Observing and interpreting the built and natural world of where I live has been a life-long commitment. Call of the Running Tide<\/em> is a series of paintings depicting an area shaped and determined by the Bay of Fundy.<\/p>\n Using layers of textured brush strokes and a colour palette particular to the bay, with each painting I have focused on the movement of the water, winds and tides, three elements that continually mould this unique body of water and its shoreline.<\/p>\n While these paintings highlight the energy and beauty to be found here, they also speak of a fragile and increasingly precarious place.<\/p>\n For Dale.<\/em><\/p>\n Lynn Wigginton is a Saint John based artist engaged with the spaces and materiality of New Brunswick\u2019s landscapes and built heritage. Trained as a printmaker and now working as a painter, Wigginton\u2019s paintings evoke a strong sense of place while thoughtfully considering the textures and materials of her immediate environment.<\/p>\n Lynn Wigginton earned her BFA from Mount Allison University in 1974. In 1995 she co-authored and provided paintings for the book On Earth as it is In Heaven – Gothic Revival Churches of Victorian New Brunswick<\/em>\u00a0(Goose Lane Editions.)<\/p>\n Lynn Wigginton has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows in New Brunswick and across the country, and is represented locally by Spicer Merrifield Gallery and Fog Forest Gallery. A recipient of numerous honours and grants, her work can be found in public and private art collections throughout Canada and internationally.<\/p>\n Special Thanks to Spicer Merrifield Gallery [\/columnize]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Call of the Running Tide \u00a0| \u00a0Port Saint John Gallery \u00a0| \u00a0September 9 – October 28, 2022 [columnize] Artist Statement Observing and interpreting the built and natural world of where I live has been a life-long commitment. Call of the Running Tide is a series of paintings depicting an area shaped and determined by the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23095"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23104,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23095\/revisions\/23104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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