MEMORIES OF PLACE

Memories are an important aspect of Sense of Place. It is often overlooked. Sketching is the ultimate art of recording memories, and going back to sketches done long before brings back the reality of that place. It is a powerful experience and it is one further step in urban design which incorporates time. The process of sketching requires intense quasi trance-like "seeing" and revisiting a sketch years later will bring back the vision of that moment.

JMB: These are watercolours I just painted from sketches I drew over 10 years ago in the Canadian Kootenays.












Fernie's Art Station - a reconverted train station













Kimberley's churches


















Fernie's City Hall