Madeleine Wood
I design my work to create a quiet intimacy with my subjects. I take the viewer into the voluptuous folds of a rose, the intricate tributaries of a leaf, or the suggestion of human postures in still life arrangements. Arbutus tree bark in various degrees of exfoliation, with evolving colours and dramatic patterns, continues my examining of abstractions in the natural world. The more familiar intimacies of body fragments and beds with their human impressions explore these same elements where reality blurs into abstraction. Ultimately, I want my paintings to feel both familiar and mysterious at the same time.
Born in BC, I studied at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and completed my MFA at Concordia University in 1996. I live and work on Vancouver Island with my partner and cat.
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60 in x 30 in
oil on canvas
Seabed
36 in x 48 in
oil on canvas
$5000
Branching Out
24 in x 48 in
oil on canvas
$4000
Bon Bons I
48 in x 48 in
oil on canvas
$6500
Bon Bons II
48 in x 48 in
oil on canvas
$6500
Spectral Sway
20 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1400
Lush Leanings
20 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1400
Poppy
16 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1200
Tulipa
16 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1200
Kevinkempt II
24 in x 30 in
oil on canvas
$2500
Pamcama
48 in x 36 in
oil on canvas
$5000
Blushing Blue
40 in x 30 in
oil on canvas
$3600
Engage
36 in x 24 in
oil on canvas
$3000
Arbutus Abstract
24 in x 36 in
oil on canvas
$3000
For Dear Life
30 in x 60 in
oil on canvas
$6500
Beheld
12 in x 24 in
oil on canvas
$1300
All things Considered
24 in x 30 in
oil on canvas
$2500
Dondream
48 in x 36 in
oil on canvas
$5000
Timtom
24 in x 48 in
oil on canvas
$4000
Calafest
16 in x 20 in
oil on canvas
$1400
Yucca
16 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1200
Crossing Over
30 in x 40 in
oil on canvas
$3600
Fern
16 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1200
Lettuce
16 in x 16 in
oil on canvas
$1200
Party Time
16 in x 20 in
oil on canvas
$1400
Hangout
48 in x 36 in
oil on canvas
$5000
Chasslounge
36 in x 48 in
oil on canvas
$5000
Climb In
18 in x 24 in
oil on canvas
$1500
Undress
24 in x 30 in
oil on canvas
$2500
Compassion
18 in x 24 in
oil on canvas
$1700
Spooning
30 in x 40 in
oil on canvas
$3600