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The Art of Richard Dixon | |||||||||||
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Richard is currently working on a series of paintings of the Edmonton river Valley to be used in a book. As the series is designed at the moment there will be 121 images in the book as full scale paintings, 25 of which are historical images representing the era of native occupation of the area followed by the fur trade and early settlement periods including the arrival of the NWMP. The 96 remaining images will be landscape scenes of the valley including a few cityscapes all identified as to their locations in the valley. In addition there will be up to 50 renderings of the commonly seen flora and fauna of the valley ecosystem done as ink and watercolour works scattered throughout the book as an informational resource for the reader. The format is designed as a walking tour guide to the park system that both enlightens and entertains the reader in terms of art and information. Out from the central image of a city skyline of the downtown core will radiate 48 works to the east to Fort Saskatchewan, 9 images along Mill Creek, 48 images to the west to Devon and 17 images from the outflow of Whitemud Creek south. The front cover of the book and the central image will be the city skyline with an overall map of the park beneath it with the artwork locations identified within it. Each chapter will begin with its own map and identification of artwork locations and trails in greater detail suitable as a walking tour guide. The book itself will be 128 pages bound in a soft cover so it can be carried by a walker in the valley.
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