Winter in the City, encaustic collage by Linda Roe, Nova Scotia, Canada

From the foggy shores of Nova Scotia, a province fronting the Atlantic Ocean in Eastern Canada, visual artist, Linda Roe offers four paintings. These works, she says, convey the felt experience of loneliness as her maritime community at Blue Rocks, Lunenburg endures, not only our current global pandemic but also the trauma of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history. It is Linda’s hope that her paintings not only contain a feeling of human isolation but also demonstrate people’s determination to survive and move forward under the most challenging of circumstances.

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Proud Elder, Linda Roe - acrylic on canvas. One of the few remaining oak trees left in Nova Scotia. It stands like a proud and steadfast great grandparent, one who has seen it all. A sapling during the Great Depression, a youth starting to bear seed during WWII, and now the “proud elder” ready to leaf once more, it looks forward to the future.

The Pink House, Linda Roe, acrylic on canvas. A wood-framed house, a home. A family of five live here. It has been painted pink to give the locals good cheer. If the family were to break their isolation and follow the road, it would lead to an ocean beach, Hirtle’s Beach. But for now, the beaches are all closed.

Reaching Out, Linda Roe, acrylic on canvas. This tree survives on Nova Scotia’s famous Smith’s Cove, Oak Island. The tree is ready to fall, but not yet, not yet. No, it has a lot of living yet to do, and it will fight against the waves of the North Atlantic and live!

Winter in the City, Linda Roe, encaustic collage. These are apartment buildings in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Note the number of windows - some are open and letting in the fresh, March air, and some are closed. Perhaps the people behind the glass are afraid the virus will enter with the breeze, or perhaps keeping the windows closed makes the families inside feel comfy, cozy and safe. Notice the raging sea water edging ever closer to the foundations of the buildings. Take heart, the storm will settle and spring will come.

Electric, Linda Roe, acrylic on canvas. “The way I feel about our earth today,” Linda Roe

Overwhelmed, Linda Roe / 24 x 36” mixed media.