Augusta's Art
In art, there is more than casual seeing
Augusta's Art
Augusta has painted for three decades. During the 80’s her landscapes and portrait skills accompanied the development of her four children. Art has been a strong influence in her family through the generations. Leota Tupper, her great-aunt, was a professional artist in the 1800’s.
Early art education began for her with several courses at Acadia University and several winters she also studied figure drawing.
She was classically trained in portraiture having studied drawing and oil painting weekly for four years with Leon Swirling, a graduate of the Royal Academy in London, England.
Workshops were taken from Charlie Cooper, Lee Smith, Jeanie Hancock, Ron Hazel, and the Marine artist, Graham Baker. In the early 90s, she studied watercolor with J’Anna Jacqulyn.
Augusta taught art in Tucson, Arizona where she wintered. She considers herself a colorist and enjoys the subtle greens and purples in a portrait and the variety and sometimes starker colors of the natural world. Her vibrant, clean use of chroma color reflects her enthusiasm for the life and the spirit of her subjects. Her simplicity of interpretation, yet disciplined approach allows for creative and spontaneous impressions in oil, acrylic, and watercolor.
Her work through the years has been sold by several galleries, one being the Lincoln Street Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Her work also exists in private collections both in the US and Canada.
