Artist: Faith Copeland tel 31145421
Artist Statement:
My
work is mainly influenced by the beauty I find in "Nature"
mainly from "the Sea" also plants and animals. It is a
celebration of life in joyous colors,
influenced by Nordic landscape from The Faroe Islands and Iceland with bird life
(puffins) other motives are inspired by charming Danish villages and
coast lines ,The SEA is a constant motive. I
have also made paintings. Influenced by visits to Florida Spain, Italy
,France ,
Artwork
working
in mainly watercolors, but also in oils and
acrylics, egg tempera, collages graphics, and
painting on silk, some large wall hangings and wall murals. Generally
described as, Expressionist, impressionist ,Colorist at times Naivistic
One Critic Wrote in the Cape Cod
Times....."Imaginative, original work, with the Primitive Charm of
Rousseau and the sense for color and light as
Raul Dufy" .
style
is impressionistic,narrative,naivistic,coloristic,decorative,narrative,
filled with fantasy humor and love of Nature,
plants ,animals. "The Sea" is a recurring motive.
Selected Exhibitions
Soho Gallery , West Palm Beach Florida
Gallery Europa Rungsted
kyst, Denmark
American Embassy Denmark
Kirsten Kjaers Museum Denmark
Shaknow Museum Fort Lauderdale
Coral Springs Musuem Florida
Selfoss Museum Iceland
Gallery Smedjan Faroe Islands
Notingham Unviversity
England
Hotel Oceania , Brest France
Italian Cultural Center Denmark
Icelandic Culture house Copenhagen
The Armory Museum West Palm Beach
Florida
Astel Gallery Copenhagen
Carlstberg Museum Copenhagen
Nordenshus,Faroe Islands
Smedjan Gallery Faroe
Islands
the Embassy Gallery Copenhagen
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