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DAVID THOMPSON


David Thompson  oil  20" x 16"

As there is no known image of David Thompson I was commissioned by local Canmore historian, Bob Sandford, to paint a portrait to help promote The North American David Thompson Bicentennials which will take place on a continent-wide basis between 2007 and 2009 inclusively.
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The painting is done in the style of the formal portrait of Alexander Mackenzie, by Sir Thomas Lawrence; however, I have shown Thompson in the clothes of a voyageur, an explorer and mapmaker.  Careful and considerable research revealed there was little information to work with.  I found myself entering something of a trance to sense how to begin and proceed.  On my palette I mixed rich flesh tones, ambers and browns then decisively painted, watching in wonder as David’s face emerged.  I honoured written descriptions and defined his “snub nose” and “dark eyes” which became more intense as I aged him to his mid thirties.  He was thirty-seven when he crossed the Continental Divide.  The full beard on a photograph of a Thompson grandson, reputed to resemble him, meant I had to rely on my understanding of anatomy to construct his mouth and jaw.  I made them firmly set to reflect his endurance, determination and strength.

I retain the copyright of the Thompson portrait and welcome enquires.
For more information or permission to reproduce the painting
 please contact Bill Marshall at
bill@artbysaltiel.com
For more information on The North American David Thompson Bicentennials go to:
 www.davidthompson200.ca

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ART BOOKS 

Jane's latest book was released in December, 2007:

MOUNT ASSINIBOINE: Images in Art highlights a century of stunning landscape art
inspired by the remarkable Mount Assiniboine area of the Canadian Rockies from
1899 to 2007.  Illustrations include black and white archival photographs and over 40
colour plates, documented and described, which illustrate a wide variety of styles and
media from a variety of artists, including A.P. Coleman, Carl Rungius, James Simpson,
Belmore Browne, Barbara and A.C. Leighton, Catherine and Peter Whyte, W.J. Phillips
and A.Y. Jackson.  Of the images collected within, only five have been published
previously.  

www.rmbooks.com



I am thrilled to have these three paintings included:

please click on painting thumbnails to enlarge

Zelda Dawn 18x24.JPG (221568 bytes)
Zelda Dawn
1994  oil  18" x 24"
Private collection of
Hans Jintes

Assiniboine Stormy Sky 10x8.JPG (200493 bytes)
Mount Assiniboine, Stormy Sky
1992  oil 10" x 8" 
Private collection

Elizabeth Lake 12x16.JPG (263117 bytes)
Elizabeth Lake
2007  oil  12" x 16"
Private collection of
Jane & Bryan Gooch

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Jane's first book was published in 2003:

 ARTISTS of the ROCKIES, Inspiration of Lake O'Hara by Jane Lytton Gooch
illustrates 100 years of landscape art inspired by the Lake O'Hara area in the
Canadian Rockies.  The book has an introduction outlining the history of artistic
activity, including the Group of Seven, and the 50 colour plates, documented
and described, show a variety of media and styles from 27 artists up to 2002.
    
 Available through the online store of The Alpine Club of Canada, go to books, then art.

I have this painting included in the O'Hara book:

O'Hara Sept. Morn 48x24.JPG (177756 bytes)

Lake O'Hara, September Morning
1997  oil  48" x 24"
Private collection of Donna & Roger Egglestone