Paintings from the Yukon River trip with David Neufeld, late July, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had the privilege of making another river journey with Western Arctic and Yukon Historian David Neufeld.

We had painted the river at intervals the summer of 2012, as part of David’s place-based historical practice. He is writing a book about the history of the Yukon River. This time, we stayed put for a few days at Blanchard’s Woodyard just north of Minto, on the other side of the river from the Hell’s Gate Rapids, and at Fort Selkirk. It was a wonderful 5 days for me. The quiet of Blanchard’s Woodyard was the perfect tonic for how worn down I had gotten along the road. And in Fort Selkirk, I got to perform in an ad hoc ukulele concert in the tiny old Catholic Church.

These paintings are all 9×12″, oil, $275 ea.

I’m planning to include them in my upcoming solo show at the North End Gallery in Whitehorse, YT in February of 2015, but please contact me if you’re interested in them sooner.

Cliffs across from Fort Selkirk

 More cliffs across from Fort Selkirk

 Rainy Day, Island from Blanchard’s Woodward.

 David’s boat, from Blanchard’s Woodyard

Cool Clouds, from Blanchard’s Woodyard

Evening Cliffs, from Fort Selkirk

Preparing for the next road series

Hello!

I will soon be leaving to paint the next chunk of my road series. I will keep a blog as I go. Last time, I just posted the blog on pages on my website. But I think using WordPress will make my blog more accessible to more people, so I will try using this platform instead. Follow this blog to come along with me.

I will be extending my Get There From Here road series this summer. Click here to learn more about that project and access lots of fun links about it. In short, I have painted about 183 one foot square oil paintings from the back of my truck, from Montreal, Peterborough and Toronto across to Edmonton, Whitehorse, Inuvik, Fairbanks and Anchorage, stopping every 50 km to do so. Each painting is painted on site and during the time I am stopped by the side of the road; they usually take 2-3 hours apiece. Here is one of them to get the idea:

Get There From Here is booked for the summer of 2016 at The Reach Museum Gallery in Abbotsford, BC. I need to paint Abbotsford into the picture. So I will drive back to Portage La Prairie and paint across to Vancouver, making a stop at Abbotsford to paint in the gallery parking lot, then continue north to Dawson Creek to link back onto the rest of the paintings. This summer’s series will link on just before the painting above.

I estimate that with art supplies, gas, camping etc, this will cost about $5000. I’ve set up a kickstarter-like fundraising system that you can find here if you’re interested in supporting the project.

Or just follow the blog, to know where I’m at and what I’ve seen. Heck, if you or your friends are locating somewhere near where I’m painting, come by for a visit!

Looking forward to your company on the drive,

till soon, Nicole.