Parent Voices

Joyce Frances Devlin

BIRTH YEAR 1933
BIRTH PLACE Fort Fraser, British Columbia
DEATH YEAR --
MEDIUM Acrylic on canvas
DATE 1974
DIMENSIONS 110.5cm x 185cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2015.08.06a-b
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: gift of the artist, 2015
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A diptych featuring five figures in the foreground standing in front of houses and trees in the background. Painted in shades of blue, green, brown, purple and red. Right side of diptych: In the background is a stream leading to a green field with three trees in front of a mountain with a red sun above. There is one tall figure with green and purple striped dress in the foreground on the left. Half of another figure is on the left side edge, divided between the two canvases. Another figure in a blue dress is standing in front of a door to a house in the mid ground on the right. The grass in the foreground is flecked with short vertical brushstrokes of red. Left side of diptych: There is a figure in a green and blue polka dot dress standing with legs astride and hands on hips in the foreground. Two other figures (one is divided between the two canvases) are standing behind on the right. There is a brown pathway leading to a red and purple house in the background and trees in the mid ground. A blue sky is painted in the background.

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