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Sweep me away: 6 new landscape oil paintings

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This collection of 6 landscape oil paintings explores some of the beautiful vistas in Newfoundland that just “sweep me away” with their raw energy, swirly rhythms, and incredible beauty.

The original landscape oil paintings in Sweep Me Away are now available for purchase. They are all oil on canvas, mounted to cradled wood panels with the sides left natural wood, and waxed. They can either be hung on the wall unframed for a clean and contemporary look, or be custom framed if desired.

The 12″x 12″ paintings have sides that are 1.5″ deep. The 11″x14 have sides that are 3.4″ deep.

Please email irene@ireneduma.com for enquiries ,or Direct Message me via Instagram or Facebook.

Click on image to see a larger and uncropped view of each painting. Please note, price does not include tax or shipping. Work can also be picked up in St. John’s, NL via appointment.

  • landscape painting of beach at Frenchman's Cove
    Swept, Frenchman’s Cove, 11″x 14,” 460.00
  • View from the top (Cuckold’s Cove), 24″x24,” 1200.00
  • Dreamy (Torbay),
    12” x 12,” 440.00
  • Hiking the Trail, Blackhead II, 12” x 12,” 440.00
  • Sunset and Shimmer, The Battery, 14” x 11,” 460.00
  • Lively, La Manche, 12” x 12,”
    12” x 12,” 440.00
  • The complete collection. Artwork not on this page is available at The Baccalieu Gallery.

Finally, an update! Spring 2021 edition

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My poor neglected blog … I’m a bad late blooming artist.

In my defense, I have been very busy over on Irene Duma Teaches Art — that’s my new online art school and website for people who want to learn painting. I’ve been working on an Intro to Oil Painting Course for beginners.

But eek, I didn’t realize I was gone that long. I am actually embarrassed to see that my last post here is from 2019. How did that happen? (It’s true what they say about time flying. Double eek.)

So, because I am busy and time is flying, and I know you are busy, here are a few quick bullet points so you can see what I’ve been up to.

It has been a busy coupla years! Lots of really good things have happened including:

  • Showing my work at the Red Ochre Gallery (St. John’s, NL) 
  • The Baccalieu Gallery (Heart’s Content, NL),
  • The new Earth and Sky Gallery in Twillingate, and
  • Storeloft Supply Limited – Bay de Verde, NL.
  • My work was picked for the cover of the Grenfell College’s Arts Journal, Paper Mill Press
  • I was featured with an artist profile in the Newfoundland Quarterly, Winter 2019 edition, as well as on the Newfoundland Quarterly website here and here.
  • Amazing artist Jenn Thornhill Verma talked about my work at a lecture at Memorial University, and featured my work on her page Cultural Landscapes along with some really super artists.
  • My #miniduma triptych of the St. John’s Harbour was exhibited at the Rooms museum, Arts and Letters Awards, 2019
  • I participated in the Soloman’s Path Art Collective, and met a bunch of wonderful artists. What a great community.
  • I participated in fairs and shows including the Art Expo NL group show (Dec 7, 8, 9), and a show at the Marina.
  • My original artwork continues to sell and be shipped across the world and there are two little pieces on a yacht traveling around the world (And yes, I am a bit jealous). 

Not too shabby. This late bloomer is thrilled!

Coming up:

  • you will be able to find my work in Gander at the Newfoundland Tea Company
  • I will be launching my online painting course with
  • a FREE 5-day itty bitty challenge to help stalled, stifled, busy and/or beginner artists get more art in their life.

That’s it. Busy busy. So follow me on Instagram or Facebook. I am able to post there more regularly than here on this blog.

And don’t forget my newsletter. It gets a little more love than the blog, but I am hoping to write more frequently.

That is all. If you have questions, reach out to me. But I might take longer to answer: Summer is coming and my mantra for the season is hike, paint, repeat. That’s me last year stuck in level 2 of a video game. (Or, a hike near Pouch Cove, Newfoundland)

Saltbox on the Baccalieu

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Romantic ideals. I have them. Saltboxes on remote craggy cliffsides is one of them.

I took this photo late in the afternoon on last week’s road trip to the Baccalieu Gallery in Heart’s Content. I was dropping off some artwork, and hoping to take some photos for more art creation inspiration.

The day started off sunny, then turned cloudy by the time I got into my car. This is Newfoundland; we can have all seasons in one day here.

But after another lovely art chat and visit with gallery-owner Jeanette, the sun started breaking out from the clouds. Pure drama sky. Yes!

So I drove to the other side of the peninsula. I had noticed that the houses get older and more traditional around Broad Cove (love that town).

I do one of my fave things in the world – I just turn down any pretty road that beckons. (I love doing this in foreign countries especially, and without a map. But I have also noticed – by the white knuckles on my co-pilots – that not everyone enjoy this as much as I do).

Also, taking these tiny, hilly roads is a lot easier now that I have a new car. In my previous old beaters, I was too chicken to drive on the steep hills. What if the breaks give out? What if I stall? (This happened. My clutch gave out on a hill when I was just learning to drive a standard transmission in a car that was given to me when I first arrived here. I had no idea if the problem was me or the car. It wasn’t me – the mechanic brought out the clutch and told me he had never seen one with such a deep crack in it before. I told him I had never even seen a clutch before. Even?)

But I digress.

Free from beater-anxiety, I am having the time of my life inching along tiny roads that take you right to the cliff edge, and passing through little villages with historic houses that make my heart swoon. I love historic houses.

Then I saw this house, with this view. Big sky, big water, big space – it’s my happy trio. Painted with a big red – cadmium red medium. The cadmium reds are to die for. They really pop.

Saltbox on the Baccalieu
4″x4″ oil on canvas with painted sides.

Will be dry in about a week.

Colonial Street.

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Colonial Street. I lived here for four years. Now I live one street over. Love this neighborhood. I can walk to work, Signal Hill and #hallidays meat and convenience store is the best store ever. Also, it’s quite flat so I don’t have to worry about my car sliding down a hill. Yep, that happened.
4 x 4 inches, oil on canvas
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Look up!

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Hello dear blog that I have ignored the past few months. Me bad. But I will be visiting you again daily as I signed up for the #30paintingsin30days! challenge again.

Yesterday’s painting is a little itty bitty mini oil painting which I am thinking about hashtagging with #miniduma  on instagram. If that’s nuts or obscene in any language, let me know.

Look Up!
3×3 inches
oil on canvas

What have I been up to? Well, I’ll write all about it in another blog post soon.

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