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Vases From Scotland
artist statement
“Vases From Scotland” refers to the process of being forgotten, to poverty to one special thing being all that remains, and to the sadness that the passge of time brings. I have concentrated on the formal considerations of pattern and colour in this work, as I have done in other paintings.
selected biography
Ann Read is based in Nova Scotia. She has four works in the Canada Council Art Bank and has paintings and textile work in several private collections. Ann was part of “Atlantic Artists in Atlantic Architecture” published by Visual Arts News in 1991 and is represented in several catalogues – eg. “L’Art Voyageur/Art Travels published by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec in 1992. Ann’s BFA at NSCAD represented a focus on oil painting, but over the last several years have included a lot of work in textiles, whcih can be seen at the Guild Shop (Toronto), the Textile Museum of Canada Shop (Toronto), and the AGNS Gift Shop (Halifax).
