{"product_id":"vancouver-series-poster-vancouver-ubc-siwash-rock-capilano","title":"Vancouver SERIES -  POSTER (Vertical)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"spec-label\"\u003eArtist:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRoy Henry Vickers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"spec-label\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e Poster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoster Size: 44.5\" x 14.25\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength of Images: 9\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrientation:  Vertical\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"spec-label\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"spec-label\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"spec-label\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"note\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Poster Reproduction of the VANCOUVER SERIES featuring the images of Vancouver, UBC, Siwash Rock, and Capilano. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease note this poster will ship rolled in a tube.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTORIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"706\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVancouver \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"706\"\u003eI was looking at the stand of totems in Stanley Park and was reminded again of my native heritage. This caused me to reflect on an incident told to me by Chief Dan George.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs a young man, he had just lost a finger in an accident and had to row across Burrard Inlet, then hike up a trail through trees to St. Paul’s Hospital for treatment. He remembered looking West from the hospital balcony towards the Burrard Street Bridge and seeing the sunset on nothing but more trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom my vantage point, I turned and looked across the harbor at a different kind of forest, one of skyscrapers, towers of glass and steel. So many changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eToday, hundreds of thousands of people live here, having settled from all over the world. One family who moved to this thriving metropolis was my grandparents, John and Sophia Freeman, and their eight daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI dedicate this work, entitled Vancouver to the Freeman family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1321\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUBC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"247\"\u003eMuseums have always been very special to me. It is in these magical places that I have come to understand what a wonderfully rich heritage we have in the art and culture of the Northwest Coast First Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia was the place of my artistic awakening. It was here that I enjoyed my first large exhibition, appropriately called Beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eToday, when I think of this setting, the image of the Haida Village comes to mind, and I am thankful to artists such as Bill Reid who have been a continual inspiration to me over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"247\"\u003eThis work is dedicated to our museums and the anthropologists, ethnologists, and archeologists who work in them and who continue to provide us with insights into ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiwash Rock \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI was putting the finishing touches on Siwash Rock when I remembered a story from twenty years earlier about this famous landmark. I asked a friend, Ken, if he could remember the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLater that day, he presented me with a small book called The Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson, which was the story I was trying to recall, The Siwash Rock. In the opening paragraph, Pauline Johnson said:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“...I saw it first in the slanting lights of a redly setting August sun, the littletuft of green shrubbery that crests its summit, was black against the crimson of sea and sky, and its colossal base of grey stone gleaming like flaming polished granite...”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI was amazed when I looked at the painting I was working on to find the similarity in the way we treated the same subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis, and other legends told to the author by Chief Joe Capilano, are worthy of being read over and over again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI find a great deal of inspiration in them, but that is another story. This work is dedicated to the memory of Chief Dan George, who was a friend and source of great wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1244\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapilano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Capilano River flows to the sea at the entrance to Burrard Inlet. Fifty years ago, on the same day as the release of this painting, the Lions Gate Bridge was opened to traffic, connecting the north shore of Vancouver Harbour from the mouth of this river to the heart of the city itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eStanding in the moonlight and gazing under the bridge at the light of the city, I realized that despite all of the changes that technological advancements bring, there are some things that remain the same. The seasons come and go, and through these deep, dark waters, the salmon still return to the Capilano River each year to spawn. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWith this thought in mind, I would like to dedicate this work to all of the professionals and volunteers who have given so many hours to salmon enhancement programs in our province. 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