The Missaguash River from Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia

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Watercolour painting: Missaguash River from Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia

Finished watercolour painting on 10 × 25 cm Arches 300 gsm cold-pressed watercolour paper. Winsor & Newton’s artist-quality Payne’s Grey and Sepia. Process below.

Île de la Valière/Tonge’s Island, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, in the foreground; the Missaguash River separating New Brunswick from Nova Scotia and Westmorland County, NB, in the middle ground, with the Bay of Fundy, more Westmorland Co., and Albert County, NB, in the distance. See Tantramar Heritage Trust’s page on Tonge’s Island. (more…)

Quick sketch of the ruins of the Sunny Brae Arena

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Watercolour sketch of the ruins of the Sunny Brae Arena in Moncton

Quick & dirty watercolour sketch of the ruins of Moncton’s Sunny Brae Arena. This is on unbelievably light-weight paper in a throw-away sketchbook. From a photo I took a couple of weeks ago.

John Philip Sousa played here a couple of times.

Historic Places page on the history of the Sunny Brae Rink.

The Vogue Cinema, Sackville

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Pen-and-ink drawing of The Vogue Cinema

Pen-and-ink drawing of The Vogue Cinema

Pen-&-ink sketch of Sackville’s Vogue Cinema for Sweetest Little Thing 2017.

Carbon pen on 3 ½ × 5 ½″ Moleskine sketch album (120 gsm).

In a private collection.