Elizabeth Lennie

About the Artist

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Program Guide MV Times May 2019

Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the liquid landscapes of northern Ontario and the aqua waters of the Caribbean. I work with oil paint on canvas, layering thin washes with thicker impasto, occasionally working on wood panel and incorporating cold wax and graphite. The images are often figurative and explore the memory myth of summer, and the dual reality of the Canadian hot and cold climate. The paintings are the map of my world, in both abstract and narrative form. I look for archetypes, in an attempt to explore notions of self and community within the resonance of shared memory. It is the past/present/future illusion that I seek to define in my work. This drives me to explore and paint the same image repeatedly, looking for an entry point into the subconscious, occasionally scratching notes into the paint as symbols to carry the work forward. By isolating and extracting vibrant colors in a signature soft-focus style, a utopian childhood is recalled, creating the memory myth of shared experience here on earth. "How remarkable it is that you have chosen as two of your recurring themes, swimming in summer in the Canadian Shield, and skating on those same lakes when winter descends. Remarkable because you have lived your whole life in Canada, in Ontario even, and yet you have understood what is best about the place where you live. Most people have to move far away to figure that sort of thing out. They can only understand the nature of the mountain when they have seen it from the plain. You, my dear friend, have the wisdom to see the beauty of where you are, while you are there, and that ability is as rare as...the world becoming a skating rink over which you can fly." —Johnny Wales, Sado Island, Japan

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abstract oil painting of woman swimming above pink and purplewater

"Paradise Study"
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large scale abstract oil painting of people in blue and green water

"The Turquoise Sea 2"
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"Mythography 235"
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abstract oil painting or woman in black bikini wading in blue water

"Meditation Swim"
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"Mythography 230"
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"Happiness"
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"Mythography 231"
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"Mythography 233"
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vertical oil painting of a person snorkeling deep in the ocean

"Dreamer 3"
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"Mythography 236"
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large scale abstract oil painting of people standing in turquoise water

"Texting Sylvio"
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abstract oil painting of a woman swimming above pink and purple water

"Paradise"
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large scale abstract oil painting of a woman floating in turquoise and blue water

"The Pool at Night 4"
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vertical abstract oil painting of woman standing on beach with binoculars

"Parallel Views"
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Oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie of a woman in a dark bikini flipping in the air with light blue sky behind

"Blue Skies 3"
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"Mythography 186"
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Oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie of a man treading abstract water in blues and greens

"Mythography 140"
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vertical oil painting of a female snorkeling up to surface in turquoise water

"Dreamer"
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Oil on canvas painting of aerial view of a woman in a light green bathing suit swimming in aqua water.

"Aqua Vita"
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large scale abstract oil painting of people wading in blue water with neutral sky

"Seaside 2"
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"Mythography 210"
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"The Pool at Night 6"
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Abstract oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie of people by the pool jumping off diving boards in pastel pink, light blue, orange, and green

"How to Do a Fly Dive"
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Oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie with abstract strokes of people in shades of blue water by the beach.

"Beachlife 33"
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"Mythography 197"
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"Mythography 220"
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Abstract oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie of people by the pool in pastel green, tan, and blue palette

"Resort Life"
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"The Summer Years"
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"Mythography 219"
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"Mythography 214"
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"Mythography 212"
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"A Periwinkle Sky"
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"Caribbean Waters"
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"Seaside"
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"Three Amigos"
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Oil painting by Elizabeth Lennie of a woman swimming to the sirface of the water with bubbles around her face

"Summer 2019"
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"Mythography 179"
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vertical oil painting or a woman swimming down turquoise water

"Bahamian Tethys"
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"Northern Waters"
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"Savasana"
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"Golden Girl"
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"Mermaid"
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"Mythography 191"
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vertical oil painting of a female swimmer in turquoise water

"Dreamer 5"
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60" x 36"

"Mythography 234"
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abstract oil painting of a woman from behind in turquoise water

"Wonderland"
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square abstract oil painting of people standing in blue water with blue sky and clouds

"Blue Heaven"
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