I put one picture in the North Vancouver Arts Council's Anonymous Art Show, which, happily, sold. (Happily, too, for the Arts Council, since it's a fund-raiser for them, and I donated my half of the sale to their good cause.) I used acrylic inks on a wood panel, based on sketches at the grain terminal in North Vancouver. I would have done the whole thing in situ, but when I rode down there, I found the area is now surrounded by fences, and within 10 seconds, a security guard drove up in a large truck and told me, "All this land - this land is our land." I didn't think he was quoting Woody Guthrie, and I don't think the local Squamish nation would agree, but in any case, he clarified his position: "Go away." I must match a profile they teach in security-guard school, at least when I'm carrying my sketchbook. When I drew there a couple years ago, in freer days, I noticed a homeless camp - consisting of a box and a blanket in the brambles by the tracks. I hope that person, now evicted, has found a more secure home...
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