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