Pacific Spirit Park

2022 Review

January 1, 2023UncategorizedAfghanistan, crimes against humanity, family is everything, Happy New Year, Kitsilano, Kitsilano Beach, landscape photography, love, Pacific Spirit Park, Protest Art, Stand with Ukraine, Vancouver, war crimes, WomenLifeFreedomAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

2022 Look Back I

The joy of the luckiest and proudest parents and grandparents in the world celebrating with gratitude our love for our children and our beautiful, amazing and unbelievably talented grandchildren.

Wishing everyone a very Happy, Healthy and Joyful 2023

#FamilyIsEverything

Look Back II

Celebrating two special places that uplifted our spirits throughout the year, from a sunny Pacific Spirit Park to a very snowy Kitsilano.

Look Back III

These final images of the year are to honour its heroes and despise its villains as we stand with the brave people of Ukraine and Iran and with the girls and women of Afghanistan hoping that 2023 brings victory, peace, freedom and justice for them all.

autumn in the park

October 16, 2022UncategorizedAutumn, iphoneography, landscape photography, Pacific Spirit ParkAndrew Seal One comment

The Pacific Spirit Park in Vancouver in all of its autumnal glory.

Earth Day 💙💛

April 22, 2022photography, UncategorizedEarth Day, landscape photography, Pacific Spirit Park, photography, Stand with UkraineAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

On Earth Day 2022 Standing with Ukraine today and everyday.

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March 31, 2022UncategorizedPacific Spirit Park, photography, Stand with UkraineAndrew Seal Leave a comment

From Spirit Park revisited

March 15, 2022Art, drawing, Photo Essay, UncategorizedArt studio, Guernica, landscape photography, Pacific Spirit Park, photography, Protest Art, Remembrance, Stand with Ukraine, Stop the War, sunflowers, sunflowers for Ukraine, UkraineAndrew Seal Leave a comment

We walked in the Pacific Spirit Park today after listening to President Zelenskyy’s impassioned address to the Canadian Parliament in which we learnt that ninety seven children have been tragically killed in his beloved country together with so many of the country’s brave men and women and now including three brave journalists. Our condolences and thoughts are with all the families, friends and colleagues grieving today.

This drawing is from a larger piece from 2017 drawn in protest at that time to an event that had produced the same sense of heartbreak and outrage that I know we all feel today. Some of you may remember the full piece can be seen here: “From Spirit Park to Spirit Dark”

These sunflowers are a message of love and support as we continue to Stand with Ukraine.

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Standing With Ukraine

March 5, 2022photography, Uncategorizedlandscape photography, Pacific Spirit Park, photography, Stand with Ukraine, VancouverAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

The Pacific Spirit Park, Vancouver – Standing with Ukraine 💙💛

standing with Ukraine

February 24, 2022Uncategorizedcold war, Pacific Spirit Park, photography, protest, UkraineAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

Walking in the cold peace of the Pacific Spirit Park this morning, freshly adorned in unexpected new snow, my thoughts were of a different cold, a new Cold War far away but feeling so very close, and of the men, women and children huddled and sheltering underground because of the actions of an unhinged, maniacal despot. Those families and children will constantly be in my thoughts in the coming days and weeks as we all hope for peace and stand with Ukraine.

spirits of the day

February 11, 2022UncategorizedArt, Pacific Spirit Park, pencil drawing, Team Canada, watercolor, winter olympics, women's hockeyAndrew Seal Leave a comment

Olympic Moment VIII – 11.2.22

Olympic Spirit in the morning and Pacific Spirit in the afternoon. Congratulations to Canada’s Women’s Hockey Team Quarter Final win over Team Sweden today.