Monthly Archives: July 2023

Water, Falling

Myra Falls, Strathcona Park, BC

Water, Falling is a pun that appeals to architects… Here are couple of old waterfall photos from my archives.

Niagara Fall 1961, Kodak Brownie Starmite
Yosemite Falls 1983 (a pair of architects)

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On the Road, 2023

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On the Road, 1970

Painted a couple of days ago – acrylic on 16″ x 12″ canvas board. I have a vague memory of my father painting this same scene 50 years ago. I guess he thought it was picturesque, too.

We scramble up to the top of Mt Temple and wrote our names on a slip of paper that we found inside a small metal box jammed under a rock. I took a few pictures and we left in a hurry as there was a big dark cloud coming our way.

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Hot Day at the Swimming Dock

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Meet You in St Louis

St Louis Square, Montreal, from a photo taken in October 2000. St Louis was a common name for places in Quebec; I once lived on St Louis Street, near Lake St Louis. King Louis IX was a pious and relatively enlightened King of France who abolished trial by ordeal, expanded the Inquisition, and persecuted Jews, thus making himself eligible for sainthood. A model Christian king.

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The Flying Florentine

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CANADA 156

Canada Day plein air painting challenge. I rode around on my bike for almost one hour before I saw this old church on a side street. The location was perfect, in the shade and out of the way, so I set up my portable easel and paint box and got to work. I’ve no idea how old this place is, but it has a bland modern church on the front of it, which conceals this lovely older part completely from the main street. Nobody builds in this style today, but I like it better than many contemporary buildings.

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