Name/Title
Calla Lilly (Zantedeschia aethiopica)Entry/Object ID
2016.03.01Description
Painting
This image is a soft depiction of a large Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica), a species of flowering plant native to southern Africa that has naturalized to other countries around the world. It shows the white spathe (protective petals) surrounding the central, yellow spadix (flowering stem).Artwork Details
Medium
Watercolour on paperContext
Calla lillies are simple and elegant with chalice-shaped flowers. They symbolize purity, resurrection, and rebirth, traditionally used in wedding bouquets, Easter arrangements and funeral services. They are considered tender perennials because they don't tolerate freezing weather.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Anne PopperwellRole
PainterDate made
1987Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST STATEMENT
"If my work has a purpose, it is simply to express my joy at the amazing beauty of our natural world and to share that experience with you."
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in Oakland, California, Anne Popperwell is a Canadian artist whose primary inspiration is the natural environment. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (1968-70). Shortly after her arrival in Canada in 1976, she moved to Saturna Island in the Southern Gulf Islands of B.C. where she has been working as an artist for some 30 years. Popperwell works in acrylic and watercolour, using a unique technique of multiple layers of thinly laid colour washes often as many as 50 to 60 layers, creating a distinctive sense of light. She has exhibited in Canada, in both solo shows and group exhibitions, as well as internationally. Her work is held in private, corporate and public collections in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Signed lower right: A. PopperwellDimensions
Dimension Description
SupportHeight
29.2 cmWidth
38.1 cmDimension Notes
Paper has deckle edge, float mountAcquisition
Acquisition Method
PurchaseDate
Jan 26, 2016Notes
Lunds Lot #154
