Urban Beaver
I live in Vancouver near the Olympic Village, 7 blocks from the salt water of False Creek and a man made fresh water course in Hinge Park. I have been watching beavers there for a couple of years. There are dens at Hinge Park, Stanley Park and Vanier Park in Vancouver. The closeness of the West End condo towers suggests the absurdity of beavers living in Vancouver’s down-town.
A dens is a peaked pile of logs and mud in a conical or lean-to shape. It is easy to miss if you have never seen a den. In May the beavers have their babies and stay inside the den for a month. The babies will leave the den in June.
The Kitsalano beaver den is conical shaped
Swimming beaver
Kitsalano beaver
Beaver den Lost Lagoon
The beaver den in Hinge Park is a lean-to against a hillside
Beaver den at Beaver Lake, Stanley Park
Culvert blocked by beaver and their den in Stanley Park
May 14, 2019
Lake Harris is on the Routeburn Track.
April 29, 2019
Lake Harris | 2019 | 6.75″x 9″ acrylic sketch|
These waterfalls and pools are on the Routeburn Track in New Zealand.
This is a 5.7″x 9″ acrylic sketch
5.7′ x 9″ acrylic sketch
This is the 32.5″ x 44″ acrylic painting that came from that sketch
January 31, 2019
Routeburn Pools| 2019 | 44″x 32.5″, acrylic on board painting| price available on request
This is a 9″ x 5″ acrylic on board sketch of a wave in Kitsalano, Vancouver
Kitsalano Wave sketch
December 2, 2018
Kitsalano Wave| 2018 | Acrylic on board 44″x 25.7″| Sold
This is a 10.8″ x 5.3″ acrylic on board sketch of the White Rim Trail in Utah.
August 10, 2018
White Rim | 2018 | Acrylic on board, 44″ x 22″| Sold