Tim Fraser
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Vancouver is a beautiful. I often find myself basking in awe of the resplendence. There are few places I have seen in my lifetime that rival this truly portentous surroundings. And certainly, there is no other place to better experience the Vancouver lifestyle than standing in Stanley Park. The scintillating sea, the verdant backdrop, the placid atmosphere - ahh euphoria!
I [have] always enjoyed the challenge of replicating something onto a flat surface, but while painting in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, I fine tuned what it is about an image that appeals to me - a particular light and the resulting shapes and colours. If done correctly, I could make an image, [simply by] using light and colour, [that] would suggest more to the viewer - such as the tranquility that I found walking the seawall at daybreak. That peacefulness was an oasis from my daily life, and I felt many Vancouverites might feel the same way if they could see it. Once I started trying to evoke that feeling, people responded to it very well.
These pieces really capture the feeling you get when you walk through Stanley Park: serene and quiescent…
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