Ruby Ewen Portfolio

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RECENT LARGE WORKS
Between 2002 and 2005 I created a series of 15 large paintings...

The Prismatic Effects of Shadow on Snow 2002 5' h x 7' w	Spring in the Milky Way 2002 5' h x 7' w	Birch 2002 7' h x 5' w	Rock Offers Lichen to Sky, Lichen Offers Rock to Earth 2002 7' h x 5.5' w
Fall, The Fall, The Red Shift 2003 7' h x 5.5' w	Hope 2003 5' h x 7' w	Sublime Tartan 2003 7' h x 5' w	Shell 2003 6' h x 5.5' w
Primal Spring 2004 6' h x 5.5' w	Saturn 2004 7' h x 5' w	Glacier 2004 7' h x 5' w	Shining Mountain 2005 7' h x 5.5' w
Lake 1 2005 6' h x 5.5' w	Lake 2 2005 6' h x 5.5' w	Lake 3 2005 5.5' h x 7' w

Recent Works
Landscapes 2011.

Ploughed Field #1 2011 66cm h x 99cm w	Ploughed Field #2 2011 66cm h x 99cm w	Ploughed Field #3 2011 66cm h x 99cm w	Soft Light 2011 46cm h x 56cm w
Green Stream 2011 61cm h x 61cm w	Ice Coalescing 2011 142cm h x 117cm w

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES 2004-2010
Here are some paintings selected from painting trips to the Canadian Rockies in 2004, 2005 and 2010.

Crowfoot Glacier 2004 36cm h x 46cm w	Ha-Ling 2004 70cm h x 46cm w	Heart Mountain 2 2004 51cm h x 71cm w	Mount Rundle 2004 46cm h x 70cm w
Lefroy Pond 2005 41cm h x 51cm w	Lake MacArthur 2005 61cm h x 76cm w	Lady MacDonald 2005 31cm h x 36cm w	Grotto 2005 31cm h x 36cm w
Afternoon Light On Rundle 2010 117cm h x 142cm w	Ghost Rider Fernie 2010 36cm h x 46cm w	Icon (Crow's Nest) 2010 97cm h x 114cm w	Dark Sister (Fernie) 2010 97cm h x 114cm w

COASTAL RHYTHMS
Painting trips on the West Coast inspired this series.
More of this series can be seen at Council for the Arts in Ottawa

Sweep of the Cedar
2001
48" h x 36" w

Spirit
2001
48" h x 36" w

Charon's Boat
2001
36" h x 36" w

Volcano Archetype
2001
40" h x 30" w

VERGLAS/ICE STORM
When the 1998 ice storm descended, it provided a focused period for me to explore the concepts of life, death, devastation and beauty. A series of 40 oil paintings was created in concert with the storm and its aftermath. I also recorded the sounds of the ice on the trees and in 1998 a Corel Endowment Fund for the Arts Grant allowed me to digitally master the audio portion of Verglas / Ice Storm. In December and January of 2000 and 2001, a selection of these paintings without the audio component was exhibited at the new Ottawa city hall.

Verglas / Ice Storm No 32
1998
56" h x 40" w

Verglas / Ice Storm No 30
1998
58" h x 32" w

Verglas / Ice Storm No. 29
1998
52" h x 40" w

Verglas / Ice Storm No 25
1998
28" h x 35" w

TREES
Work in the bush gave rise to this series of twenty-one paintings over a three year period.

Maple
1995
66" h x 68" w (two panels)

Transforming
1995
56" h x 34" w

World Tree
1995
66" h x 34" w

Dissolution/Regeneration
1996
58" h x 32" w

SUITE FOR A HILL
The subject of this painting is a walk up a hill starting in the late Fall. We spiral up the hill through the winter months and with Spring the wall of rock and juniper falls away. We reach the top and look out over the land in the four directions into Summer. The painting is composed of 36 panels, the overall dimension being 5' high by 78' long. The panels are completely moveable. They were painted three at a time: each of the 12 triptychs represents the hill on a particular day. Each triptych is 5' high by 61/2' wide.