28 × 36 in
in
cm
$4,190
It will come as no surprise to the viewer that Popperwell’s subject in Radiant Sunrise is the light itself. Devoid of visible brushstrokes or extraneous details, this acrylic work evokes a deep serenity, welcoming the eye’s journey from the centre—which glows as though lit from within—to the pastel blues into which fades the sun’s reflection on the still expanse of water. Stylized clouds burst into early morning flame above the subtle silhouette of distant mountains, juxtaposing the promise of a clear sky for the day ahead. Radiant Sunrise is a gentle moment in which the artist encourages us to meditate on our relationship with our natural world in all its breathtaking beauty.
| Medium | Painting |
| Signature | Signed |
| Frame | Framed |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Seller | Artist |
| Location | Victoria, Canada |
| Provenance | The Artist |
Anne Popperwell has been painting and exhibiting in both public and private galleries for over thirty years. Her works in watercolour and acrylic on canvas are included in private, corporate, and public collections in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Europe.
Popperwell’s primary inspiration has always been the natural world. She moved to Saturna Island in the Southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia to paint the particular landscape of the eroded sandstone shoreline, and she began to experiment with materials, scale, and colour to explore the experience and concept of “a sense of place.”
Popperwell’s series of acrylic paintings, Luminous Horizons, are impressions drawn from the islands in the Salish Sea where the artist practices. Light is fleeting, still for a moment, ephemeral and transitory. The notion of light is central to her practice. Popperwell’s works investigate its symbolic and spiritual meanings, both in life and in art. Light is the first and last human experience, and it guides both waking and dream states. For Popperwell, light informs our sense of time and place. Her work teeters between figuration and abstraction, movement and stillness, matter and light.
Artist CV
Education: 1968-1970 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 “Shades of Saturna”, Artlink Canada, Jaydon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009 “Beauty” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2008 “Tropical Flowers” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
1996. “Why Don’t You Just Leave?” Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1993 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1986 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1984 Grace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, British Columbia
1982 Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1981 Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia
1980 Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2019 Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, Camano, Washington
2014 Insight Art Gallery, Galiano, B.C.
2012 The Field Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2002 “European Media Arts Festival”, Osnabruck, Germany
1997 “Open House”, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1994 “Spring Run”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1992 “Hanging Gardens”, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 “Bumbershoot Festival 1990”, Seattle, Washington
1986 “Images B.C.” The British Columbia Pavilion, Expo 86
Vancouver, British Columbia
1985 “Hot Water Colour”, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
“B.C. Women Artists”
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
1983 “National Watercolour Exhibition”
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1981 “Painter’s Day”, Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Public Collections
British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
Esso Resources Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Grants and Awards
1995 British Columbia Cultural Services Branch grant
1973 City of Vancouver Purchase Grant
Exhibition Reviews, Catalogues and Articles
“A Sense of Place”, Aqua magazine, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Summer 2014) illus.
“Why Don’t You Just Leave?”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (April, 1996) illus.
Cover, Preview Magazine, Vancouver, B.C., (May/June 1990)
Waterman, Jennifer A. “Planetary Visions, Sacred Images of the Earth” Herizons, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Volume 4 #8, December, 1986) p. 44, illus.
“B.C. Women Artists”,Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October, 1985) illus.
Orford, Emily Jane, “Anne Popperwell’s Intimate Earth”, Victoria Times-Colonist, Victoria, B.C. (October 7, 1984) p. 8
Hartog, Diana, “Body Landscapes”, Monday Magazine, Victoria, B.C. (October 28, 1982)
Hartog, Diana, “Drunk with the Particular”, Monday Magazine, Victoria, B.C. (January 23, 1981) p. 16
“Anne Popperwell”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October 1981) illus.
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