{"id":92,"date":"2021-09-17T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisabethbacque.com\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:08:19","slug":"calendars-and-cards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/?page_id=92","title":{"rendered":"Gardens and Scarecrows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The series of paintings Gardens and Scarecrows was first shown in the Civic Garden Centre in Toronto. Interesting visual metaphors emerge in the scarecrows: in France, a roadside cross or calvaire; in Quebec, a sorceress; in Poland, a victim; and in the United States, a makeshift war grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vegetable paintings were inspired by seed catalogues. Many were done en plein aire, in a vegetable patch near Penetanguishene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scarecrows were shown again in October 2024, in the Dreams of Beans Caf\u00e9 in Peterborough. A real scarecrow accompanied the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunflower against a Blue Sky 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eggplant oil on canvas 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Okra oil on canvas 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunflower against a Blue Sky<\/strong> 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Purple Cabbage oil on canvas 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hubbard Squash<\/strong> oil on canvas 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Orange Squash oil on canvas 12″ x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red peppers<\/strong> oil on canvas 12″x 16″<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eugenie-les- Bains<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marquise, French Canadian Scarecrow, Charlevoix<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Farm Market Scarecrow, Dalston Ontario<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Recession Scarecrow, Simcoe County<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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American Scarecrow, near Pembine Wisconsin<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Polish Scarecrow near Walbrzych<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Excerpt from article in local newspaper, Peterborough Currents<\/strong>, Dreams of Beans<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The series of paintings Gardens and Scarecrows was first shown in the Civic Garden Centre in Toronto. Interesting visual metaphors emerge in the scarecrows: in France, a roadside cross or calvaire; in Quebec, a sorceress; in Poland, a victim; and in the United States, a makeshift war grave. The vegetable paintings were inspired by seed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethbacque.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}