PROVENANCE
Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver
Ballard Fine Art Ltd., Vancouver
Private Collection, Vancouver

LITERATURE
Scott Watson, Jack Shadbolt, 1990, page 152

During the 1970s, Jack Shadbolt painted some of his most ambitious works, including large multi-panelled “suites.” Scott Watson wrote, “These works were among the most ambitious of his entire career, not just in their scale but in their attempt to sustain a creative momentum through a period of time.” One example is Butterfly Transformation Theme 1981, a six-panel work in the collection of the Audain Art Museum.

Shadbolt was well known for working in series. Also, at times he would begin a work, put it aside for years, and then pick it up again, hence his works can have more than one date or a range of dates. Such is the case with Three Furies, a signature triptych with overtones of myth, ritual, and natural dynamism. In Roman myth, the Furies were three goddesses of vengeance and retribution. Here, the central figures suggest portraits set against a vivid magenta backdrop. The rich colours, fluid brush-work and energetic forms of this remarkable triptych offer endless fascination for the viewer.

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