Steven Rhude - Paintings/Drawings

"Because you can't beat the bloody system ... in a month there'll be no mail boat, no coastal boat service. That's all part of it. And when its all over they can sit behind their polished desks and congratulate themselves that they've saved another poor fisherman from poverty. In the mean time I've sold my house and gear for a tenth of what it is worth; I've slaughtered all my livestock, and I'm leaving behind fifty one years of my life. But that's not their worry."  From The Last Summer - a short story by Jeanne Rogers Study for Resettlement Road, oil on copper, 12" x 14", Steven Rhude Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

"We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies." Shirley Abbott   The Huguenot, oil on copper, 12" x 12", Steven Rhude Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Ambera Wellmann, There is Nothing to Fear, 2013 Dalhousie Art Gallery 17 January – 9 March 2014 Capture 2014: Nova Scotian Realism CURATED BY TOM SMART AND PETER DYKHUIS OPENING RECEPTION Thursday 16 January at 8 PM Organized by the Dalhousie Art Gallery in association with Professional Living Artists of NovaScotia (PLANS). Curatorial research funded by the Robert Pope Foundation with project support from the Craig Foundation. Gratefully acknowledging the additional support of: The Black Family; Moore Executive Suites; Premiere Self Storage; Spanish Bay Inn, Sydney. In the diverse history of Nova Scotian art, there is a consistent tradition of artists working in the Realist mode. From ship portraitists, landscape painters, and still life and trompe-l'oeil artists, to Magic Realists and those who work from photographic and digital sources, this pluralistic tradition is a vital part of Nova Scotian cultural identity. The Dalhousie Art Gallery, celebrating its sixt...

"Remember what you have seen, because everything forgotten returns to the circling winds." - Navajo Wind Chant Furnace Room Drawing Book  Detail Detail Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Ochre Pit Modern, oil on canvas, Steven Rhude, 24"x 38", Emma Butler Gallery "The cultivated man of today is gradually turning away from natural things, and his life is becoming more and more abstract. Natural (external) things become more and more automatic, and we observe that out vital attention fastens more and more on internal things… …Modern man –although a unity of body, mind and soul – exhibits a changed consciousness: every expression of his life has today a different aspect, that is, an aspect more positively abstract. [1] Piet Mondrian She asked him "what's it like to be modern?" He could reply, but he didn't. He wanted to think. She said, "I mean there are lots of things in cities and our homes that make us modern... things that can change and are replaced, maybe changed for the better... even out here in the landscape where there are trees and fields...  but I'm not sure that necessarily makes us modern."...

The place name "Dildo" is attested in this area since at least 1711, though how this came to be is unknown. The origin of the word "dildo" itself is obscure. It was once used to reference a phallus-shaped pin stuck in the edging of a row boat to act as a pivot for the oar (also known as a "thole pin" or "dole pin.") [1] Passing Through Dildo, oil on canvas, 35"x 60", Steven Rhude, Emma Butler Gallery The Rock isn't just known for its colourful buildings and people. Newfoundland place names have inspired some of the most lively discussions over the centuries and, in many instances avoided sanitising by a 1904 Nomenclature Board, that according to Gordon Hancock (faculty member at Memorial University and a member of the Advisory Committee on Toponymic Research) was formed to eliminate postal code chaos and what at the time was considered to be "local embarassment that resulted from duplicate or unfortunate toponyms"....

After Michelangelo, graphite, 14"x 12", Steven Rhude Detail Detail Detail After Michelangelo - Pieta, Florence, Santa Maria del Fiora - Head of Nicodemus. Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

In about 1614 - 1615 Rubens made some studies in connection with a Christ on the Cross painting. One in particular stood out for me. The original now in the London British Museum was drawn with Black and White chalk, and some bistre wash. It measures 21"x 15".   Study after Rubens, chalk, 40"x 32", Steven Rhude Detail Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Ophelia, chalk, 40"x 32", Steven Rhude Detail Detail Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Possibly seen near a stream. Study of a Tree Branch, Graphite on paper, 11"x 14", Steven Rhude Detail Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Canada promises to "not make anymore boring buildings" for Banksy. Hey Banksy, Steven Rhude Hey Banksy, detail Hey Banksy, detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Possibly seen in a Wolfville basement. Assorted portraits, media and size variable Detail Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS.

Possibly seen in a Hemlock Woodland Trail - 1940's, old Acadia University Farm, Wolfville. Drawing of Colosseum, Rome, Coloured pencils, Steven Rhude Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Doorway, Steven Rhude Doorway, detail Detail

Possibly see at the Acadian Deportation Site, Horton's Landing, NS Assorted Drawings, Size variable, Steven Rhude Detail Detail Steven Rhude, Wolfville