Between Still Water and Stone FRAMED

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Original painting by Iya Carson

Certificate of Authenticity

Media: Watercolour

Paper: 100% cotton, Baohong, Rough, 300 g

Paints: Daniel Smith

Size:  15.5 x 15.5 (40 cm x 40 cm)

Year: 2025

Place: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada

Framed, with final frame size 20.5 x 20.5 x 2.5 (52 x 52 x6.5 cm), double matting black/white

Between Still Water and Stone
From the In-between series

I remember standing by the Rideau Canal, watching the water slow everything around it.
The city was there – solid, historic, undeniable – yet softened by distance and reflection.
The bridge did not invite crossing; it invited waiting.

In that moment, the canal felt like a keeper of stories:
of winters layered one upon another,
of footsteps erased by time,
of people arriving, leaving, and passing through without knowing they were becoming part of the place.

This painting is not about movement forward, but about staying
in the quiet between currents,
where water holds stone in reflection,
and the city reveals itself not through noise,
but through stillness.