Roger Savage, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada

ROGER SAVAGE, R.C.A.

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Plein Air Workshop, Cuba Feb'12
photo : Sue Hutchins

While painting in the Tantramar Marshes, as a young art student at Mount Allison University, Roger Savage learned early in his career. "I need to work outdoors, on site. I can't duplicate the feeling and the light in my studio."

Inspired to capture the "light and shadow of Nature", where weather conditions change in seconds, he discovered that watercolour and paper were the best media from which to form his images.

"Tube paints give me intense colours instantly. Because clouds can blow in and alter the light, I have to work very, very fast. Using water-based paint I can keep things very loose and fluid. If a wash bleeds, or a dark area unintentionally appears it can stay, if I like it."

With a need to paint outdoors, Savage has travelled the world. He has documented the majestic glaciers, icebergs and crisp clear light of Otto Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, as well as the passionate reds of bougainvilleas in Colombia.

Sea spray has more than occasionally left its mark on his work. Savage's paintings which have been created in the midst of the sand dunes of Carter's Beach and the primordial granite forms of Cadden Bay are prized by collectors, everywhere.

'Mabou, Cape Breton'
Original watercolour © Roger Savage 2011
36x48 cm $1400.00 unframed

'El Molino, Cuba'
Original watercolour © R. Savage 2010,
Image 24 x 32 cm, $985.00 unframed

At home in our glorious Nova Scotian summer he has spent weeks camped out with easel and umbrella inspired by azure-hued delphiniums and dazzling white rhododendrons at Annapolis Royal's Historic Gardens.

While viewing this exciting art work, visitors will have the opportunity to experience a sample of Savage's latest travels uniquely seen through the artist's eye.

'Cliffs, El Molino, Cuba'
Original watercolour © R. Savage 2010,
Image 30 x 40 cm, $1400 unframed

'Nude, Pastel', © R. Savage
40 x 60 cm

Roger Savage's work has been exhibited all over the world including Sweden, U.S.A., Colombia, Germany, Switzerland and the U.K. Within the Maritimes it is included in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax), Confederation Centre Art Gallery (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), and the Owens Art Gallery (Sackville, New Brunswick).

His artwork has been reproduced on poetry book covers and on two $ 100 commemorative gold coins (1978, 1981).

'Mabou Mines, Cape Breton'
Original watercolour © R. Savage 2010,
image 30 x 40cm, $1400 unframed.
Also available as artist-signed archivally stable giclee print $290.

The collection also includes several limited editions of original, signed, numbered Canada Post "Day of Issue" Cachets.

The artist has lectured and given painting seminars to adults as well as delighted hundreds of children while teaching them basic screenprinting. His striking images of the seashore of his home province, translated into postcard minatures, have brought Nova Scotia to thousands of people.

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* To obtain a license for reproduction purposes, please contact CARFAC Copyright Collective.
Web: http://www.carcc.ca/ • E-mail: carcc@carcc.ca • Telephone: 866-502-2722; Fax: 613-232-8384

For sale by phone / mail order:

Original paintings and drawings.

Signed and numbered lithographs and silk-screen prints.

A wide selection of reproductions of Savage paintings as postcards, full-sized prints.

CACHETS: original signed, numbered Canada Post "Day of Issue"

AND MORE ...

PRINTS
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to see a larger view. All prices are in Canadian dollars.
All prices are subject to change.

'ROSEHIPS'
'HUNT'S POINT'

"Rosehips, Summerville Beach, NS"
23 x 31 cm. Giclee ed. 40 shts.
artist-signed, numbered in pencil
pigmented inks/artist's paper
^$165. "Hunt's Point, Nova Scotia"
30 x 40 cm. Giclee ed.40 shts.
artist-signed, numbered in pencil
pigmented inks/artist's paper
^$285.

'DORY SHOP, LUNENBURG'
'PORT MOUTON ISLAND'

"Dory Shop, Railway Wharf, Lunenburg, NS"
30 x 40 cm. Giclee ed. 20 shts.
artist-signed, numbered in pencil
pigmented inks/artist's paper
^$285. "Port Mouton Island', N.S."
36 x 51 cm open edition, offset print
artist-signed, titled in pencil
^$170.

'CARTER'S BEACH'
'KIJIM. ADJUNCT, NS'

"Carter's Beach, N.S."
25 x 33 cm   offset ed. 2500 shts.
artist-signed, numbered in pencil.
^$50. "Port Joli, N.S."
25 x 33 cm   offset ed. 2500 shts.
artist-signed, numbered in pencil
^$50.

'PORT L'HEBERT'
'BIG BOTTOM'

"Port L'Hebert, NS"
25 x 33 cm   offset ed. 400 shts.
artist-signed, numbered in pencil
^$50. "Big Bottom, Rose Blanche, Newfoundland"
Giclee print 30 x 40 cm image on 43 x 56 cm archival paper,
artist-signed in pencil
^$285.

'GRAND BRUIT, NEWFOUNDLAND'
'GRAND BRUIT, NEWFOUNDLAND'

"Grand Bruit, Newfoundland"
Giclee print 30 x 40 cm image on 43 x 56 cm archival paper
artist-signed in pencil
^$285. "Harbour, Grand Bruit, Newfoundland"
Giclee print 30 x 40 cm image on 43 x 56 cm archival paper,
artist-signed in pencil
^$285.

'MEDWAY HEAD, NOVA SCOTIA'
'MURRAY RIVER, PEI'

"Medway Head, Nova Scotia"
Giclee print 30 x 40 cm image on 43 x 56 cm archival paper
artist-signed in pencil
^$285. "Murray River, PEI"
Giclee print 30 x 40 cm image on 43 x 56 cm archival paper,
artist-signed in pencil
^$285.

'HARBOUR, GRAND BRUIT, NEWFOUNDLAND'

"Harbour, Grand Bruit, Newfoundland"
Giclee print 30 x 40 cm image on 43 x 56 cm archival paper/inks
artist-signed in pencil
^$285.

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To view more of Roger's artwork, please visit:

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The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art web site.
www.ccca.ca

For sale by phone / mail order:
Original paintings and drawings. Signed and numbered lithographs and silk-screen prints. A wide selection of reproductions of Savage paintings as postcards, full-sized prints. CACHETS: original signed, numbered Canada Post "Day of Issue" AND MORE ...