I have finished this print and it is now available for purchase. The print is one of the series I am working on following the footsteps of my great uncle, William Moore. He was a photographer in Vancouver area in the early 1900’s. I used to see his photographs in my grandmothers basement. I never met Uncle Bill, but his works influenced my development as an artist. Years later while working on one of my own panoramic prints, I remebered his photos and went exploring them again. I was moved by the idea that he and I separated by nearly 100 years where interacting with our environment in similar ways, traveling in the same footsteps.

I am loosely considering this series as “Imprints in Time. More development of the concept is needed. I am enjoying this journey.

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RENT IT, BUY IT, LOVE IT.

North Van Arts invites you to visit CityScape Community ArtSpace for our semi-annual salon-style Art Rental Show. Discover original works by local artists from our Art Rental collection.

Created using an impressive range of media, these 2-dimensional pieces explore a variety of techniques using oil, acrylic, and watercolour paintings; linocut, lithograph, and woodcut prints; photography and mixed media. Artists share their expressions of natural and urban landscapes, seascapes, abstracts, florals and more in realistic to impressionistic renditions.

Art Rental is a simple and affordable way to enhance your environment with original artwork. Rental fees range from $10 – $55 a month for pieces ranging in size from small (12”x12”) to large (48”x48”). You can rent and buy work right off the gallery walls. With 175 new artworks added to the 2022 Art Rental collection, the Art Rental collection represents 108 artists.

Learn more about the Art Rental Programme at northvanarts.ca/art-rental

The Art Rental Show is now on exhibit at CityScape Community ArtSpace. The salon-style show features new works and new artists recently added to our Art Rental collection. Visit CityScape in-person from now until February 19^th. The new artworks will also be viewable online in early February. The Art Rental collection is available to view in-person year round in the Art Rental Salon at CityScape Community ArtSpace.“

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The 2022 Stride Burnaby Arts Festival is a FREE community-building arts and culture event proudly hosted by North Burnaby Neighbourhood House. Stride offers safe, innovative and low-barrier programming and experiences for all ages both online and outdoors. Enjoy art and poetry displays, popup public art and online concerts and arts presentations by Burnaby artists and creatives. It all wraps up at @PechaKuchaBurnaby on Feb. 5. Check out the extended Stride art exhibit in Shadbolt’s Centre Aisle Gallery until March 22.
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Come celebrate Burnaby’s art and soul from January 28 – February 5, 2022.
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“Join us in celebrating the start of 2022 Stride Burnaby Arts Festival on our opening night event. Explore more what the Stride Festival is all about by participating in our opening night on: 
Friday, January 28 at 7:00 pm – register: BIT.LY/STRIDE22

Come celebrate Burnaby’s art and soul from January 28 – February 5, 2022. Stride 2022 offers free, safe and low-barrier programming and experiences for all ages both online and outdoors. Enjoy art and poetry displays, popup public art and online concerts and arts presentations.

Made by neighbours for neighbours STRIDE will be part arts festival, part community catalyst and all fun! Celebrate Burnaby’s art and soul at the 2022 Stride Burnaby Arts Festival.

For more information visit our website – 🌐WeAreBurnaby.com.

Stride Festival Community Partners:
@BurnabyNOW Newspaper, Heritage Canada (@o_canadiana), @CityofBurnaby, Tourism Burnaby (@exploreburnaby), @BurnabyHeights Merchants Association, Heights Neighbourhood Association (@hnaburnaby), @BurnabyPhotographicSociety, @WeAreBurnaby
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This print is of the Abernethy Lougheed Logging Camp in 1924. The camp was located in what is now ALLCO park in Maple Ridge. This woodcut print is based on a photo taken by the artists great uncle William Moore in 1924. This print is part of a series exploring the imprints we leave upon our land and our society and how future generations interpret and decontextualize those marks.

https://mapleridgemuseum.org/allco/

https://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2011/10/20/photographer-william-john-moore/

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North Show Heritage blog wrote a post about my Great Uncle William Moore and his documenting of early Vancouver history. They used one of my prints that I based on his photograph of Lonsdale Avenue from aboard the Lonsdale Ferry in 1917. While I was attending Capilano College Fine Arts program, I lived with my Grandmother. I found his photographs in an old chest in her basement. I loved the long panoramic photos. I was able to see his panoramic camera and many more of his photos at an exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver. Many decades later, I found myself doing my own panoramic prints and remembered my early exposure to his beautiful photos. This led me on to explore those ‘footprints’ we leave behind, and how others will unknowingly travel the same paths.

Link to North Shore Heritage’s Bog post ‘The Past is a Foreign Country“

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I have created a YouTube channel to share videos about my process and to show some of the behind the scenes of making art.

My YouTube channel

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I will be at the Shipyards Christmas Market, Dec 11 and 12. Last week was a very busy week and I met many very interesting people. Thank you to all for stopping by and checking out what I make.
North Vancouver Shipyards

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Carved a Pumpkin for the City of North Vancouver’s Play initiative. Fun little project to do.

https://www.cnv.org

Play CNV

Help us animate the City’s public spaces through placemaking.

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