The Roaring Game‘Curling in Canada’s early days was an essential component of small community life, one which suited our landscape (and probably the Canadian psyche) well. It is not surprising that we lead the world in this Olympic winter sport.
‘The courteous sport’ is an ancient one—from the 1700’s, there are tales of kilted Scots curling below the walls of old Quebec city. In the early 1900’s, my father recalled his Western community becoming as ‘empty as a ghost town’ during bonspiels on the nearby river—everyone participated. During the rest of the year, an eagle eye was kept on the fields and the river beds for ‘just the right rock’.
In the painting I tried to imagine how the early equipment might have looked (with many thanks to the wonderful Nelson BC ‘Touchstones’ Museum for preserving a sample of a curling rock from the time when our country was young).’ |
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Unsure about the terminology? There is a small glossary at the bottom of the ‘ordering information page’, or just email Judy and ask. |
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Giclee prints, from the original oil painting Image Sizes: on paper, 17.5” x 9.75”, of 125 S/N $77.00 on paper, 10” x 5.5”, signed $37.00
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Miniature version, matted to an 8” x 10” size, signed, $25.00 |
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The original painting is an oil on panel, 12”x 21”approx. and has been sold.
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The giclee print ‘The Roaring Game’ is a reproduction of an oil painting by the artist Judy Minor. These prints are produced in-house by the artist, in individually run, strictly limited small editions. They have been printed with certified, permanent pigmented inks, and with a professional state-of-the-art machine and media (as indicated per studies performed by the Wilhelm Imaging Institute). All are hand-signed by the artist; images larger than 8” x 10” are also individually numbered by the artist. |
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All images and information copyright Judy Minor. |
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JUDY MINOR |
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PAINTING THE LIGHT |
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The Roaring Game |
