Hullo! We got up early this morning and came to Starbucks to do some blogging...
This Starbucks was pretty big, and closet to the hotel which is beary convenient!
Then it was time for breakfast...
Salmon eggs benedict... yum!!
Alright... where are we off to today??
We are heading along Robson Street and I saw something
Beanie Mouse might like!
Do you see... across the street... it's Ladurée!!
We just had breakfast, so we aren't stopping there...
This shop display had gold lady bugs in it! Nice!
Alrightee... here we are... the Vancouver Art Gallery!
They have a beary cool display set up...
Are you ready...??
It's Emily Carr!!! She is one of BCs most famous and beloved artists...
She was born in 1871 and died in 1945. She spent a LOT of time travelling around BC painting Indigenous cultures.
She was influenced by painters like Lawren Harris of the Group of Seven. When he saw her work, he told her that "you are one of us"...
This is one of her earlier works.
She had spent time in France as well..
And if you look at the earlier works, you can see some of that French Impressionist influence...
Like this one...
But then you start seeing more of the Group of Seven influence... and Carr's own style...
They had some of her sketches as well.
This one was funny!! She painted some cats in the shrubbery!
She was trying to capture movement and flow and she did pretty good here!
We love her paintings.
This one is pretty cool... the tall majestic cedars and then you can see the Indigenous village down low, on the sandy shore.
From a lot of dark green and browns...
In later ears, she started adding more blues and whites...
And then some yellows...
We don't come here beary often...
But to see her stuff... definitely!!
Alright... where to next???
TO BE CONTINUED
