Réquiem

Réquiem (2001-2003)

When my mother, Marie Westfall, passed away in 2000, a friend suggested that I listened to Gabriel Faure’s Requiem. I found this music very consoling and soulful. It wasn’t long before I realized that I wanted to paint the music I was hearing. After many, many listenings, I began to imagine the possible colours, shapes and sizes, that each section of the music suggested. So, with Walkman in my apron pocket, I began painting the actual music. The result, after almost 3 years, resulted in 12 large canvases.

Gallery Lambton, in Sarnia, Ontario exhibited the entire body of work in 2003, accompanied with a catalogue: Requiem.

In Paradisium I 2002 - mixed media on canvas 52x66 $4000.00	Lux Aeterna I 2003 - mixed media on canvas 60x48" $3500.00	Réquiem 2000-2001 - Oil on canvas 42" x 66" St. Peter Seminary Collection
Sanctus I 2003 - Oil on canvas 4' x 5' St. Peter Seminary Collection	Pie Jesu 2000-2003 - Oil on canvas 4' x 4' St. Peter Seminary Collection	Libera me (Set me free) 2000-2001 - Oil on canvas 36" x 36" St. Peter Seminary Collection
Absólve (Forgive) 2001 - Oil on canvas 36" x 36" St. Peter Seminary Collection	Dies Irae 2002-2003 - Mixed media on canvas 8' x 5' Available	In Paradisum II 2003 - Mixed media on canvas 4' x 5' St. Peter Seminary Collection
Sanctus II 2003 - Oil on canvas 12' x 4' Private Collection