Located in Francis Point Provincial Park near Madeira Park on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia is a wondrous forest. It’s an arbutus forest of huge specimens. Each tree leans to the west to an extreme as much as forty-five degrees. This small forest has a feeling of being special, but its secret, its time, has yet to come. You’ll have to wait until five minutes before the sun goes down over Texada Island to experience that moment.
Arbutus trees have an outer bark that naturally peels. The smooth inner bark glows in vibrant reds, oranges, yellows and browns but it’s only just before sunset when these beauties actually show their true colours. It’s at that time when the silent forest utters a subliminal sound. The setting sun paints each tree with such energy that your peripheral vision causes one to constantly turn to look and see what’s calling for attention. That silent forest, for perhaps five to ten minutes, calls from every brilliant corner. I think that’s the magic of the place. You can’t actually hear the forest talking, but you can feel its visceral energy for those few magical moments. As you walk back on the winding trail, the forest left behind, you’ll get a sense that as the sun set the forest went to sleep for another night. It’s waiting though, ever leaning to the west in eager anticipation. The leaning arbutus are waiting for that magical few minutes each day when they can speak. They can speak in energetic and vibrant colours. They just can’t wait until tomorrow’s sunset when they can be “heard” again.
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.
