Though the landscapes of Saskatchewan and Mexico would appear to have little to do with one another, artist Wynona “Nonie” Mulcaster drew inspiration from both.
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| © Herald photo by Kristen McEwen Emma Anderson curated Wynona Mulcaster's Paintings on Paper collection that is currently on display at the John V. Hicks Gallery at the Prince Albert Arts Centre. The display will remain at the centre until May 23. |
Kristen McEwen of the Prince Albert Daily Heralld writes, "A number of paintings on paper by the Prince Albert-born artist are currently on display at the John V. Hicks Gallery at the Prince Albert Arts Centre."
“(Mulcaster) was deeply involved with the landscapes,” said Emma Anderson who curated the display. “(The paintings) are featuring things seen around Prince Albert here. This was a favourite spot of hers.”
The paintings are part of the 98-piece collection donated to the Mann Art Gallery by Mulcaster herself.
Anderson said other paintings feature landscapes from the area of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico -- an area she moved to in 1977 and still resides today.
“The way that she uses space and colour -- when she was an artist, there were ideas of post-painterly abstraction everywhere,” Anderson said. “So she remained a landscape artist at the heart of it.”
During that time, other artists had often dismissed Mulcaster’s work, as they viewed to be of lesser importance.
“I think that the way other artists were getting kind of crazy with the way they were using colour -- crazy, I mean in terms of geometric abstract,” Anderson said.
“I think she learned from that,” she added. “She applied it in a way that as really specific to what she was doing, which is landscapes.”
Anderson noted that Mulcaster showed her personality through her work.
“She was a person who loved being in the landscape, living with the land and being out on horseback … I think you can really tell from these works what importance she placed on the emotion behind that.”
Aside from Mulcaster’s subject choice, Anderson added that the artists’ choice of media was revealing as well.
“Paper is just one of those medias that is very affordable,” she said. “It’s really cool to see creative finish using something so simple.”
Wynona Mulcaster’s Paintings on Paper collection will be on display at the John V. Hicks Gallery at the Prince Albert Arts Centre until May 23.
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