When: Wednesday January 9th, 2013, at 1 pm
Where: Waterfront promenade in front of Delta Hotel, 45 Songhees Road, Victoria, BC
To make a statement on the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline from Canada's tar sands to BC's north coast, I will paint over in black this coastal panorama created especially for this occasion.
See Victoria Times Colonist article, here: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/artist-to-black-out-painting-1.41974
"Artists don't flock to BC to paint portraits of Joint Review Panel members, or to marvel at oil pipelines, clear-cuts, or corporate mining company headquarters in Vancouver. Tourists don't come to admire Emily Carr or Roy Henry Vickers paintings of soup cans or French ballerinas." -- A.H.
Red Sky in Morning, Sailors Take Warning
48" x 60"
Before ...
After ...
photo: courtesy of Jim Chapman
Throughout January, the painting will hang in James Bay Coffee and Books, 143 Menzies Street, Victoria, BC.
