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Its a wrap – last newsletter of 2012

Wrapping up the year early It’s been stupendous! Thank you for your visits, for the stories you share, the ideas you impart and the ecouragement you lend.  Thank you for adding me to your collection and for giving me to others.  Each painting has kept the dream alive, has increased my popularity and has guaranteed [...]

Leanne Christie painting of Parked car Downtown Eastside Vancouver

Another Call. Oil on canvas. 10″ x 10″

Some sources list this as the busiest firehouse in Western Canada – Hall 2 on the Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.  I was unable to verify this statistic but the periodic sounds of the departing fire trucks have become akin to the rhythmic tick of the clock which marks the passing of my day in the studio.

Vancouver artist leanne christie painting of 2 cyclists on Denman Street

Catching Up. Oil on canvas. 8″ x 8″ SOLD

The single white stroke on the front cyclist’s back and the little dashes which magically conjure the rear cyclist’s helmet, epitomize the reason I paint.  These strokes are the culmination of a thousand previous strokes and are so simple that it would have been easy to miss them while painting.  It is becoming increasingly clear [...]

Painting from the Vancouver look out of downtown Vancouver and the Lion

Morning Optimism. Oil on canvas. 10″ x 10″ SOLD Smith Collection

Every morning in Vancouver can be called “Morning Optimism”.  This morning was a little more special though as it was a designated day off with plenty of adventures planned.  The weather was perfect and the Vancouver look out beckoned.  The day which progressed from this image brimmed over with excitement as we cycled every inch [...]