Okanagan Drawings at Kekuli Bay

had some fun early this morning creating three drawings looking across Kalamalka Lake from Kekuli Bay area. The first snow was looking calm and peaceful on the other side of the lake. A light sprinkling of snow allowed many features of the hills to be highlighted and one gets a better sense of the topography that way. You can see some of my drawings at http://www.riverlewis.com/contemporary-canadian-art/drawings.html

In general I usually pay attention to the two-dimensional format of the paper and choose to record features and patterns of the scene over the perspective. Viewers sometimes wonder about this style of drawing, and I show them more realistic drawings occassionally. I'm not currently interested in realism. Realistic drawing is the creation of an illusion on paper. My interest lies in the spirit of the scene.

Working on some small oils.

There seem to be a lot of small art group shows going on these days, e.g.

• Federation of Canadian Artists on Granville Island showing 'Small, Smaller, and Smallest'
• Vernon Community Arts Centre's Artsolutely Fair goin on this month
• Penticton Art Gallery's Under $300 show

seems like it could be fun and easy to get out there and meet people this way. So I started a series of 8x10 oils a few days ago, some Okanagan scenes and pulled out some travel photos too. Maybe you'll see me pull these out next year at Artwalk in Lake Country BC or other places. Will post pics when available. For now you can see some of my Okanagan artwork, and also some older art pieces from Vancouver on my website: http://www.riverlewis.com/