It’s always nice to see Stuart Creswell the film maker who produced the up coming documentary on life as a landscape painter. It was even nicer when he gave me a couple of bottles of wine from the well known Nova Scotia vineyard, Jost. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the label to see it was me! I was on the label.... I was tickled pink, well red,,, and white! Stuart had wanted to get a couple of audio quotes to complete the film, which is now in post production. The photo on the label is me painting on location in Northern Newfoundland at a place called Cape Onion. The next ‘stop’ over the ocean from this location is Greenland! Definitely one of my favourite takes from the film. This week has been busy, working hard producing new work for a gallery in Halifax that is going to represent me. More on that later. In the mean time, a small glass of wine to celebrate perhaps.Read More
If you have a spare 17 minutes, have a look at this fascinating film from the National Film Board of Canada depicting one of my heroes, Canadian Painter AY Jackson. The film which dates from 1941 follows Jackson into the Canadian Wilderness as he paints on location. We see his winter studio where such famous canvas's were painted. We feel his passion for his work and watch him canoe into remote lakes to find his motif. Truly a Canadian hero from the past. 
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