Flag Day

About Flag Day

This minimalist abstract painting of a lake is by Pat Service.

The colours of summer, explored in minimalist form, create an inviting contemporary landscape. Pat Service is considered one of Canada’s finest landscape artists. Here she recalls the view she enjoyed during many professional artist workshops at Emma Lake in Saskatchewan.
The representation is simple—bold forms with clean lines depict a lakeside setting on a summer’s day. Boats, a small cabin, a floating raft, and Canadian flags are seen fluttering in the breeze. The overall colour palette is soft and pretty—pale blue for the sky, soft green for the land, and turquoise for the lake with punches of red and white. One of a series.

“Colour, line, texture and composition are the players; the playground is the canvas.” Pat Service

“Like Cezanne, she is able to describe an object with one simple brush stroke, and her strokes are some of the most intriguing: soft but rough, energetic yet still.” Anya Georgijevic, artist and curator

Pat Service acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of B.C. and later studied art at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. Service’s work is held in private collections in North America, Britain, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Pat Service is represented exclusively by the Oeno Gallery.