For those who love fishing
Watercolour painted onto a BC topo map - Ruth Lake in the uplands on the east side of Okanagan Lake.
As a kid, I thought, what a cool name for a fishing fly - 52 Buick…so I had to paint one here…and I took a needle and thread and attached one to the painting itself.
New watercolour Art card designs…
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Part of my new Art Card series - watercolour on old topographic maps…
I’d love to hear what you think. :-)
A few of the new Art Cards I’ve been painting…
Watercolour painted directly onto old topographic maps and/or navigation charts… :-) <3
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Watercolour painted directly onto an old BC topographic map - in this case a lovely mushroom at the north end of Swan Lake in Vernon.
I just discovered a set of mushroom photos I took up at Sugar Lake a couple of years ago…so watch for more mushrooms!
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The St. Joe River is in Idaho…I gather from friends in Spokane who sent me this old 1950s topo map that it’s a wonderful Fly Fishing river.
So I painted variations of 2 fly patterns - Grizzly King and Doc Spratley…both from my go-to fly patterns. 🙂
Off to its new home
A fun/challenging commission - watercolour on an old topographic map of the BC/Alberta border area.
The client’s favourite hiking area with a bit landscape and a Mountain Aven flower on the side.
Where is your favourite bit of wilderness, cabin, hiking trail, canoe route…?
A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…
Postill Lake, BC
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A little Fly Fishing art for Christmas…
Darke Lake, BC
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A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…
Jackpine Lake, BC
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A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…
Peachland Lake, BC
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A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…
Lambly (Bear) Lake, BC
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Imagine this…
You’re about to walk out the door to visit friends and find yourself saying…’I wish I had a card to take along.’
Here’s your chance for me to save your bacon! ❤ 🙂
These are all hand-painted Art Cards to meet every occasion - and …I haven’t written lousy poems on the inside! 🙂
A tiny watercolor vignette of a Hibiscus. ❤
Often I find myself trying to distil something down to as few lines as possible…find the essence so to speak. A fun exercise.
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#flower #flowerart #hibiscus #redflower #watercolorflower
Sometimes it feels like juts a random sketch day…
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#sketch #sketching #sketchbook #jellyfish #fullcurl #random
I think this is one of the simplest little watercolours I’ve done.
Trying to capture the almost crepe-like texture of the poppy petals that I remember as a child in our front garden. ❤
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#poppy #flower #watercolorflower #flowerart
On its way to its new home. 🙂
This was an interesting commission - for folks who like hiking and the northern wilderness.
Watercolour painted onto a BC topographic map.
This piece measures about 6”x16” 🙂 ❤
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#watercolor #painting #map #story
Watercolor painted on a sheet taken of an issue of the Illustrated Magazine of Art, 1853/54.
I took a sheet from the magazine and simply painted the chrysalis overtop of the original lithograph images of moths and butterflies.
Sort of a New Meets Old with ephemera art. 🙂
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Some of the Fly Fishing watercolour work I’ve been doing - all painted onto old B.C. topographic maps - an illustration of your favourite fishing spots…complete with your favourite fishing fly patterns.
(DM me to get your favourite lake/fly pattern painted for Christmas)
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Puffer fish painted onto an old West Coast navigation chart.
…now, I’m not sure we actaully get puffer fish off B.C.’s west coast…but then, this is art and imagination!
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Little watercolour vignettes painted on some watercolour paper that I ran through the press to get a kind of embossed look and feel.
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My protest - against the big Card companies - and no lousy poem inside - you write your own lousy poem! ❤
Watercolour Art Cards.
I use offcuts of watercolour paper instead of tossing it away.
We all need cards from time-to-time, so buy local Art Cards…it’s good for everyone when you do! ❤
Working to come up with a new way to market the original watercolour Bookmarks I’ve been painting for the Vernon Art Show coming up Nov. 19 - Dec. 24th.
If you know some of my more recent work with old topographic maps…you’ll get the connection. 🙂 ❤
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CHRISTMAS IS COMING - there may be someone who’d love a unique watercolour piece on an old B.C. Topo Map - family campsite, favourite fishlake, memorable hiking trail…
I have time to paint a few of these in time for Christmas - DM if this is on your ‘Christmas List’! ❤
This is the Nicola area
Off to its new home. <3
Williams Lake, BC
West of the town with its stunning Open Parkland vegetation.
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#map #maps #mapillustration #mapart #topographic #topographicmap
I’ve been painting on B.C topo maps a lot, I’ve also been dabbling more into west coast navigation charts. 🙂
One trick is that you have to use older Nav charts - the recent ones are a new kind of plasticized paper it seems.
The old scruffy ones have more character too. 🙂 ❤
These are about 5”x7”
Elementary School, my kids had great trips to Silver Lake behind Peachland…great intro to wilderness/fishing.
Staggering how few kids ‘get out there’ for something like this
Do something rich/fun/memorable with your kids: camping/fishing - they will love you even more!
Watercolour on BC topo map🙂 ❤
Working on some smaller watercolour pieces (5”x7” - ish) using pieces of old B.C. topographic maps.
This is the Kamloops area just a bit north and west of my home, and it’s a beautiful ‘Open Parkland’ dry vegetation landscape - lots of Ponderosa Pine, Interior Douglas Fir and Bunchgrass.
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A new pair of the flower series I’ll be launching at ArtWalk Sept. 6-7. 🙂
There’s a unique drama in these Echinacea-style flowers that bloom across the sheet of paper, and I love how they come to life as I add the India Ink.
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