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Studio 365: Day 328

The Chief

Stawamus Chief Acrylic and Plaster 78″ x 64″

Since I have not been in the studio today, and in follow up to yesterday’s Lascaux Cave, I thought I would post this painting from a few years back of the magnificent face of the Stawamus Chief in the Stawamus Chief Provincial Park in Squamish BC. Although on a different scale to the Lascaux Cave, the technique once again used a combination of Polyfilla and paint, this time acrylic rather than watercolour.

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There are three hiking trails on the Chief that take you to three different peaks where the view from each across Howe Sound simply takes your breath away.

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With the new Sea to Sky Gondola however now it is possible to experience the same views with a little less effort, but definately with a lot less sense of achievement.

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Here you can see the three peaks of the Chief viewed from the gondola on the way down to earth.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Trio

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“What comes in threes?” Cheri asks for this weeks Photo Challenge: Trio.

Answer: Three of this morning’s street re-paving crew on our block.

Remembrance Day: 2015

The photographs for the video were taken during our visit to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in 2012. The poppies for the final frames were filmed in our little patio garden where they swayed in the summer breeze as they must have done on the battlefield so many years ago.

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Lest we forget.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat 2

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With one more day to go for this week’s Photo Challenge, how could I not post these images from our morning walk along Kitsilano Beach in the early November sunshine two days ago.

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What a treat!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat

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What could be a more “marvellous treat” than walking along Spanish Banks on a perfect October morning in Vancouver and being greeted by a pile of perfect pumpkins set against the beauty of Howe Sound looking towards Lighthouse Park, Bowen Island and the distant mountains that in a week or two will be covered in snow.

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After leaving the beach we set off along the Admiralty Trail in the Pacific Spirit Regional Park where the autumnal colours were simply mesmerizing as you will have seen in my post to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Halloween

Studio 365: Day 299

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Sunrise this morning in “…this sceptred isle

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Sunset tonight on arriving safely home to “Oh Canada