Each of the five layers that are in this image exhibit qualities of texture and tonality. Each layer is placed on top of another layer; looks very much like the layers of the earth.
Each of the five layers that are in this image exhibit qualities of texture and tonality. Each layer is placed on top of another layer; looks very much like the layers of the earth.
Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sk…
Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sketches with Canadian content. “ -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
General colour: black on white. A calling caribou stands at the right side in deep snow which fills lower half of the picture. In the upper left corner are two rock pinnacles. The sky is snowing.
General colour: black on white. A calling caribou stands at the right side in deep snow which fills lower half of the picture. In the upper left corner are two rock pinnacles. The sky is snowing.
A landscape sketch in pen, with a long mountain range encompassing the upper half of the work, below which is a body of water on the right. Suggestions of rock and grass are represented on the lower left. There are numbers throughout and the text “E. Missive July 5th, 1957” at the bottom left hand …
A landscape sketch in pen, with a long mountain range encompassing the upper half of the work, below which is a body of water on the right. Suggestions of rock and grass are represented on the lower left. There are numbers throughout and the text “E. Missive July 5th, 1957” at the bottom left hand corner.
The Three Sisters are represented at the upper right of the work. In the foreground a small cabin sits surrounded by foliage, with a fence stretching to the right.
The Three Sisters are represented at the upper right of the work. In the foreground a small cabin sits surrounded by foliage, with a fence stretching to the right.
Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.