Arrangement in Beige, Brown and Silver, 1981 by Graham Fowler

Provenance:
Collection of Paul Duval, Toronto

Exhibited:
“Graham Fowler, Recent Works, 2 May - 9 June 1985”, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 1985, unpaginated (no. 13)

“Nature provides the motif in my painting, photography the means. Photography acts as a contemporary sketchbook, a data collector that provides information. Rather than replicate Kodac, I use the photographic properties of freezing time, simplified tonal relationships and a verifiable image as a springboard to something else.

It i snot my intention to solely describe the visible surface of things. Rather, I choose to heighten the visual rhythms and patterns of a specific scene. Form, line, colour and tonal contrast are altered to enhance the significant meaning of the image.”

- Graham Fowler, 1985