Attraction
Monday, August 15th, 2011
This is a view from the seawall in downtown Vancouver. I see the water and the rocks as reaching out to each other.
The water is painted on silk and then the pebbles/rocks are free motion machine embroidered. There’s a little bit of hand-sewing of shiny or “invisible” threads that can only be seen in certain lighting and helps make the rocks look wet where they touch the water. Oh and a tiny bit of hand-sewing of foam on the water in the foreground.
I got myself a daylight lamp and I love it. I’ve been struggling to get enough light in the right position to do artwork after sundown in what I’ll call my (ahem) “work zone” in our new apartment. 100W equivalent baby! Only wish I’d gone for it sooner.
Every summer should have some Horseshoe Bay in it. On this trip we spotted this lab and decided he was a salty sea dog. Many pics of inspiring scenery taken.