David Pirrie, Mt. Phillips, BC Rockies (2016)
There’s a great deal of pleasure to be found studying maps, replete as they are with seemingly arcane symbols, dots, lines and grids awaiting patient deciphering. Among the fascinations of Vancouver-based artist David Pirrie is the iconography of maps and how they influence our sense of place, which he nicely explores in a wonderful series of paintings recently exhibited at Vancouver’s Ian Tan Gallery.
Pirrie’s paintings of Canada’s western landscape, particularly of mountains in the Alberta and British Columbia Rockies, are overlayed with mapping details and pastel hues that display a slight pop art sensibility that is both intriguing and pleasing. His having climbed many of these mountains adds an element of intimacy to his gorgeous representations of these majestic formations.
More of David Pirrie’s work can be seen at his website here.
David Pirrie, Mt. Assiniboine, Late Summer(2016)
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David Pirrie, Columbia Icefield , 1/50,000 (2016)
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David Pirrie, Mt. Edith Cavell (2016)
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David Pirrie, Kates Needle, BC Coast (2013)
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David Pirrie, Mt. Robson Ice Fall (2016)
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I so enjoy the artist features on your blog! It’s such a wonderful thing you do for us overly shy and unassuming Canadians. Thanks!
Thanks for your nice comment. As a fairly unassuming person myself :), I learn a lot by searching and writing about (even if briefly) Canada’s wonderful arts and culture offerings.
Thanks for the interesting post Brett. I love to see technology get closer to art.
Thanks, Dan!
This is both beautiful and inspiring. What a way to start my day! Thank you.
Harold, thanks!
Very interesting, Brett!
Thanks! 🙂
You are very welcome.
David Pirrie: Mapping Western Terrains and Our Sense of Place I must admit I’ve never given much thought to this, very interesting. I love those mountains.
They’re quite grand!
What majestic mountains! And such an interesting post.
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Excellent post. Thank you for your hard work
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Amazing – such happy sighs at all this beauty.
Happy sighs! 🙂
Outstanding art !
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It’s wonderful to see artistic perspective inspired by such a formidable and permanent geology. Gorgeous.
Nature inspires in so many ways! 🙂
A few lovely 11,000-foot peaks here, I see.
Yes, indeed! 🙂
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