Fishermen's Terminal, 11/14/10

English Bay

Visited Vancouver, British Columbia this week! First real trip away from home in over a year. What an invigorating place! Vancouver has experienced lots of development since I was last there, but still maintains wonderful waterfront for human recreation. I agree with Tyler. There is no better way to appreciate our great luck than to pay attention to it!

fairhaven shipyard

Got to go up to Bellingham a couple weeks ago with my husband, whose ferry was in the Fairhaven shipyard there. While he worked 12 hours I hung out around the shipyard sketching and painting.

Here's my morning view from the public boat launch down the road. The ferry is in the background center right.

Here is a view of the parking lot across the railroad tracks, from the loading dock where I trespassed to get this sketch.

And finally, here is my oil sketch of the boat launch water view. I was sketching practically on the railroad right-of-way and had to get out of the way of a few trains! Really a great place.