16 Aug Episode 39
PAINTING ICEBERGS, Part 1: Cory prepares to get up close and personal to an arctic iceberg to paint it by assembling a 16' Pakboat canoe brought along in duffle bag....
16 Aug ICEBERGS AND WIND
Woke to an ideal calm morning. Perfect. My goal to paint an iceberg for the first time, and to do this from the 16"™ canoe that I had brought along, was looking great. Why from a canoe? I've always loved canoeing, and years ago I began combining that with my painting back in Ontario. This has provided me with the opportunity to bring different perspectives to many of my canvases. The canoe also allows me to explore my subject in a quiet, immersive way, lending a sense of magic as I float about. Getting a regular hard body canoe up here...
15 Aug Episode 38
BEARS, ICEBERGS & CHAR: Cory flies to the eastern Canadian arctic community of Qikiqtarjuak, discovers an incredible land....
15 Aug WATER AND ICE
After a good night's sleep, we were ready to head out onto the ocean in Billy's 24"™ freighter canoe. All we needed was our gear and we were set to go. The 11am flight arrival would give us lots of time to sort our stuff and head out in search of the icebergs that I wanted to study and paint. Actually, knowing that this was one of my goals on this trip, Billy had already located a couple not too far away. With all this set, we got the word: the flight was cancelled. Fogged out. The rest of our gear...
14 Aug MARTEN HEADS HOME
This day my friend, traveling companion, huge help, trail master and very fine visual artist (film-maker, cameraman, photographer, etc) Marten Berkman heads home. Well actually he's to fly back to Ontario see meet up with his wife Jennifer and 2 young daughters and visit his folks, and then carry on back to Whitehorse, Yukon afterwards. His flight out was scheduled for 11am, so we would be packing up and heading back to the community, where we could drop him off, and pick up the rest of our gear that made it in the day before, but had chosen to do...
14 Aug ONTO QIKIQTARJUAQ
Back in Pangnirtung and wrapping up the first leg of this month-long journey to the eastern arctic, it was time to pack up and head to the coastal community of Qikiqtarjuaq further north. There, with the help of Billy Arnaquq"™ of Nunavut Experience Outfitting, I planned to access some amazing scenery along the coast, including icebergs, fiords and glaciers. But first I had to get there, with all my stuff. On this learning curve of traveling the north, I've been encountering my first lesson: I carry too much stuff. I mean it's all necessary: easel, paints, canvases, camera, tripods, filming gear,...