Category Archives: art

AGO – an embarassment

Posted on August 8, 2010 by

After several misfires I managed to get down to Toronto for a followup eye test and got finished early enough to get over to the Art Gallery of Ontario.  My first visit since it has been reconstructed. I was lucky … Continue reading →

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Monet quotation

Posted on August 28, 2007 by

“Technique will vary, art stays the same, it is a transportation of nature both forceful and sensitive.”

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Abraham Lincoln – drawing

Posted on August 26, 2007 by

Abraham Lincoln Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) looking through my drawing images from 2001 after I had completed my course and stopped drawing for awhile there are lots of problems with this final result – I rushed it patience … Continue reading →

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Sir Winston Churchill – drawing

Posted on August 26, 2007 by

Sir Winston Churchill Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) I drew this basing it from a small strongly backlit photograph in a paperback biography of Churchill. He is one of my heroes. Without him the twentieth century would have been … Continue reading →

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toad – watercolour digital effect

Posted on June 18, 2007 by

toad Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) this started out as a digital camera image, but after some manipulation in imaging software it looks somewhat like a watercolour painting, at least to my eye

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frozen bay

Posted on May 14, 2007 by

frozen bay Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson). another software based painting

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care

Posted on May 14, 2007 by

care Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson). a ‘painting” I did awhile back using software on my pc…. I still like it so here it is blogged for viewing.

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