After a long flight and a sore head, I arrived at the Banff centre last night, after a lovely 2 hour bus ride form the airport. The mountains are awesome, very jagged in shape across the top any snow left on top of them is rapidly melting....The air hit me as I walked off the bus, hot, dry and smelling of pine trees. It's really very warm here but the driest heat I have ever experienced. I am drinking A LOT of water, I also feel drained of energy, apart form the jetlag, it's taking a while to adjust to being this high up in the mountains.
The Banff centre is incredibly friendly. I have lucked in with getting single bedroom for now until the 22nd July when I move into a shared room. The view is amazing and occasionally I hear the Banff train sound it's horn that echoes round the valley! I have met all of the visual arts co-ordinators today, especially great to meet Ed, the ceramics facilitator and also met many of the other visual artists. We will each be doing a presntation of our work on Wednesday which I am looking forward to. My working studio is ENORMOUS and the facilities on offer are superb, I also had a brilliant tour of the department.
I walked into Banff town today via the Bow Falls. The Bow river is a cool greeny turquoise, the mountains a deep jade and the sky a bright blue. The colours are so intense and this is just the start of it! I have already talked to a few people about where I might search out the most colourful flora...there are many places to look on the agenda. July - August is the best time for seeing the native flowers in bloom, so I really have come at the right time of year! So, my priorities is to get out and get drawing and to make the most of the weather that could suddenly change.
1 comment:
hey aims, sounds like you have been inspired right from the outset of your trip which is awesome, you'll be filling sketchbooks faster than you did at college! Would love to see some photees, get them up!
take care, spk soon
lots of love
x x x x
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