Acrylic and Epoxy on Cardboard on Birchbark 2016
Calvary,
Jesus’ mountain of Defeat and Victory
Defeating sin and death
The Victory of Love
May 22, 2017
Mountains of my Life: Detail 4
Acrylic, epoxy and cardboard on Birchbark 2016
A mountain of Adventure
Machu Pichu,
Mountains of Revelation
and Conversion,
my cabin at the foot.
May 13, 2017
Mountains of my Life: Detail 3
Epoxy and cardboard on Birchbark 2016
A volcano becomes an island of forests,
in the middle of a mighty river.
Home of the Mohawk (Haudenosaunee)
Then the Holy settlement of Ville-Marie,
Mount Royal,
Montreal my city of français and english
and now the nations of the world come to us.
May 12, 2017
Mountains of my Life: Detail 2
Epoxy and Cardboard on Birchbark 2016
Atop Lyon mountain, a watch tower
To look across the valleys for fire and call out a warning
I took a warning in my soul.
May 10, 2017
Mountains of my Life: Detail 1
Epoxy and Cardboard on Birchbark 2016
On life’s journey in this delicate vessel
With my Jeannie before me
Across the lake to Parson’s Knob.
May 6, 2017
Mountains of my Life
Acrylic, Epoxy, Cardboard, Metal, Glass, and China on Birchbark on Plywood
81 x 46 inches 2016 nfs
This is one solid piece of Birchbark found in the woods by my friend Libby.
(Thanks Libby.)
When it was glued down on the plywood it became like a map or a landscape painting.
I included small interventions to distinguish the mountains.
Details will follow.
NFS
April 17, 2017
Malpais, Costa Rica
Watercolour and Coloured Pencil on Paper 11 x 15 inches 1993
Costa Rica
April 3, 2017
The Get together
Acrylic and Coloured Pencil and Birchbark on Dacron on Plywood 9.5 x 27 inches 2016
March 27, 2017
Tate Birches, London, England 20
Acrylic and Coloured Pencil on Indian Rag Paper 12 x 8 inches 2012
This is the final image in a series of 20 paintings that were begun in London outside Tate Modern on August 14,2012. I started to draw at 6:45 pm and finished drawing at 10:00 pm, with no breaks. I was fascinated by the grove of Baltic Birch planted outside the Tate especially when the lights came on at 8: 30. I drew in graphite and after getting the composition down I took a photo of each scene for future reference.Then back in my studio in Montreal, using the photos as memory aids, I competed the paintings using acrylic paint and coloured pencils. To view the entire series click on City Paintings in Categories to the right of the page.
Peter Aitkens 