68789 An Artist's Palette - 1996
In 1996 I accepted an assignment from Explore magazine, then based in Calgary: to travel to Atlin, in northern British Columbia, take an art course, and write a story about my experience. The Atlin Art Centre was founded and run by Gernot Dick, artist and educator, as a way of merging two of his great passions. An art school in the wilderness? Why not?
It was rustic but comfortable, in a magnificent setting on a small plateau above Atlin Lake, ringed by mountains. The idea was to experience wilderness and then create from it. We paddled canoes, climbed an extinct volcano, hiked the forest, and walked on a glacier. Among the 17 participants were painters, sculptors, glass artists, a furniture maker, and even another photographer besides myself. Despite some glitches - when are there not glitches? - I spent an amazing month there and came away with my story.
I was surprised when this image made the leading two-page spread. I had expected the designer to go with one of the outdoor adventure shots, or perhaps a shot of some of the artists at work in the studio. But it worked for me.
Photographed in Atlin, BC (Canada); scanned from the original Fujichrome Provia 100 slide. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1996 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
68789 An Artist's Palette - 1996
In 1996 I accepted an assignment from Explore magazine, then based in Calgary: to travel to Atlin, in northern British Columbia, take an art course, and write a story about my experience. The Atlin Art Centre was founded and run by Gernot Dick, artist and educator, as a way of merging two of his great passions. An art school in the wilderness? Why not?
It was rustic but comfortable, in a magnificent setting on a small plateau above Atlin Lake, ringed by mountains. The idea was to experience wilderness and then create from it. We paddled canoes, climbed an extinct volcano, hiked the forest, and walked on a glacier. Among the 17 participants were painters, sculptors, glass artists, a furniture maker, and even another photographer besides myself. Despite some glitches - when are there not glitches? - I spent an amazing month there and came away with my story.
I was surprised when this image made the leading two-page spread. I had expected the designer to go with one of the outdoor adventure shots, or perhaps a shot of some of the artists at work in the studio. But it worked for me.
Photographed in Atlin, BC (Canada); scanned from the original Fujichrome Provia 100 slide. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1996 James R. Page - all rights reserved.