Humyny Gallery One

GIRL

14 x 17" oil on canvas CODE #56c

A cut-out of a bigger painting. I was experimenting with pure pigments in damar varnish.

By Humyny 1956

LITTLE PRINCESS

oil on board CODE #56a

An exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, "Treasures of China", was the inspiration for this painting.

By Humyny 1956

PORTRAIT

oil on board CODE #56L

A canoe trip in the North Sea almost ended in tragedy. My "Mother, the Sea", granted me the gift of life.

By Humyny 1956

BIRD WATCHING

86 x 47" oil on canvas CODE #56f

During the war years, birds were looked at as food. Much happier to observe their behaviour.

By Humyny 1956

BATHERS

oil on plywood CODE #56m

Crowds attract more people, an observation when working on the beach.

By Humyny 1956

CONTINENTAL SHELF

oil on board CODE #7601

"200 mile limit - 200 miles to grow", I wrote on the back of the painting. How wrong I was. The plunder was accelerated!

By Humyny 1976

EVOLUTION IN A NUTSHELL

oil on board CODE #7606

Break open a walnut - the two sides grow into one tree. The similarities in embryonic development.

By Humyny 1976

NEPTUNE

oil on board CODE #7701

The Lord of the Seas hears the call of the siren.

By Humyny 1977

DOES THE KING KNOW?

22 X 19" oil on canvas on board CODE #7702

By Humyny 1977

A SEA OF EYES

oil on board CODE #7801

A premonition - a presentiment? Within a short time I came to lose my eyesight.

By Humyny 1978

THE EGYPTIAN

oil on plywood CODE #7803

The awakening after thousands of years of servitude.

By Humyny 1978

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

oil on board CODE #7805

I wish you would get up, Francoise.

By Humyny 1978

WHAT WAS... WHAT IS

21 x 17" oil on canvas board CODE #7809

Oil pumps where buffalo once grazed. What is to come?

By Humyny 1978

THE FACE OF THE CITY IS CHANGING

oil on canvas board CODE #78011

Glass skyscrapers where residential houses once stood. And more and more of the countryside is absorbed.

By Humyny 1978

SKY CATHEDRAL

28 x 32" oil on board CODE #78013

A glimpse of the expanse above the planetarium.

By Humyny 1978

LES FRUITS DU MAL

oil on board CODE #78014

Children carry the burden of the ancestors' missteps.

By Humyny 1978

OWL AND NET

50 x 90" oil on paper mounted on board CODE #78016

By Humny 1978

KING AND QUEEN

oil on plywood CODE #78019

In the name of the people: the self-imposed incarceration.

By Humyny 1978

CITY PARK

28 x 32" oil on canvas on board CODE #7901

A concrete park in a concrete and glass city.

By Humyny 1979

FIRE OF TIME

oil on board CODE #7902

An old fire hall is crumbling and waiting to be torn down.

By Humyny 1979

MOSQUE UNDER MOUNTAINS

28 x 32" oil on canvas CODE #7903

The changing image of the Canadian Vor-Alps.

By Humyny 1979

DRAGON SLAYER

oil on board CODE #7904

The dragons are getting smaller.

By Humyny 1979

CAFE

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #7906

Some customers thrive on excess.

By Humyny 1979

SAD QUEEN

50 x 90" oil on paper mounted on board CODE #7908

It was only years later that I recognized what it is all about.

By Humyny 1992

LEGIONNAIRE

oil on cardboard CODE #79010

A friend ended up in the legion and never was the same after that. People said that either part of his brain had dried up or that he got the bug.

By Humyny 1979

CAT WITH GREEN HAT

oil on board CODE #79012

A version of the story; puss and boots.

By Humyny 1979

BEAUTY AND BEAST

oil on board CODE #79013

How "beast" is conquered by "beauty".

By Humyny 1979

CONQUEST

30 X 22" oil on canvas on board CODE #79015

How man is always out to conquer something.

By Humyny 1979

ECLIPSE

oil on board CODE #79016

When everything goes silent - and waits.

By Humyny 1979

BEATRICE

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79017

Beatrice of Dante's Vita Nuovo or is it Beatrice d'Este?

By Humyny 1979

MIDWAY

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79021

World of make believe and wonder.

By Humyny 1979

MASK SHOP

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79023

The intrigue and mystery - fear and attraction.

By Humyny 1979

ANN BOLEYN MEETS A BAD KING

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79024

The second wife to a bad, mad king.

By Humyny 1979

SWALLOWS RETURN

50 x 90" oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79025

After the bridge was widened and all their nests destroyed, the swallows returned the following spring.

By Humyny 1979

BIRDFRIEND

oil on board CODE #79026

We have to protect this colourful link in the creation of this world.

By Humyny 1979

CHURCH MOVING

oil on board CODE #79029

An ever-expanding city. The little church we could overlook from our 25th floor apartment was like a lone sentinel to hold off the expansion. Was it to be levelled or would it be moved?

By Humyny 1979

MIDNIGHT QUEEN

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79030

Our queen - religious figure - figurative head of state or queen of the night?

By Humyny 1979

NORTHERN OWL

50 x 90" oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79032

The majestic bird swooping down on its prey.

By Humyny 1979

OWL IN DESERT

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79035

When in a pensive mood, I do paint owls.

By Humyny 1979

DUALITY

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79038

A wise old owl reflecting on yin and yang, on night and day - on the duality of everything.

By Humyny 1979

LITTLE CHURCH BESIDE THE RIVER

oil on cardboard CODE #79040

The old Eau Claire development flattened for new development. The old Lutheran church just stood there as if it was waiting for a bus to pick it up. I hope it is preserved.

By Humyny 1979

SPRING

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79041

The sleep of winter comes to an end. Germination - procreation is in full swing.

By Humyny 1979

OWL IN TREE

oil on paper mounted on board CODE #79042

Painted on a Safeway shopping bag. It was a difficult time - health problems - no money. That was me - in a hollow tree looking out at the world.

By Humyny 1979

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