by Susan Vreeland. Inspired by the historical novel about Emily Carr's life I started searching out her art and really fell in love with the vibrant colors and chunky brushstrokes used to bring the forests of British Columbia to life. Oddly, I never did read any of her writing... I need to do that. When I visited Victoria, BC, Canada, I was disappointed to find that her home which is a museum was closed... BOTH TIMES! But, I did get to see some of her work in person at the Royal BC Museum (which I HIGHLY recommend visiting if you are ever in Victoria, Canada. It is an outstanding museum.)While I don't do a lot of drawing or painting... it's not really my strong point, this challenge made me want to pay homage to Emily Carr with a colorful forest drawing using my new colored pencils that I've been itching to play with! I actually did a good handful of forest drawings - you know, when it's only an inch you can be left wanting more sometimes! Then it was hard to pick which to go with, so I just played a little more tonight and created a couple more. I decided to go with this one because while it's not really anything like an Emily Carr painting, I like to think it has her essence with my streaky colors. If not, we'll just pretend.
I had a lot of fun with this Every Inchie Monday, so thanks!
Thank you for sharing such interesting stories. I've never been to the western hemisphere, but, when I win the lottery, I will buy a cabin log in BC..... based on all the pics I've see, and I love the cold.
ReplyDeleteI looked up Emily Carr's art - you've captured it beautifully! An inchie well done and so poetic!
THANKS SO MUCH! We're even... I haven't been to Australia yet. Someday!
DeleteI love the cold, too, but I'm in Southern California, we don't get a lot of cold here. The Pacific Northwest is truly beautiful. You should definitely take a trip there =)
What a wonderful way to introduce your inchie :-) I've not made it to Canada despite both my step kids living in the USA (Simon in San Francisco & Nicki in Maine) but we de still have part of the old Caledonia Forest in the Cairngorms about 90" drive away from us in Scotland - they were the pines that inspired my inchie!
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I like the one you went with, Jenn! I also like how you always involve a little session of knowledge and trivia with your Inchies!!! You are so AWESOME!! I haven't had a chance to play with my toys you gave me, yet. But I'm inchin' to do so!!! Love you girl!!! Thank you, again!! :0) XO Share Humanity
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I didn't know Emily Carr so thank you for introducing me to her and I can see why you fell in love with her work. I think your inchie is a great tribute.
ReplyDeleteThanks, friends! I'm very excited to have introduced you to one of my favorite artists (of course, I have a zillion "favorite" artists). maybe I should do more themes on artists? I'm already dreaming of doing a Toulouse Lautrec style inchie for "Figure", but that's just crazy to think I could ever try to draw a PERSON. hahaha We'll see.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the information with your lovely inchie.
ReplyDeleteSome call me wordy... this gives me the chance to not only create art, but also to blither away, too!
Deletelove this. You did an awesome job
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