Marion Harding - Canadian Artist

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Here is a collection of paintings commisioned over the past few years for a variety of collectors and organizations


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May Night

May Night is in a private New York collection.

Blue Piano
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Divertimento

Divertimento, 2002 (acrylic, tempera and oil on canvas - 18" x 24")

This painting was created for the 2002 Starlight Children Foundation's "Bids for Kids" Auction. It symbolizes the Foundation's dedication to 'diverting' the children's attention away from their illness to happier, brighter events. The primary colours symbolize joy. The yellow figures - girls dancing - the red figures in the background - boys. The violins are the music - the spirit of life. Nothing is incidental, the vision is acceptance and hope.



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Equilibrium

Equilibrium is a disturbing painting which was sold to a private collector who felt that the painting spoke not only in the surreal terms of its imagery but also conveyed the sense of a silenced will to communicate.

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Renaissance

Renaissance is an outstanding work sold to a private collector in Vancouver. It has overtones reminiscient of Jasper Johns' Flag and fuses both early and modern aesthetic criteria to offer a new vision.

Phoenix

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Phoenix

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Concerto

Concerto highlights the interplay between orchestra and solists using darker and softer colors to create a literal 'tone painting'. 'Concerto' is owned by Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Zed.

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Concerto - (detail)


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Bach Partita

An earlier work inspired as the title suggests.

Nonet
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Poppies

Poppies is in a private Canadian collection and a comment by the collector can be found in 'What the Critics Say'

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Thin Ice

Thin Ice evokes cool, ethereal blues and whites giving the painting a frozen yet fluid quality.

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3/4 Time

3/4 Time was inspired by both Waltz and earlier Minuet time signatures and captures their propulsive force.

2008
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Desolation sound

'Desolation Sound', completed in 2008, is music manuscript sculpted onto a small wooden door that had been discarded. The tree clings to the wood and reflects the Provincial Park of the same name in B.C., Canada that is of conservational interest to the artist (29" X 13" X 2").