A Walk in Surreal Stanley Park with Painter Tim Fraser

Published: June 28, 2018, 11:30 p.m.

b'Our Guest Artist:\\xa0\\xa0Tim Fraser\\xa0
\\nOur Host Artist: Carol McQuaid
\\nOur Bar: The Dublin Crossing in Cloverdale, BC, Canada
\\nThanks for tuning in to episode 19 of Two artists walk into a bar!\\xa0 I\\u2019m your host artist Carol McQuaid.\\xa0 Our guest artist this week is Painter Tim Fraser. \\xa0He paints strange and wonderful utopian landscapes of Vancouver\\u2019s Stanley park.\\xa0 You may have seen them at the Ian Tan Gallery.\\xa0 Fantastic.\\xa0 He joins us to talk about painting in the park, how to find a gallery that\\u2019s the right fit for the artist, and some awesome musings on the real value of limiting both palette and subject matter.
\\nIn this episode you\\u2019ll hear about:
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\\n* Cloud gazing through a landscape artists eyes
\\n* Fantasy utopian landscapes and Stanley Park as muse/inspiration
\\n* How he found a quiet by simplifying forms
\\n* The process to become a Stanley Park painter and what he learned from the other artists.
\\n* His shift from park to The Kurbatoff gallery and finally Ian Tan Gallery where his work can be found now
\\n* Capture Photography Show and Penny Lane Shen
\\n* Treating light and shade as an object
\\n* Working for the Semiamahoo Arts Council in South Surrey White Rock
\\n* The cinematography tricks he uses to lead the viewer around his paintings.
\\n* Beijing art scene and the importance of travel and new input
\\n* Studio practices; urban vs suburban and the need for community vs the need for uninterrupted painting time
\\n* Colour selection (where I share a little tale about Vancovuer artist John Capitaino)
\\n* And of course\\u2026 we finish it off with a little tale delivered by a Stanely Park resident \\U0001f609
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\\nIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
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\\n* Tim\\u2019s website www.timfraser.ca
\\n* Ian Tan Gallery www.iantangallery.com
\\n* Kurbatoff Gallery www.kurbatoffgallery.com
\\n* Capture Show and Penny Lane Shen of www.dazedandconfucius.com
\\n* Will Rafuse www.willrafuse.com
\\n* Fort Gallery www.fortgallery.ca
\\n* John Capitaino www.johncapitano.ca
\\n* Semiahmoo Arts Council and the Turnbull Gallery www.semiahmooarts.com
\\n* City of Vancouver Artist Permits for City Parks www.vancouver.ca/doing-business/painters-and-visual-artists.aspx
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