Sir John Lavery

UPDATE: John Lavery is featured in the Globe & Mail online here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/could-life-be-better-for-john-lavery-or-worse/article1814867/?cmpid=rss1

Earlier this spring I took John Lavery's author photo for his novel 'Sandra Beck'. Prior to the shoot I did some research and discovered another famous "John Lavery" in history. In this case I came across Sir John Lavery, the Irish painter. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lavery)

After we got the head shots we were after, I took John into his kitchen for an impromptu portrait as an homage to the John Lavery and Ramsay MacDonald painting. You know a MacDonald-does-Lavery-doing-Lavery-doing-MacDonald kind of thing... Anyway, here is the result.
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw04119



(James) Ramsay MacDonald by Sir John Lavery

carleton tavern hexaptych

Summer 2010

Kareen Lacasse - Headshot

A few months ago Soprano Kareen Lacasse and I teamed up for a promotional headshot photo-session on location in Ottawa. It was a great fall afternoon and the results were spectacular.

Order of Canada - November 2010

OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will preside over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. The Governor General, who is chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order, will bestow the honour on three Companions, 11 Officers and 26 Members.

The Order of Canada was created in 1967, during Canada’s centennial year, to recognize a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Since its creation, more than 5 000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order.

11 November 2010

Three images of Manotick, Ontario, 11 November 2010.

Zach Wells & Rosaleen Leslie Dickson

Zach came to Ottawa on the 11th of November to launch the book 'Essential Kenneth Leslie' published by The Porcupine's Quill. Selected Leslie poems (sonnets) were read by Wells, Stephen Brockwell and Peter Richardson of Ottawa. The audience, which included Kenneth Leslie's daughter, Rosaleen Dickson, were also shown a television documentary, God’s Red Poet: The Life of Kenneth Leslie. www.visiontv.ca/Media/Releases/GodsRedPoet.html

more info on Rosaleen Dickson here: www.flora.org/rosaleen
For Zach's latest work, read his online entries here: zachariahwells.blogspot.com

Marilyn

Marilyn @ Strathcona Park, Ottawa - July 2010