A full year in the seeking but here she is. The perfect Vancouver stormy light. You know the moment when the clouds have descended, the sun is either beginning to set or she is hidden by cloud density, the atmosphere is dark and charged but suddenly the sun slips through. Slicing the air and bouncing [...]
Vancouver painting of the Granville Bridge from the north side of the seawall along False Creek. What a struggle! 5 days of rain just completed but the weather report promised 5 more. 1 glorious day to eat as much as possible and what a bountiful feast. Between the first dusting of snow on the mountains, [...]
Vanier Park, in front of the maritime museum. There is a little bit of magic in this area for me after having viewed the fireworks from here in our first year in Vancouver and then having had a picnic here when the tall ships were in town. The drawing for ‘Kitsilano” was completed on the [...]
So much happens within the frame of this painting. I love the location (by the entrance to Granville Island) and I love the subject but to capture the scene is intense. There are thousands of little elements: the ropes, the masts, the sails, the layers upon layers of boats, the water, the city, the bridge. [...]
May 2013
6 May - 12 May 2013
