Demo at Qualicum Bay Art Expo 2012
I spent Sunday morning in Qualicum Bay at the Lighthouse Centre Art Expo demonstrating my painting process. I brought some studies to work from that I made on a trip to Alert Bay. An oil portrait study of 80 year old Al West (chief of the Namgis) and a watercolor study of Al in his shop / studio. He is the arguably the last of a breed of mask and dugout canoe carvers. The demo painting was done on a gesso prepared wood panel 18 in. X 24 in. The surface was tinted with an ochre gold color approximately 30 percent in value. I kept the palette simple: burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow, cadmium red (titanium white).
