BRITISH COLUMBIA IN WATERCOLOUR, Paintings and Text by Michael Kluckner (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: Michael Kluckner. Published by Michael Kluckner, Langley, BC., 1993, 1st Edition. SIGNED by the Author. Printed in Singapore. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 10 x 10 inch, 95 pages.

BRITISH COLUMBIA IN WATERCOLOUR, was inspired by the author travelling around the province. Kluckner self-published British Columbia in Watercolour because, "These paintings are done for pleasure rather than politics," he said. "My last book, Paving Paradise, was probably too much of a rant. I realized I don't have to paint big diggers clawing at old houses to carry on my work." -Michael Kluckner

Having travelled for several decades to compile the impressions for Vanishing British Columbia (UBC Press, 2005), Michael Kluckner distilled the multi-faceted province into 12 essential colours: cerulean blue, manganese blue, ultramarine light, Payne's grey, cadmium yellow deep, yellow ochre, olive green, viridian, burnt sienna, burnt umber, sepia and India red. His 160 blue/green paintings of heritage buildings, usually nestled amongst trees and hills, are unmistakably Kluckner.

Inspired by Delacroix and by Japanese sumi-e sketches as a young man, Kluckner has developed a coherent style, using washed-out hues, to match his preservationist aesthetic. Vanishing British Columbia doesn't rescue the past; it invests the ever-ephemeral present with mystique. Unlike some of Kluckner's earlier work, Vanishing British Columbia doesn't feel commercial, and perhaps that's the result of more tasteful packaging, increased maturity or else more remote subject matter.

For more info on this Author/Artist, please see: amphoraarticle.pdf (michaelkluckner.com)