4 posts tagged “alberta”
Where has the time gone? This winter hasn't seen a lot of painting, you know, the usual excuses of having a job, family, small tiny house, etc etc. not leaving much time or will for art-making. ... but it still happens on a small scale. However, it's all good (especially with all the running, hiking and snowshoeing that got done).
I've recently had the good fortune to have works bought for a couple of major collections. The Glenbow Museum purchased Big Rivers (2006) from its exhibition Honouring Tradition, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts purchased Magpie (2006) and two paintings from the Constellations Series entitled Island and Mainland (2006), and Mini Sosa (2008).
Mini Sosa was completed last summer, featuring the Indigenous communities and populations of the upper Missouri River (Mini Sosa in Lakota).
Studio view of (left to right) Calgary 82-O, a freedom fighter in-progress (for the Gwich'in) 12" x 12", and Just Completed And Not Yet Titled (36" x 30"). Unfortunately, this photo isn't picking up the heavily worked surface of the large painting, that's why professional photographers are so handy!
Two recent works: Drumheller 82-P (24" x 36") on left, and unfinished piece on right. Both works are graphite and acrylic on board-mounted topographic maps.
One of my side projects is a photographic catalogue of rocks (ooh ahh) of the glacial erratic trail here in southern Alberta. Scientists tell a story about how a glacier picked up boulders in the mountains and brought them out onto the prairie, leaving them behind when the ice melted. The First Nations tell a different story, it's not mine to tell, but you can check out the partial story here. The largest boulder, Ohkotoks, or Big Rock, is listed as a Historic Site in Alberta, due to its importance to the Blackfoot. Just recently, a ceremony was held by a group of elders to cleanse the Rock after it had been vandalized, yet again, by grafitti. It's also disrespectful to climb on it, but that doesn't stop anyone. If you visit this site, please watch out for the broken bottles at the bottom, and don't touch the ancient paintings. I believe that the smaller, lesser known rocks scattered throughout southern Alberta from Jasper to the Old Man River are also culturally significant. Some are painted. Many have been dynamited or moved to make room for development. Please vist my flickr map and click on the dots to see some landscape photos of surviving erratics in the beautiful southern Alberta countryside. I'll add more photos in the future.
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