During a routine patrol of the town of Gibsons (when I’m not an artist I’m a police officer) I happened to drive onto “the Bluff”. The Bluff is a residential area that overlooks the harbour and the actual downtown area of the coastal town.
As I drove and perused the area I happened to look between two houses out over the harbour and there was my painting. A lone cedar snag stood on the slope of the Bluff and an eagle circled the harbour beyond.
I finished my patrols and duties that day but once I was off duty I returned to the Bluff. I knocked on a door and got permission to use their deck, and the sketch that became the painting took shape. The bald eagles that are on the coast are there for no other reason than to fish and the title was as obvious as the painting had been to me.
Gone Fishing has been one of my most popular images. It combines the image of the eagle and a tree that all who lived in Gibsons knew, the “Eagle Tree”. During a particularly heavy storm the next winter the Eagle Tree blew down. That landmark of countless years is no more.
I consider myself fortunate to have seen it in the proper light that day. I am grateful to have been able to preserve its memory for all time in my painting Gone Fishing.
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.
