Art

546 leaves

October 22, 2020drawing, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, crimes against humanity, drawing, humanity, leavesAndrew Seal One comment

I have begun this drawing of the 546 leaves I collected today from the Pacific Spirit Park to represent the 546 children separated from their parents. As a parent and grandparent who loves his children and grandchildren so much this is my way of representing the heartbreak and the anguish being felt by so many families suffering in this tragic story of state supported kidnapping of children.

As the drawing continues I will post its progress and will be thinking of each child as I draw every one of these fragile leaves.

spirit ballet

October 20, 2020Art, Uncategorizedabstract landscapes, abstraction, Art, Art studio, ballet, ballet art, Royal Opera HouseAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

Pacific Spirit Ballet in four movements inspired by our daily visits to the Pacific Spirit Park and by two of the sublime dancers of the Royal Opera House.

je suis prof

October 18, 2020drawing, Pen and Ink, Photo Essay, UncategorizedArt, je suis prof, Je suis samuel, Paris, pen and ink drawing, photography, Remembrance, Samuel PatyAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

Dedicated to the memory of Samuel Paty

Once again the Place de la République in Paris today became the “capital of the world” to use the words of Francois Hollande after thousands gathered there and throughout France to protest and remember those lost after the Charlie Hebdo attack over five years ago.

Today they gathered in Paris and across the country to remember Samuel Paty the teacher so cruelly murdered in an horrific terrorist act on October 16th. The words I wrote on my post after the Charlie Hebdo attack on January 15th 2015 were very much in my thoughts today:

In the studio today my thoughts are very much with all the citizens of this great city as they walk in their millions for remembrance, for freedom, for tolerance, for love, for mankind, for the future.

Je suis enseignant
Je suis prof
Je suis Samuel

Looking again at my post from five years ago…

…plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

May Samuel Paty rest in peace.

🇫🇷

a friday suite piece

October 16, 2020Art, Uncategorizedabstract landscape, Art, digital art, Pacific Spirit ParkAndrew Seal Leave a comment

When it’s raining outside might as well stay dry and carry on.

returning to italy

October 15, 2020Art, Photo Essay, UncategorizedArt, Certaldo, digital art, Italy, photography, Rome, the pop, travel, TuscanyAndrew Seal One comment

Three years ago we were enjoying the beauty of the Tuscan landscape. How different our landscape is here in British Columbia but the beauty of both uplifts us all during these difficult times.

Here are a few images from our visit to Certaldo a beautiful hilltop town 35 kilometres southwest of Florence, which I posted about three years ago today on the fourth day of our memorable Italian holiday, a holiday that began on day one with an unforgettable moment in Rome: