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<\/a><\/p>\nI questioned a famous global traveling painter about his life work devoted to a specific provincial region.
\n\u201cIn other places I am merely a visitor. In this region, I am home,\u201d expressing it would take decades to form emotional attachment to other places.<\/p>\n
He wondered what would inspire me to paint diverse landscapes, even, places I had never seen.<\/p>\n
Born to nature loving parents, my upbringing was unique.I have no doubt this is the foundation of how I relate to and paint nature.<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s career as a Conservation officer ( & Park Superintendent\/ Manager) for Saskatchewan parks required us to live within the park.<\/p>\n Staff were transferred frequently to experience the Province’s diversity firsthand.<\/p>\n These parks were often located near First Nation communities. My parents first home was in a northern reserve. It was amazing living within these glorious parks that ranged from southern peaceful valleys with pristine lakes rich in fishing & birds, to northern boreal forests teaming with wildlife, skies lit with aurora borealis. Summer holidays we would camp & explore other parks.<\/p>\n It\u2019s this deeply rooted connection that comes thru in the work, and the diversity that you see.<\/p>\n In adulthood, I have lived in some spectacular regions of Canada. I roamed the Yukon\u2019s arctic tundra, ran Vancouver Island\u2019s ocean beaches and rain forest paths. I wandered Okanagan orchards and Ontario\u2019s Bruce trail in autumn and snowy winter. I can still fall in love and feel connected with a \u2018new\u2019 landscape in one breath.<\/p>\n New \u201cWindy Day\u201d 8×8 oil on canvas $400 A common trait\/ theory of landscape artists is their work flourishes due to connection of a specific region.Think Monet & his water lily pond, Gauguin in the South pacific or Emily Carr\u2019s Northwest forests. Modern day landscape artists may reserve … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC06158-300x300.jpg\")
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\nI feel we are all visitors on & caretakers of this planet, and, yet, also in it\u2019s entirety, earth is our home.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dawndarin-picnic-tablepg-300x300.jpg\")
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\nThou I was young, I still feel the whispers & influences of these wonderful people.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/greenwater.jpeg\")
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\nOften living remotely, we grew up, as my brother says \u201crunning wild in the bush\u201d. It was a glorious freedom we still treasure.
\nMoving frequently taught us an appreciation of landscape (& human) diversity and adaptability. I could fall in love with a new home as quickly as drawing in a breath.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC00251-copy-243x300.jpg\")
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\nInternational traveling took me walking Australia\u2019s outback, witnessing blooming Scottish heather fields, swimming with stingrays in Cayman and cycling mountains of the Smokeys.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC03037-300x281.jpg\")
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\n\u201cWe want the background story.
\nWhat is your connection to these places?
\nHow can you can paint landscapes you have never seen?\u201d
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\n\u201cForest Nook\u201d 14×18 oil on canvas $825<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"