{"id":4470,"date":"2016-11-09T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T22:33:29","slug":"view-from-a-canoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/view-from-a-canoe\/","title":{"rendered":"View from a Canoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian history<\/a> is rich with canoe stories and it remains an important feature of Canadian identity.<\/p>\n

First Nations crafted birch bark canoes for transportation. Later, Voyagers<\/a> used the canoe for fur trading.<\/p>\n

Our Prime Minister<\/a>\u00a0has been spotted in a canoe<\/a> more than once.<\/p>\n

Among my Canadian collectors, 95% have paddled or ridden in a canoe. The other 5% just aren\u2019t old enough yet.<\/p>\n

My Dad was at the helm the first time I sat as a child in a canoe. I was wonderstruck by the unique visual perspective.\u00a0It was awe inspiring, perched below the water line, lake expanse before me, shorelines shimmering in my sightline, gentle water\u2019s echo surrounding us.<\/p>\n

\"dsc07727\"<\/a>“Early Morning” new 24×30 oil<\/p>\n

Many Canadians share canoe stories rich with transforming experiences, bonding friendships, and family history.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t surprised Kyra Paterson\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0amazing photo of Algonquin was taken on her first paddling adventure with her daughter.<\/a>\u00a0(click on highlight text to read Kyra\u2019s post)<\/p>\n

\"mist-photo\"<\/a>Kyra Paterson photo<\/p>\n

Thou I rarely ask to paint from another\u2019s photos, hers begged to be explored with a brush. Thanks to Kyra for graciously sharing.<\/p>\n

Her photo sparked expedition<\/a>\u00a0reflections paddling in the misty morning light, and as a child with my family.<\/p>\n

\"red-canoe-1\"<\/a>\u00a0Dawn & Joanie McGuffin<\/p>\n

\u00a0People often ask what feeds the art, what inspires it, where do the ideas come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear. “Diana Krall<\/em><\/p>\n

Elements that fuel the work can be physical, emotional, intellectual, historical. Influences may be found in daily experiences and interactions, other art forms, like music.<\/p>\n

Influences\u00a0that brought \u201cEarly Morning\u201d to life include:<\/p>\n

Kyra\u2019s heartwarming story & photo.( above).<\/p>\n

The universal love Canadians\u00a0share of paddling and personal\u00a0trip experiences\/ photos below.<\/p>\n

\"mist\"<\/a>\"boreal-island\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Palette<\/strong> inspired by yesterday\u2019s misty morning nature walk. ( with nature friends) and autumn prairie hills of home last month.<\/p>\n

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Music in the studio for this painting included:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHuntsville\u201d Ken Yates<\/p>\n

\u201cSerenity and Light\u201d Our Abandon<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a Wonderful World\u201d Louis Armstrong<\/p>\n

\u201cStorms Never Stay\u201d sung by my Dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Gift\u201d Glen Hansard<\/p>\n

\u201cLet the Mystery In\u201d Clarence Bucaro<\/p>\n

\u201cFields of Gold\u201d Eva Cassidy.<\/p>\n

~<\/p>\n

Looking for a paddling experience in northern Canada?Highly recommended Canoe North<\/a>\u00a0is an award winning expedition company recognized as A Canadian Signature Experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canadian history is rich with canoe stories and it remains an important feature of Canadian identity. First Nations crafted birch bark canoes for transportation. Later, Voyagers used the canoe for fur trading. Our Prime Minister\u00a0has been spotted in a canoe … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-work","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4485,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/4485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}