Sara Peck Colby
Fox, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24"
Lake in Full Summer
10 x 10", with frame 24", acrylic on canvas
Snow shoeing
8 x 10", acrylic on canvas
Across the Lake, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 40 SOLD
Crisp Late Afternoon
16 x 20", acrylic on canvas
Field of Rapeseed
16 x 20", France, acrylic on canvas
Path Home in the Afternoon
8 x 8 ", Mist, Morning, acrylic on canvas, acrylic on canvas
Skating on the River, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 16
Gentle Fall
24 x 48", Massawippi, acxrylic on canvas
Mist, Morning
8 x 8", acrylic on canvas
Artist Statement
Current Work
I have been painting the landscapes around the Eastern Townships
of Quebec for over thirty years. I use my work as a form of communication, endeavouring to touch the viewer with a memory of a favourite time of day,
a season or an angle of light.
My paintings evoke walks in fields or quiet country roads, bunches of wildflowers. I use patterns and rhythms, shadows, branches, distant fields,
to show informal glimpses of peaceful life.
With a strong sense of design, my paintings sometimes verge on abstract.
I paint from life.
I paint to tell surprise and delight in what I see.
Artist Resume / Curriculum Vitae
BORN IN MONTREAL CANADA
Studies
MONTREAL MUSEUM SCHOOL OF FINE ART with Arthur Lismer ,1965-1968
BYAM SHAW SCHOOL OF ART , LONDON , ENGLAND 1968-1969
BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS with Charles Stegeman , ALBERTA 1967
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
One Woman Show, The Viaduc , Place Boaventure , Montreal QC. 1973
Galerie Pommegrenade , North Hatley , QC, Solo Shows 1988 - 93
Gemst Gallery , Montreal , QC 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002
The Design Store , Ottawa , ON 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006
Uplands Cultural Centre , Lennoxville , QC, 2000 , 2002, 2004
Victoria Gallery, Montreal , Que. 2001
North Hatley Library , July 2002,2004, 2007
Galerie Soleil, Montreal 2004
Galerie Soleil , Montreal 2006
GROUP EXHIBITIONS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emily Lebaron Art Gallery , The Piggery Theatre , North Hatley, QC 1970-85,91,94,96,99, 02,04
'Five Women' Group Show , The Old Post Ofiice, Montreal 1981
Galerie Sarah McCutcheon "Through the Flower" , Montreal 1982
Georgeville Artists Group Show , Georgevile QC 1985 ,86
Elmwood Art Fair , Ottawa , ON 1985 - 87
Group Show, Canadian Centre for Architecture for La Fondation D'Aide Direct-SIDA , 1993
Circuit des Arts , Cantons-de-l'Est,QC . August 1996 , 1997
Group Show , North Haven , Maine , USA. August 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
North Hatley Library , July 2000, 2002, 2004
Les Femmeuses , at Pratt & Whitney, May 2002, 2003
"Perspectives Estriennes", 8 Artistes, Centre Culturel Y.L. Bombardier, Valcourt, QC 2003
ArtExpo, Jacob Javits Center, New York , March 2005
Gallery Louise Smith, Toronto, ON May 2005
North Hatley Library, "Reflective Images , Colby & Londono" July 2005
Sara Colby lives and works in Montreal, though much of her inspiration
comes from time spent in the Eastern Townships of Quebec .