During the summer of 2015 I started a series of camping paintings. At each new campsite I will adapt the tent paintings in response to the site. During the first trip, I used a Eureka kitchen tent (c1964) and attached additional pieces of custom-fitted canvas scrim. I camped at Lake Superior Forest Park and North Gemini Lake Forest Park, both on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. January – March 2016, I worked on the West Coast of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the West Coast of the United States, using a Eureka Draw-tite mountaineering tent (c1954). In August 2016 I worked between the Moray Coast and Isle of Harris.
This is an ongoing project and I’ll update this page after future trips.
August 16-24 2016
Moray Coast, Isle of Harris and Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Near Huisinis, Isle of Harris, Scotland
Roseisle Sand Dunes, Moray Coast
Roseisle Sand Dunes, Moray Coast
Bow Fiddle Rock near Cullen, Moray Coast Trail
March 23 – 24 2016
Cape Blanco, Oregon, USA
Gorsey / Gorsea (Ulex Europaeus) – colonizer extraordinaire, Cape Blanco, Oregon
March 18 – 19 2016
Salmon River Trail, Mt Hood, Oregon, USA
March 15 – 16 2016
Mt Tom Creek, Hoh River Trail, Washington, USA
February 23 – 26, 2016
Spanish Flat, Lost coast Trail, Northern California, USA
February 14 – 17, 2016
Buck Creek, Lost coast Trail, Northern California, USA
January 23-24, 2016
Lake Daniell, Lewis Pass, Aotearoa New Zealand
January 20-21, 2016
Blue River (Blowfly) Hut, South Westland, NZ
January 14-15, 2016
Hans Bay at Lake Kaniere, West Coast, NZ
July 2015
Lake Superior Forest Park Campsite, Luce County, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
July – August 2015
Lake Superior Forest Park Campsite, Luce County, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
More images from the U.P. trip here