Carle Hessay
Canadian artist

Carle Hessay 1968 An Ideal Prospector's Shack

Carle Hessay 1968 An Ideal Prospector's Shack

Carle Hessay: An Ideal Prospector's Shack

From his home base at the back of his sign shop, each year Carle moved farther and farther afield for recreation and the enjoyment of friends, first by "shank's pony" in and around Langley, then by bicycle, by Volkswagen, by Jeep, and eventually by truck camper. His second-hand vehicles enabled him to penetrate and to stay in the less accessible parts of the province, to set up camp, and to work his unhurried way up the auriferous creeks with his pan and rocker. In such manner he found a restorative recreation and, at the same time, added enormously to his thematic repertoire.

From Leonard A. Woods, Meditations on the Paintings of Carle Hesssay (Trabarni: 2005) 9.

(Dimensions: 18 x 24 inches; 45.72 x 60.9 cm., oil based paint)