Author Description

Distinguished watercolorist Toni Onley lovingly celebrates two dozen of his favorite "wild places" in British Columbia: from Tumbo Channel in the Gulf Islands to the headwaters of the Stein River; from the clouds over Cape Freeman in the Queen Charlottes to a snow shower on Powder Mountain; from the Tatshenshini to the Okanagan-and many more. Each cherished landscape is rendered in Onley's characteristic evocative expressionist style, and each is accompanied by a personal reflection in prose. Onley also reveals the story of his life in art, from a wartime childhood on the Isle of Man through to his present-day airborne wanderings. Technical notes will be of interest to painters and others interested in learning how Onley achieves his magical effects of light and tone.