{"id":118036,"date":"2022-09-23T18:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=118036"},"modified":"2022-09-26T17:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:00:52","slug":"have-you-seen-this-duck-decoy-owens-attempts-to-reunite-portrait-series-for-january-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/have-you-seen-this-duck-decoy-owens-attempts-to-reunite-portrait-series-for-january-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you seen this Duck Decoy? Owens attempts to reunite portrait series for January show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Owens Art Gallery gets ready to show a retrospective of Sackville-based artist John Murchie\u2019s work in January, they are putting out a call for help. The gallery is hoping to round up and reunite Murchies\u2019 series of nearly 100 works known as <em>Duck Decoy Paint Portraits.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Murchie started the series in 1998, says Owens director\/curator Emily Falvey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s finished it yet,\u201d she says. \u201cHe\u2019s still making them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Falvey is excited to be putting together the Murchie retrospective for January. \u201cNot that many people have seen his work because he\u2019s very quiet about it,\u201d says Falvey. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to finally have this retrospective show because he\u2019s been making art for 50 plus years. So it\u2019s gonna be good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All <em>Duck Decoy Paint Portraits<\/em> are \u201cmore or less the same,\u201d says Falvey, with the same bright yellow colour and sculptural duck decoy silhouettes made from dried paint. The works stand alone, but are also part of a larger series concept. \u201cThe idea was that he would make these paintings and sort of put them out into the world. And then, at a time in the future, he would try to bring them all back together as a sort of a way to complete the work,\u201d says Falvey. \u201cSo we\u2019re trying to do that, to see how many we can get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could be anywhere,\u201d says Falvey, who herself acquired one in an auction in Ottawa, while her father in Nova Scotia has another from parts unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t had found too many of them yet,\u201d says Falvey, but she\u2019s hoping that if word spreads widely enough, more<em> Duck Decoy Paint Portraits <\/em>will be able to make the trip back to Sackville for the show in January.<\/p>\n<p>Falvey warns there are other works that look similar to the <em>Duck Decoy Paint Portraits<\/em> series. \u201cI\u2019m interested in those too, but I\u2019m primarily interested in this series,\u201d says Falvey. All works in the series have a number on the back of the work.<\/p>\n<p>If think you might own a <em>Duck Decoy Paint Portrait <\/em>or know someone else who might, get in touch with Falvey via email (efalvey @ mta.ca) or call the Owens directly at (506) 364-2574.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the CHMA story below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Owens Art Gallery gets ready to show a retrospective of Sackville-based artist John Murchie\u2019s work in January, they are putting out a call for help. The gallery is hoping to round up and reunite Murchies\u2019 series of nearly 100 works known as Duck Decoy Paint Portraits. 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