Wordpress - davidmceown.wordpress.com - David McEown
General Information:
Latest News:
The Northwest Passage 10 Oct 2012 | 07:45 am
The video above shows landscape painting highlights from our trip along the fabled Northwest Passage aboard the Akademik Ioffe in the summer of 2012. Many thanks to the team at One Ocean Expeditions f...
Painting In The Great Bear Rainforest 6 Aug 2012 | 11:03 am
The video above and the following paintings were inspired from an amazing boat trip to the “Great Bear Rainforest “, in British Columbia’s central coast. Along with several other colleagues and a w...
2012 Whistler and Gibsons Summer Workshops 5 Aug 2012 | 12:02 am
Many thanks again to the organizers and the participants that persisted through wonderfully challenging exercises at the 2 workshops I gave this summer. Both the Whistler Arts Council’s Workshops ...
Pacific Spirit Forest Series 4 Aug 2012 | 12:16 pm
One body of work that is evolving over the last few years is a series of large watercolours depicting the subtle seasonal changes in the temperate rainforest of Pacific Spirit Regional Park. These lar...
Painting in Antarctica 22 Feb 2012 | 10:15 pm
The video above captures highlights and the painting process from voyages along the Antarctic Peninsula this past November and December 2011. Early in the season we saw incredible sunsets and unusual ...
Painting South Georgia 21 Feb 2012 | 01:57 pm
For all around wildlife and scenery, a visit to the sub antarctic island of South Georgia is incomparable. The video above captures some of the painting highlights and wildlife encounters from a recen...
Commander Frank Wild Returns to South Georgia 20 Feb 2012 | 01:07 pm
It was a privilege to witness the return of the great polar explorer, Commander Frank Wild, back to South Georgia. It was Frank Wild’s wife’s wish to have him buried in South Georgia and it was fittin...
Return to Antarctica and South Georgia 4 Nov 2011 | 05:42 pm
. In November 2011 I will be returning to Antarctica and really look forward to visit South Georgia again. This special expedition will be taking the ashes of explorer Frank Wild to South Georgia wh...
Pacific Spirit Regional Park 2 Nov 2011 | 05:33 pm
"Autumn in the Pacific Spirit Forest" 26in x46in. watercolour The Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which adjoins my backyard in Vancouver, provides countless inspiration for new paintings. In October, ...
Denali, Watercolours from Alaska 26 Sep 2011 | 03:26 pm
Denali Sunrise In early September, autumn is well on its way in Denali National Park, Alaska. While hoping to capture a glimpse of Denali, North America’s highest mountain, i focused painting on sit...
