Tag Archives: China Town

Painting by Vancouver Artist, Leanne Christie of Jack Chow's Insurance on East Pender st, China Town, Vancouver, BC

Jack Chow’s insurance. Oil on canvas. 30″ x 40″

Sam Kee building which now houses Jack Chow’s insurance, one of the first monochromatic paintings. Ripley’s and the Guiness Book of World records has declared this the world’s narrowest building.  The view from the corner of Carrall and Pender street in Vancouver’s China Town is one of the most iconographic.  The Sun building, the gates [...]

Charcoal Drawing: Monday Afternoon at Crab Park

Charcoal drawing of cranes at the Vancouver Ports. A productive Monday afternoon which ended up in the painting “Monday Afternoon” which won the Best Landscape award at the 2nd AIRS show at the Federation of Canadian artists.

Traversing. Oil on canvas. 8″ x 8″ . SOLD

Cyclists – an increasingly iconographic image of Vancouver.  This is especially true of East Vancouver where the designated cycle routes becoming thriving highways of 2 wheel traffic at certain times of the day.  This is the second painting which includes a cyclist, although this one a little more casual with the posture more akin to [...]

The fire escape. Oil on canvas. 8″ x 8″. SOLD

Why the fire escape? There is a small park just off Gore Street near the corner of East Pender which presents a pleasant environment in which to draw, especially in the morning.  Not many people wander through and those that do, tend to leave you alone.  This particular morning was no different and the only [...]