr's totems late in life remind me of some of o'keefe's still lifes (alligator pears,cabbage, etc)

actually got some good ideas on how to tackle a few things i have been working on :)