Art

Studio 365: Day 330

Day 330 iv

Dad’s Tools I 26.11.15

A little explanation for today’s image.  Yesterday whilst working on Lascaux II using my late dad’s chisel shaping and carving the plaster, I felt that his tools, which I have been using for so many years with much love and remembrance, deserved a feature of their own for they have a real beauty, and share a wonderful history going back many decades.

Day 330 iii

Thanks Dad.

Day 329 vi

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.

The Chief

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.

Chief iii

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.

Chief ii

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

Studio 365: Day 320

Day 320 ii

The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 31st August, 1962

One more page of drawings from my summer in Paris in 1962. I somewhat foolishly imagined myself as a young Toulouse Lautrec as I sketched the cast of characters in the gardens and around the fountain that day: the young boys sailing their model boats, the loving couple out for an evening stroll, the guitarist filling the air with his music and the lady sleeping soundly on the bench. The drawings may be primitive when looked at today but they capture a peaceful precious moment in time in a city that continues to be very much in my heart and thoughts today.