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| Exquisite light at sundown, May 31st, 2011 |
A week ago today we were camping with Don and Ann at Dinosaur Provincial Park, near Brooks, Alberta. It was our third visit and everywhere I was tripping over familiar hoodoos and memories. Titles of oils and watercolours, painted long ago, came tumbling out of my mouth. And all over again I found myself completely fascinated by the strange beauty of this World Heritage Site. Our first visit was in September 1993 and it was quickly followed by a second trip in April 1994 because I was on a bender to paint this wild, barren, lunar landscape.
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Me, Bill and a favourite hoodoo behind the Visitor Centre |
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If you click on the above link it will take you to the photo essay I compiled of our recent time there in which I integrated some of my paintings.
I came home consumed with the desire to really remember that time. So I dug out photos from the early trips and revisited the artwork as a result of them. I fished out painting slides, learned how to scan them and made a complete digital record of the collection. It was a deeply satisfing experience. I invite you to click on the following link to know the details behind the series, the exhibitions and to see all of my badlands paintings:
May these thumbnails whet your appetite ...
What a wonderful post, Alice, and the flidkr series is just amazing. I found it so interesting to see the difference between the watercolour and oil versions of the Badlands. They're all just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Win. I didn't do many watercolours after this series and it's been over a decade since I have done any at all!
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