300 VICTORIA VIEW ROAD

300 VICTORIA VIEW ROAD

Seldom do I paint “commissions”.  And it seems, even more seldom do I paint buildings, or human-made structures.  But this, as it turned out, was different.  My friend Dave Burns asked me to consider painting his childhood home for him.  I told him of my reluctance to commit to a commission, but I’d have a look.  On a cool, foggy March morning in 2022, Dave and I made our way to the rocky point in Esquimalt, BC.  I took photographs as a reference. Again, I told him I’d make no promise.  But, when I got home and invested some time in those photographs, the artist within stirred and spoke.  The rugged structure of the land, those rocks, the cement wall and the rockwork construction of the house and gatepost all demanded my artistic attention.

But, for me, that’s where this artistic journey ends.  At the completion of the painting, the title and very personal meaning of this piece ultimately belongs to Dave.  And so, I now turn to him to complete the story:

“On this spectacular rocky shoreline of McLoughlin Point, I spent the best years of my youth, from age 7 to 15 years.

 My summers were spent exploring the wonders of the ocean shoreline.  The intertidal zone is filled with life in every crevice and cranny. I spent hours rolling rocks in the tidepools to watch the scurry of creatures trying to escape, and teasing hermit crabs that would pinch and run.

My brother Rick carefully logged the details of every freight ship that arrived and departed Victoria’s harbour.

At high tide, we Burns boys were adventurous marine engineers.   We’d lash stray logs into a raft.  Then we’d row together, with our 3-year-old trusting sister Kathryn, our eager passenger, into the Victoria Harbour entrance.  There, we’d all hold on tight as the huge wake from the international ferry MV Coho would rock and test our knots and lashings!  I will never forget my mother Cassie’s shock, and Doug, our Dad’s response from his military posting in far off Cyprus. This painting brings me back to so many warm, salty summer days filled with wonder, curiosity and adventure.”

 David Burns

Pricing

My images predominantly sell as limited edition prints (either serigraph or giclée). As such, there is a wide range of pricing, too wide to list within this website. I’ll explain.

My original paintings, those that are still available for sale, range in price from $4,000.00 and up. In most cases though I have limited edition prints available of my images. Needless to say, they are far less expensive than the original paintings. If you are interested in a particular original painting, please contact me at your earliest convenience at info@edhillart.com

If it’s a limited edition print you’re interested in, let me explain. Because of modern day technologies, the image you are interested in can be giclée printed on either paper or canvas. The canvas images can be rolled up and shipped in a simple tube, or they can be stretched on a frame and shipped that way. So too, these images can be reproduced custom made to your wishes. In other words I can create a print in the size you desire, either to fill a small space, or to fill an entire wall. I’ve included below a photograph of a client’s dining room with two of my prints reproduced in a larger format.

You will see that some of my pieces shown on this web site, those lithograph reproductions and art cards, do have fixed prices. The rest of my images, however, can be priced only when I know specifically what you, the client, want. As such, if you are interested in a particular image, please contact me, Ed Hill, directly at info@edhillart.com

Once your order has been determined, you’ll be able to make payment through PayPal provided herein.

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