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Leaves from the book of Nature
An
exhibition of recent and earlier watercolours by M. Bauer-Maison
Renison
College , University of Waterloo Nov 12 - Dec 15, 1998.
"The
inspirations for the works of Marc Bauer-Maison are diverse, and include
such historical sources as Daniel Rabel, Garzoni Giovanna, W.J. Hooker and
Albrecht Durer. Additionally, the artist is strongly influenced by the
floral works of contemporary watercolourist Cathy Ross. In other contexts,
he draws from such 20th century sources as Andrew Wyeth and Julie
Vivas. It seems, as we look over the great diversity of work, that we are
invited to follow the artist's exploration of the many ways in which nature
might be observed and rendered artistically. Whether the individual works
may be regarded as "copies" or interpretations, they serve to
bring elements of nature out of nature and into our presence. In offering
plants and flowers and other subjects for our contemplation, these
watercolours enable us indeed a measure of freedom in our meditations upon
the relationship of material and spiritual realities."
Dr
Michael Bird
Renison
College, U. of Waterloo
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