…dedicated to the memory of Nelson Mandela…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!
…The always brilliant annual “Lights of Hope” display adorning the face of St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver…
…with 10 kilometers of lights built entirely by volunteers for the Hospital Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign…
This great hospital was founded in 1894 and over the past one hundred and twenty years its dedicated, compassionate and outstanding staff have provided simply the best health care to millions…
…and although the lights will be turned on for the last time on January 6th, the legacy of hope, dedication, skill and excellence will continue each and every day of the year. If you would like to learn more about the campaign visit the Foundation’s website: http://www.helpstpauls.com/lights-of-hope/lights-of-hope-display/ …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected 2
…Couldn’t resist catching the last post for “Unexpected” with “One for the road”…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
…The abstract beauty created by the colors reflected and refracted in this fountain of water was completely unexpected…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers 2
…Layers of snow blanket Whistler Mountain but come summer the slopes are bare and there is the joy of hiking the high alpine meadows…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers or Birth of a Painting
…Every painting tells a story and no more so than in the layers that lie beneath the finished work. My painting entitled Cypress Alleyway was inspired by a visit to Castello di Reschio in Umbria and a photograph I took of that glorious Italian landscape…
…Back home in my studio a canvas was stretched and gessoed, a charcoal sketch developed, loose thin layers of acrylic paint applied until, finally…
…I could feel the warmth of that Umbrian sun and I knew that I had arrived…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit
…at least 43,800 times! I wonder how much that amount of toothpaste weighs?…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie 2
…2009 was the year of Picasso and Cézanne in Provence, France. As part of the celebrations Cathedrale D’Image in Les Baux de Provence projected gigantic images of Picasso’s paintings on the walls of the Carrières du Val d’Enfer, a quarry that was created to extract white limestone to construct the Chateau and Les Baux. On our trip to Provence that summer I took these photos during a 30 minute presentation deep in the heart of the quarry. Whilst the images are not perfect because of the limited light I hope you will agree that they have a somewhat eerie quality about them. In 1959, Picasso took part in Jean Cocteau’s “Testament of Orpheus”, which was filmed inside the quarries.
Cathedrale D’Image no longer exists and the the management of the Carrières has been taken over by Culturespaces under the title “Carrières de Lumières”. I recommend visiting their web site, carrieres-lumieres.com/en/discover, to learn more about this amazing place and about their current and future spectacular events. Something to add to the bucket list. Perhaps we’ll see you there…
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