Sketchbook of the Rocky Mountains: Paint Brush Sketches and Tales of a Field Artist

By Mary Lou Crerar

This sketchbook is a collection of sketches of the Rocky Mountains done by Canadian landscape artist, Mary Lou Crerar. In her work, Crerar captured the vastness of the mountain landscape.
Contending with cold weather and curious visitors, both human and animal, Crerar and four other intrepid artists took to the alpine trails to capture the changing moods of the mountain range. The book consists of 15 images of the mountains, glaciers, lakes and forests that Crerar painted as sketches during her hikes. It includes notes from Crerar’s journal about what happened while she did the sketches as well as the type of paper and paints she used.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary Lou Crerar
• Release date: Dec 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311014405

Mary Lou Crerar

Mary Lou Crerar had a long and distinguished career as an artist, painting landscapes in oils, acrylics, watercolours and Japanese sumi-e. She attended the Vancouver School of Art Design, studying with the artist, Molly Bobak. In Toronto, Ontario she studied Sumi-e, the art of Japanese brush painting, with Kaz Hamasaki and Priest Tanahashi and her Sumi-e paintings of Banff were accepted in the Academy of Sumi-e in Osaka, Japan. Her paintings have been displayed in galleries and shows in Japan, the U.S.A. and across Canada from Victoria B.C. to Fredericton, New Brunswick. Her books include "Sketchbook of the Rocky Mountains", "West Coast Sketchbook" and "Journal of Alien #25: A Painter in Pakistan". As well, her writing has been published in many chapbooks. (Portrait photograph by Denise Bull)

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Rocky Mountain Sketchbook: Paint Brush Sketches and Tales of a Field Artist

by Mary Lou Crerar

Copyright 2014 Mary Lou Crerar

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Acknowledgements

I owe thanks to my late husband, Alistair Crerar, who always supported and encouraged my artistic endeavours, and was patient as I sketched in the wilds.

My son, Malcolm, who gives me much appreciated suggestions and reassurance.

My brother-in-law, Dr. Don Hutchins, who years ago, suggested I do this project.

Margaret Morrison for