In March 2005, I was approached by Mr. Chuck Swanson, Vice President, Real Estate, for the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) regarding any interest I might have in doing a commission for a new office tower project in Calgary.
During the summer of 2006, I submitted an “expression of interest” for a painting commission for the foyer of Livingston West, one of two office towers (http://www.livingstonplace.com/) being constructed in downtown Calgary.
I made a presentation to bcIMC and Bentall Management at a meeting on July 26 in Edmonton. The following day I visited the site of the project located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 2nd Street SW in Calgary.
Having been awarded this commission in December 2006, this Blog was created to show the progress of the final painting.
The painting is based on the original Modello: It. - a small version of a larger commissioned painting used to show the person or body commissioning the large work for approval before the final design is put to hand. (In sculpture it is called a maquette which is French for a small model or in Italian a bozzetto.
The final version will be 15 feet high and 9 feet across.
2 comments:
This is exciting dude!
Most growth in life seems to be in stages of plateaus followed by huge leaps of risk, scariness and breaking through new boundaries. Congratulations on a huge "giant step". What an exciting event!
Frank
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