Feb 28, 2019
In part 1 of this discussion I explained how the project was born. In summary, the book was supposed to celebrate the diversity and unity of Canada with its different geography, cultural mix, languages, diets etc. A page of the book was going to be devoted to each province or territory where a local artist would contribute to painting a scene photographed by the photographer/writer Ray Belcourt of that region.
The recent, December/ January 2019 edition of the magazine "Our Canada", (a Readers Digest publication) has published the story of this book from the perspective of the author , A very interesting read indeed. Our Canada Jan 2019
I was commissioned to paint the Book Cover of the Country Wildflower Bed & Breakfast. It was supposed to be on 4 separate panels, each being about 36 inches by 15 inches. The entire painting was based on the theme of "Diversity and Unity Of Canada"
The four seasons would project the diversity as would the different painting and image styles and media. The unity would be the single scene weaved together with these different styles and media.
I painted the first panel in watercolour, A Winter Scene.
