Forest Light Series

Forest Light Series

Late one fall afternoon, I was driving south on a country road in the Muskoka area of Ontario. I happened upon an opening in the woods along the road where the low sun and light created dazzling effects of dappled light on the trees and foreground. After experimenting in watercolours first, as the was my primary medium at the time, I was inspired to try to express the effect on a large canvas, 48 x 60, rather than experimenting with a few small studies. The series that evolved from that moment became my signature series, The Forest Light Series. Since then I have explored various times of day, mist and a variety of canvas sizes. The series is particularly powerful in large format but the smaller paintings have a mood and delicacy of their own.

Often I paint in a series and the Forest Light Series was conceived and named while I was working on a Master degree in Visual Art, primarily studio practise and theory, at Vermont College, Norwich University. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Forest Light Series and I am developing a new body of work on the theme which I will make available to my galleries as they come available. Vermont like Canada has inspiring woods and lakes and beautiful lighting so I also had an opportunity to research some reference material on location in Vermont.

Each Forest Light painting is unique and there are no reproductions. All reference materials, photography and sketches and observation are my own along with a generous dose of imagination. I am known for this series and when my paintings are available at auction or on the secondary market with galleries the theme is noted.

The Forest Light Series paintings have an abstracted feeling when viewed up close and represent a very contemporary approach. The various meanings of trails, forests and trees as a metaphor for the human experience are defined in The Meaning of Forests. The Forest Light Series has been collected nationally and internationally. All paintings are original. All images on the website are copyright protected.

The Meaning of Forests, pdf

Forest Light Series: Stillness

Portage and Mist..! 48 x 60/ wide stretcher

Forest Light Series: 25th Year!

From a Canoe, 40 x 28, wide stretcher ready to hang

Forest Light Series: Jardin Boise

Forest Light Series: Daybreak

Forest Light Series: Canoeing Spot

Forest Light Series: Fleeting

Forest Light Series: Elegance

Forest Light Series: Summer Forest

Forest Light Series: Sumptuous June

Forest Light Series: Sun and Lake

Forest Light Series: Shadow and Light

Sold at Canada House Gallery, Banff

Forest Light Series: A Melody

Forest Light Series: Fall Greeting

SOLD..a favourite of mine

Forest Light Series

Forest Light Series: Heavy Sky Temagami

Point Tobin Island, Lake Rosseau

Forest Light Series: Spring Magpie River

SOLD West End Gallery, Edmonton

SOLD Abbozzo Gallery

SOLD Galerie d'art au P'tit bonheur Forest Light Series: January Palette, 48 x 60

Forest Light Series: Summer Song

Forest Light Series: Winter Magnetawan

Forest Light Series: A Beautiful Moment

Shoreline Series: Cold Stream

Forest Light Series: Garden Path

Forest Light Series: Near Magnetawan

Forest Light Series...

Forest Light Series: Mist

Forest Light Series: Pink Sunset Observations

Forest Light Series: Stillness

36 x 58 acrylic on canvas, new work November 2020!

SOLD!! thanks to Canada House Gallery, Banff, an affiliate of Bau-xi Gallery Toronto

Portage and Mist..! 48 x 60/ wide stretcher

available at Buckingham Gallery of Fine Art..Uxbridge, Ontario

Forest Light Series: 25th Year!

acrylic on canvas, a biggie! 40 inches be 80 inches

Canada House Gallery, Banff

SOLD..Thanks Canada House Gallery, If you take a peek at my Instagram page there is a photo of this one in the gallery window. It looks great from a distance.

From a Canoe, 40 x 28, wide stretcher ready to hang

available at Buckingham Gallery of Fine Art, Uxbridge, Ontario

Forest Light Series: Jardin Boise

SOLD! sent to New Jersey, USA, original acrylic on canvas, size 44 x 66

Canada House Gallery

Forest Light Series: Daybreak

acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher, ready to hang, edges finished in white, 40 x 40, custom canvas stretcher

SOLD! Galerie d’art Au P’tit Bonheur, La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada

Forest Light Series: Canoeing Spot

size 40 x 48, available

Canada house Gallery

Forest Light Series: Fleeting

original painting, acrylic on canvas

Size: 40 x 84

SOLD, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Although this one is sold, commissions are availlable or click on the link for Canada House for available Forest Light Series paintings

http://canadahouse.com/artwork.asp?id=39674

Forest Light Series: Elegance

acrylic on canvas, 30 x 22, wide stretcher, no frame

Canada House Gallery, Banff, Alberta

SOLD!

SOLD

Celebrating 25 Years of Bev Rodin’s Forest Light Series!

This painting was sold by Canada House and was titled:

Forest Light Series: A Beautiful Moment

I will be posting several sold Forest Light paintings from the past 25 years as well as new ones.

Hope you like them..Bev

Forest Light Series: Summer Forest

acrylic on canvas

size 36 x 72

SOLD

Canada House Gallery, Banff

Forest Light Series: Sumptuous June

acrylic on canvas..just paint!, 40 x 40,

Canada House Gallery, Banff

SOLD

Forest Light Series: Sun and Lake

acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher

SOLD! Canada House Gallery, Banff

size 77 x 45

a beautiful one of a kind vertical, this painting is a favourite of mine and is based on watching the shining late day light on the water at the lake

Forest Light Series: Shadow and Light

acrylic on canvas

size 60 x 60, a juicy big one!

Canada House Gallery, Banff

SOLD!

Sold at Canada House Gallery, Banff

Forest Light Series: A Melody

original painting, acrylic on canvas

size 48 x 96

SOLD, West End Gallery

Forest Light Series: Fall Greeting

size 60" x 60", acrylic on canvas

wide stretcher

SOLD, Canada House Gallery

SOLD..a favourite of mine

Forest Light Series

acrylic on canvas

size: 20 x 60

Sold private collection

Forest Light Series: Heavy Sky Temagami

size 48" x 48", acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher

SOLD

Canada House Gallery, Banff

Point Tobin Island, Lake Rosseau

size 48 x 30, acrylic on canvas SOLD

Forest Light Series: Spring Magpie River

size 44" x 66", acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher, SOLD

Galerie d'art Au P'tit Bonheur

SOLD West End Gallery, Edmonton

Sold

another juicy Forest Light series….small square

SOLD Abbozzo Gallery

SOLD

Galerie d'art au P'tit bonheur

Forest Light Series: January Palette, 48 x 60

Forest Light Series: Summer Song

size 24 x 54, acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher

SOLD! at Gibson Fine Art, Calgary

for other paintings in this series at Gibson Fine Art

This painting was also part of a Hollywood movie! Tin Star.

Forest Light Series: Winter Magnetawan

size 40"x 40", acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher, SOLD

Canada House Gallery

Forest Light Series: A Beautiful Moment

SOLD, Canada House Gallery

Shoreline Series: Cold Stream

size 48" x 48", acrylic on canvas, wide stretcher, SOLD

West End Gallery

SOLD!

Forest Light Series: Garden Path

SOLD!! original acrylic on canvas, 50 x 46, unframed

thanks to Canada House Gallery, Banff

Forest Light Series: Near Magnetawan

SOLD!

original painting, acrylic on canvas, unframed

Forest Light Series...

private collection SOLD!

Forest Light Series: Mist

private collection, 18 x 40, acrylic on canvas

Forest Light Series: Pink Sunset Observations

original acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48