S.T. PEARL "SPRING RELEASE-TURMOIL" ETCHING

SONIA TARANTOUR PEARL (CANADIAN, 1938-2013) ETCHING IN COLOR ON PAPER. SIGNED "SONIA PEARL" IN PENCIL LOWER RIGHT, TITLED "SPRING RELEASE-TURMOIL" CENTER MARGIN, AND INSCRIBED "H/C (HORS COMMERCE) DEDICATION PROOF TO SUZANNE" ALONG WITH BLIND STAMPLOWER LEFT. AN EXPRESSIVE ABSTRACT COMPOSITION SIZE: 25" X 17.25"; 32" X 24.25" FRAMED SONIA TARANTOUR PEARL WAS AN AWARD-WINNING CANADIAN LANDSCAPE ARTIST AND AN ALUMNUS OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. HIGHLY ACTIVE IN THE REGIONAL ART COMMUNITY, SHE WAS ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS AND THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOUR, AS WELL AS A FELLOW OF THE OTTAWA WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY. HER EXPERIMENTAL, PROCESS-DRIVEN WORKS ARE HELD IN NOTABLE PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, THE CITY OF OTTAWA, AND CARLETON UNIVERSITY.