“Mt. Robson”
Watercolour
12 x 12” (17 x 17” Framed)
Watercolour paper on stretcher | Protected with UV Varnish | No Glass

$1600

One of the most spectacular backpack trips we've done was to Berg Lake at the foot of Mt. Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies (3954M.) Spending time camped at the foot of this weathermaker is unforgettable, humbling, breathtaking. This painting depicts the north face covered by the gargantuan Berg glacier, about 800 m of ice extending and calving into the lake. It represents the reprieve of a warm summer day coloured by the iridescence of mid-summer ice and snow in the normally harsh high altitude climate. Soft clouds swirl around the peak - it is unusual to see it perfectly clear (it has also been referred to as Cloud Cap Mountain.) The area's earliest known inhabitants, the The Texqakallt Nation, called it Yexyexéscen referring to its striped rock. I don't think it is a stretch to say the mountain is legendary to all who know of it, from the Indigenous Peoples to the climbing/exploration community, geologists and tourists. Artists have long been inspired by it, including A.Y. Jackson, A.P. Coleman, Mary Scaeffer and Lawren Harris . For a history of the artists who explored and painted it, refer to "Mt. Robson, Spiral Road of Art" by Jane Lytton Gooch