The Seedling

About The Seedling

This contemporary abstract acrylic painting is inspired by nature.

Claudia Jean McCabe has been exploring colour, organic form and texture in her sublime artwork for more than three decades. The Seedling is a subtle piece created using seed-embedded hand-made paper. The addition of layers of mixed media including sand, ‘weathered’ string and acrylic paint resulted in a highly textured, almost sculptural surface. The subdued palette--soft opaque gray hues underscore a sense of stillness.

“The Seedling celebrates quiet new beginnings and the resilience found in nature's smallest acts. A fragile seedling breaks through the upper edge of the composition, embodying growth, renewal, and the promises of what is yet to come... ‘Like the flower that shattered the stone.’ (John Denver, 1990, Earth Stones)” claudia jean mccabe

Claudia Jean McCabe was born in Montreal in 1946. In a moment of inspiration she decided to return to school in 1989 and obtained an Honours diploma in Graphic Design from George Brown College in Toronto. She discovered both a passion and a talent for painting and in that same year she was also elected to the Society of Canadian Artists. She has been a member of the Prince Edward County Arts Council since 2010. McCabe has conducted workshops and taught art classes in various institutions including the Fred Varley Art Gallery, St. Lawrence College, and Loyalist College. She has been the recipient of many awards including most recently Arts in the County’s Oeno Gallery Award of Excellence. Her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries in Ontario including Cibo’s Gallery in Toronto, the Harbour Gallery in Oakville, and the Sandra Whitton Gallery in Kingston. Claudia McCabe’s paintings can be found in both private and corporate domestic and international collections in the US, Britain, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand and Switzerland.